Who owns your block
1700 block of W Butler St
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 39% investor-held, with 32 open code violations and 7 homes behind $41,965 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 94% since 2016, now about $144K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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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 tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.
- 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 $144K — about 0.6× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19140 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $144K | $108K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 22% | 31% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 158 reported crimes (73 violent) and 304 resident 311 requests to the city.
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
- $144K typical home, up +94% since 2016
- Tax bill $1,024 to $1,167 a year, +1%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $2.2M assessed, $23,886/yr to the city, about $1,327 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +94% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +14% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr
Who really pays — each home's tax bill as a share of its value
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. On this block, 13 of 18 homes pay that full rate — and 5 pay less, because abatements and exemptions shrink the taxed value. Each dot is one home; the further left, the less of its value it pays. Hover a dot for the house.
The starkest example: 1727 W Butler St is assessed at $144K but pays $765 a year — about 38% of the $2,012 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.2% 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 $194 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed 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 24 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 8 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 18 parcels
- Owner-occupied 8
- Investor / LLC 5
- Absentee individual 2
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Briq House Llc, carries 17 open violations across 17 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briq House Llc | 1 | 17 | $2.9M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| New Properties Inc | 1 | 10 | $1.8M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Philly Qozb1 Llc | 1 | 10 | $1.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Carter Realty Group Llc | 1 | 6 | $950K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Calle San Sebastian Llc | 1 | 3 | $387K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Rtaylord Co | 1 | 2 | $76K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Sns Investment Group Llc | 1 | 1 | $19K | 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 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 W BUTLER ST ImprovedBought for $25K in 2001. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2010. | Owner-occupied | $88K | —/— | 1,802 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1703 W BUTLER ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2009. Owner pulled a certificate of occupancy (co) (may inclu… permit in 2026. | Absentee individual | $79K | —/— | 1,428 | 1930 | 5 | 10 viol |
| 1705 W BUTLER ST | Owner-occupied | $90K | —/— | 1,830 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1707 W BUTLER ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $130K in 2015 → $30K in 2022 (-77%). | Investor / LLC | $143K | —/— | 3,048 | 1930 | 3 | 22 viol |
| 1709 W BUTLER ST Improved | Vacant | $67K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1711 W BUTLER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1713 W BUTLER ST TradedTraded 2×: $14K in 2009 → $75K in 2024 (+418%). | Absentee individual | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 2 | rented |
| 1715 W BUTLER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 0 | tax lien |
| 1717 W BUTLER ST Improved | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | tax lien |
| 1719 W BUTLER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2022. | Vacant | $19K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1721 W BUTLER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2011. | Owner-occupied | $168K | 4/2 | 1,857 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1723 W BUTLER ST ImprovedBought for $21K in 2001. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 4 | tax lien |
| 1725 W BUTLER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 1727 W BUTLER ST New constructionBought for $40K in 2022, built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated), sold for $78K in 2023. | Investor / LLC | $144K | 5/2 | 1,857 | 1930 | 3 | rentedabatedtax lien |
| 1729 W BUTLER ST ImprovedBought for $38K in 2004. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. | Investor / LLC | $188K | 5/2 | 1,857 | 1930 | 2 | rentedtax lien |
| 1731 W BUTLER ST | Owner-occupied | $144K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1733 W BUTLER ST HistoryL&I violation (2010); 3 L&I violations (2022); sold $40K (2025); Appeal filed (2026). | Investor / LLC | $174K | —/— | 1,857 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 1735 W BUTLER ST ImprovedBought for $40K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Owner-occupied | $157K | —/— | 2,848 | 1930 | 2 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)