Philadelphia property report
1500 block of W Westmoreland St
A mixed-ownership block: 31% owner-occupied, 31% investor-held, with 10 open code violations and 5 parcels listed in the June 2022 tax-delinquency snapshot ($23,911 recorded then).
The typical home here is up 142% since 2016, now about $213K. Property taxes are climbing about 8% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
BlockReport is reading this block's city record right now. Its take lands here in about a minute...
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.
The makeup of the block
Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks a material assessment exemption whose legal basis is not established by the roll. Click a bubble for its report.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Assessment exemption
- Bubble = lot size
- → bigger interior · ↑ higher value
Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $213K — about 0.9× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $111K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $213K | $111K | $230K |
| Owner-occupied | 15% | 39% | 48% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 197 reported crimes (about 16 a month, 30% of them violent) and 188 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.
Schools
The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.
Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.
What it's worth, and where taxes are going
- $213K typical home, up +142% since 2016
- Median assessment-based tax estimate $1,235 to $2,847 a year through 2027, +8%/yr
- 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $34,011/yr from taxable assessments, or $2,616 per home — not live account balances
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +142% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +131% since 2016 · ~+8%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.
- 1510 W Westmoreland Stmajor assessment exemption0.42%$710/yr on $168K
- 1518 W Westmoreland Stlower taxable assessment0.71%$1,425/yr on $202K
One large gap: 1510 W Westmoreland St has a $710/year assessment-based estimate on $168K assessed value — about 30% of the $2,347 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $242 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.
Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.
How often it changes hands
This block has recorded 17 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Sigma Properties LLC, carries 2 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Tax bills mail to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma Properties LLC | 1 | 17 | $2.9M | 55 Louise Ln, Staten Island NY, 10301 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Murcapro Capital Investments LLC | 1 | 9 | $1.8M | 716 Dekalb Pike #388, Blue Bell PA, 19422 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| S & A Ventures LLC | 1 | 7 | $334K | 40 Heman St, Edison NJ, 08837 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Individual owner on record (individual) | 2 | 5 | $372K | — | phila.gov ↗ |
| 1523 Westmoreland LLC | 1 | 1 | $213K | 907 Edgewood Avenue, Bensalem PA, 19020 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| 1527-29 W Westmoreland St LLC | 1 | 1 | $120K | 100 Church St Suite 834, New York NY, 10007 | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).
House by house
All 18 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).
Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1510 W WESTMORELAND ST | Owner-occupied | $159K | —/— | 2,274 | 1925 | 0 | assessment exemption · basis unverified |
| 1512 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building | Owner-occupied | $261K | 4/1 | 2,274 | 1925 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 1514 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedBought for $9K in 2002. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $261K | 5/— | 2,274 | 1925 | 4 | licensed rental |
| 1515 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedBought for $180K in 2019. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2023. | Absentee individual | $227K | —/— | 2,101 | 1925 | 1 | licensed rental |
| 1516 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. | Absentee individual | $261K | —/— | 2,274 | 1925 | 0 | |
| 1517 W WESTMORELAND ST ImprovedBought for $85K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2024. | Investor / LLC | $148K | 5/— | 2,100 | 1925 | 3 | licensed rental |
| 1518 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $269K | —/— | 2,793 | 1925 | 0 | $6K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1519 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedBought for $75K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $213K | 5/3 | 2,256 | 1925 | 4 | |
| 1520 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building TradedTraded 2×: $13K in 2001 → $9K in 2004 (-28%). | Absentee individual | $391K | —/— | 3,432 | 1925 | 2 | |
| 1521 W WESTMORELAND ST Vacant lot ImprovedBought for $31K in 2019. Owner pulled a use permit in 2011. | Vacant | $24K | —/— | — | — | 1 | |
| 1522 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building History4 L&I violations (2016); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2016). | Absentee individual | $236K | —/— | 2,596 | 1925 | 0 | $380 tax · Jun ’22 |
| 1523 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $3K in 2011 → $4K in 2018 (+17%). | Investor / LLC | $213K | —/— | 2,256 | 1925 | 3 | $12K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1524 W WESTMORELAND ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2007. | Absentee individual | $167K | —/— | 2,324 | 1925 | 0 | 10 viol |
| 1525 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building ImprovedOwner pulled a alteration permit in 2007. | Investor / LLC | $203K | —/— | 1,746 | 1925 | 0 | licensed rental |
| 1526 W WESTMORELAND ST Vacant lot HistoryInspection passed (2005); 2 L&I violations (2009); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2015). | Vacant | $31K | —/— | — | — | 0 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1527 W WESTMORELAND ST Apartment building New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit, sold for $60K in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $120K | —/— | 2,260 | 1925 | 2 | $5K tax · Jun ’22lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1528 W WESTMORELAND ST Vacant lot HistoryInspection passed (2005); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2012); 2 L&I violations (2015). | Vacant | $32K | —/— | — | — | 0 | lien in pre-2017 ledger |
| 1529 W WESTMORELAND ST Vacant lot TradedTraded 2×: $25K in 2017 → $60K in 2025 (+140%). | Vacant | $25K | —/— | — | — | 2 | $841 tax · Jun ’22 |
Neighborhood
First time here?
This is the 1500 block of W Westmoreland St,
on paper.
18 homes. The deeds, permits, L&I rows, assessments and sales fetched for this report — with links back to official sources.
No signup, no teaser
The whole record is free.
Permits, violations, taxes, deeds, ownership, and block context are all here. The public record is free to read; membership is for deeper research.
Three taps, you're oriented
What to catch on the way down.
On the way down: the map (tap any building, even off this block), the who-really-pays bar, and the house-by-house roster. Every address opens its own report.
Generated 2026-07-10 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)