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Who owns your block

1700 block of Locust St

A mixed-ownership block: 43% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 3 homes behind $89,531 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 24% since 2016, now about $582K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Appreciation

    The block appreciated 24% since 2016 while the city averaged 6.5% per year, putting this block 4.5 percentage points behind annually.

  2. 02
    Taxes

    Two homes receive $107K in annual tax abatements while three homes owe $90K in back taxes, concentrating revenue impact on five properties.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    117 of 120 homes have never sold since 1998, with only five total sales recorded over 26 years.

By the Numbers

Median value
$582K
$167K–$43M
ZIP median $608K
Price / sq ft
$511
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.6×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$566K
8 sold in 2yr
assessed $582K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $603K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 120
$107K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
43%
52 of 120
city 41%
Rentals
22%
26 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▼ block 1% · city 5%
Back taxes
$90K
3 of 120 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+4%
value · tax +$423
5 years
+4%
value · tax −$24
10 years
+15%
value · tax +$6K

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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • 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 $582K — about 2.6× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19103 median of $608K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19103 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19103Philadelphia
Median home value$582K$608K$223K
Owner-occupied21%28%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 291 reported crimes (38 violent) and 388 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
291
38 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
388
55 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts152
Other Assaults24
All Other Offenses22
Fraud16
Theft from Vehicle16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief16

Top 311 complaints

Street Light Outage63
Information Request53
Graffiti Removal40
Street Defect24
Traffic Signal Emergency24
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22

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.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Albert M Greenfield
2200 Chestnut St · 757 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

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

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$1.0M$2.0M$582K2016: $469K2017: $506K2018: $506K2019: $532K2020: $558K2021: $558K2022: $558K2023: $558K2024: $558K2025: $558K2026: $558K2027: $582K2016202020232027

▲ +24% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,7812016: $1,8852017: $2,0922018: $2,6192019: $5,6402020: $7,8052021: $7,7882022: $7,8052023: $7,8052024: $7,8052025: $7,3582026: $7,3582027: $7,7812016202020232027

▲ +313% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

2
2 properties on this block carry a tax abatement or major exemption. New construction and gut rehabs get the improvement value exempted for up to 10 years, so their tax bills sit far below their real value — block-wide, exemptions keep about $106,662 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$0pays now $66,019at the full rate

1720 Locust St is assessed at $4.7M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $66,019 it would owe at the statutory rate, because its new-construction value is abated.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 124 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $124 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+24%
since 2016
Net rental yield
2.7%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-4.5 pts
market 6.5%/yr

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 5 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 117 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M19982004201020162022
5arm's-length sales since 1998
0times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
117homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 120 parcels

Owner-occupied: 52Investor / LLC: 20Absentee individual: 48 120parcels
  • Owner-occupied 52
  • Investor / LLC 20
  • Absentee individual 48

Value distribution today

55 parcels16 parcels8 parcels9 parcels17 parcels7 parcels8 parcels
$167K$1.8M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Epsilon Delta Properties Llc14$677Kphila.gov ↗
Ama Properties Lp23$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Geck Associates Llc13$981Kphila.gov ↗
David E Fenske (individual)22$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Jermann Meredith Lee (individual)22$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
Samken Warwick Llc22$538Kphila.gov ↗
Fiore Associates11$934Kphila.gov ↗
Babanana Llc11$582Kphila.gov ↗
Irene S Giman Revocable Trust11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Cr Property Ventures Llc11$216Kphila.gov ↗
Toplin Warwick, Llc11$582Kphila.gov ↗
Te Family 2012 Trust11$468Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 120 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$25M$50M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
1720 Locust St
$4.7M · built new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated).
New construction
1714 Locust St
$1.3M · Bought for $275K in 1998, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $765K in 2003.
Renovated & sold on
1706 Locust St
$1.3M · Bought for $2.0M in 2016, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $2.0M in 2016 (+51%).
Improved
1701-15 Locust St
$43M · Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018.
Improved
1704 Locust St
$2.4M · Bought for $2.1M in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023.
Improved
1701-15 Locust St
$2.3M · Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2008.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1700 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $934K —/— 3,591 1880 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $210K —/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $187K —/1 381 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $351K —/1 697 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $167K —/1 345 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $167K —/1 345 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Absentee individual $1.1M 3/3 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/2 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $216K —/1 410 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $893K 2/3 1,614 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $260K 1/1 531 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $893K 3/3 1,614 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $187K —/1 381 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $210K 1/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $351K 1/1 697 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $468K 1/1 916 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $385K 1/1 756 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a suppression permit in 2017. Investor / LLC $351K 1/1 697 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $360K 1/1 712 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $210K 1/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $260K 1/1 531 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $351K 1/1 697 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $167K —/1 345 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $187K —/1 381 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2008. Absentee individual $942K 2/2 1,547 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $360K 1/1 712 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $210K —/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $187K —/1 381 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $206K —/1 417 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $346K 1/1 688 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $893K 2/3 1,614 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $2.3M 3/3 3,420 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $360K 1/1 712 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,997 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $582K 2/2 1,116 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $383K 1/1 688 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $167K —/1 345 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $893K 2/3 1,614 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $206K —/1 417 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $260K 1/1 531 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $167K —/1 345 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $260K 1/1 531 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $206K —/1 417 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Investor / LLC $43M —/— 551,838 1926 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $2.7M 3/3 3,892 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $260K 1/1 531 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $260K 1/1 531 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $206K —/1 417 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $893K 2/2 1,614 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $360K 1/1 712 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $581K 2/2 1,114 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $187K —/1 381 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $187K —/1 381 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $184K —/1 376 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $206K —/1 417 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST History2 L&I violations (2012); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2012). Absentee individual $290K 1/1 535 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $199K —/1 404 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Absentee individual $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $351K 1/1 697 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 2,000 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $206K —/1 417 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $210K —/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $893K 2/3 1,614 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $167K —/1 345 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Absentee individual $684K 2/2 1,290 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $210K —/1 423 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $360K 1/1 712 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $325K 1/1 593 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $1.1M 3/3 1,978 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $351K 1/1 697 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $210K —/1 423 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $609K 2/2 1,060 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $178K —/1 345 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $194K —/1 372 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $688K 2/2 1,296 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Owner-occupied $360K 1/1 712 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a administrative permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $1.8M 2/3 3,008 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $1.4M 3/3 2,421 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $1.7M 3/2 2,629 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $631K 2/2 1,199 1928 0
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $168K —/1 346 1928 0 rented
1701-15 LOCUST ST Investor / LLC $260K 1/1 531 1928 0 rented
1702 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $753K —/— 2,896 1865 0
1704 LOCUST ST ImprovedBought for $2.1M in 2025. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $2.4M —/— 9,763 1890 1
1706 LOCUST ST Renovated & sold onBought for $2.0M in 2016, plumbing permit in 2016, sold for $2.0M in 2016 (+51%). Investor / LLC $1.3M —/— 4,180 1800 2 rented
1708 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $1.5M —/— 4,967 1850 0
1710-12 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $2.2M —/— 7,466 1880 0
1714 LOCUST ST New constructionBought for $275K in 1998, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $765K in 2003. Owner-occupied $1.3M —/— 3,795 1800 2 abated
1716 LOCUST ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $1.0M —/— 3,949 1885 0
1718 LOCUST ST Absentee individual $1.2M —/— 7,794 1890 0
1720 LOCUST ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $4.7M —/— — — 0 abated2 viol

Neighborhood

Median income
$70K
household
Own vs. rent
27%
owner-occupied
Median age
33.7
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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