Who owns your block
1800 block of W Berks St
An investor-heavy block: 57% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 5 open code violations and 1 home behind $3,567 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 39% since 2016, now about $421K. Property taxes are climbing about 42% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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 $421K — about 1.9× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19121 median of $167K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19121 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19121 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $421K | $167K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 287 reported crimes (91 violent) and 318 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
- $421K typical home, up +39% since 2016
- Tax bill $118 to $5,787 a year, +42%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.1M assessed, $101,416/yr to the city, about $4,829 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +39% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +4804% since 2016 · ~+42%/yr
Who really pays
Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:
- 1802 W Berks Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $105K
- 1810 W Berks Stexemption0.00%$0/yr on $38K
- 1804 W Berks Sttax-abated new construction0.28%$2,660/yr on $950K
The starkest example: 1804 W Berks St is assessed at $950K but pays $2,660 a year — about 20% of the $13,298 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +3.1% 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 $139 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 42 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 5 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 21 parcels
- Owner-occupied 3
- Investor / LLC 8
- Absentee individual 6
- Vacant 4
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dvora Properties LP | 1 | 7 | $4.0M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Universe City Properties | 1 | 6 | $1.3M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Como Properties LLC | 3 | 4 | $1.6M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Maat Enterprise LLC | 2 | 2 | $127K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Btm On Berks LLC | 1 | 1 | $950K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Phyberks LLC | 1 | 1 | $564K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Mh Investment LLC | 1 | 1 | $328K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Dong And Young Kim Family Trust | 1 | 1 | $413K | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| Planet Management Group LLC | 1 | 1 | $293K | 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 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 W BERKS ST History2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2020); 2 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $65K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1802 W BERKS ST HistoryL&I violation (2020); 3 L&I violations (2021); 2 L&I violations (2022). | Vacant | $105K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1803 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $47K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit. | Investor / LLC | $430K | 8/4 | 2,645 | 2010 | 1 | rented |
| 1804 W BERKS ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $172K in 2018, demolished in 2019 and rebuilt (2018). | Investor / LLC | $950K | 17/13 | 5,083 | 2020 | 1 | rentedabated |
| 1805 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $85K in 2011, built new under a 2012 permit. | Investor / LLC | $421K | 6/7 | 2,556 | 2012 | 1 | rented |
| 1806 W BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $140K in 2012, zoning/use permit in 2012, sold for $790K in 2023 (+464%). | Absentee individual | $663K | 12/6 | 3,759 | 1915 | 3 | rented |
| 1807 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $20K in 2009, built new under a 2012 permit. | Investor / LLC | $421K | 6/7 | 2,556 | 2012 | 2 | rented |
| 1808 W BERKS ST Torn down & rebuiltOld house bought for $161K in 2012, demolished in 2013 and rebuilt (2012). | Investor / LLC | $772K | —/— | 3,547 | 2013 | 2 | rented |
| 1809 W BERKS ST History2 L&I violations (2013). | Vacant | $62K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1810 W BERKS ST History2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2021). | Vacant | $38K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 1811 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $570K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $355K in 2024. | Owner-occupied | $564K | 10/4 | 3,217 | 2013 | 3 | rented |
| 1812 W BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $155K in 2008, demolition permit in 2008, sold for $340K in 2018 (+119%). | Investor / LLC | $328K | 6/3 | 2,026 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 1813 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $3K in 2012, built new under a 2013 permit, sold for $615K in 2013. | Absentee individual | $436K | 9/— | 2,706 | 2013 | 3 | |
| 1814 W BERKS ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. | Absentee individual | $238K | —/— | 2,026 | 1915 | 0 | 4 viol |
| 1815 W BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $93K in 2010, demolition permit in 2010, sold for $475K in 2022 (+414%). | Absentee individual | $409K | 8/4 | 2,244 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 1816 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $585K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $393K in 2026. | Owner-occupied | $413K | 8/8 | 2,136 | 2016 | 7 | |
| 1817 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $50K in 2010, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $600K in 2019. | Absentee individual | $428K | 6/3 | 2,622 | 2011 | 3 | |
| 1818 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $240K in 2008, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $149K in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $293K | —/— | 2,026 | 1915 | 2 | 1 viol |
| 1819 W BERKS ST New constructionBought for $51K in 2011, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $640K in 2018. | Absentee individual | $439K | 11/7 | 2,730 | 2011 | 3 | rented |
| 1820 W BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $510K in 2014, addition permit in 2013, sold for $400K in 2023 (+2009%). | Owner-occupied | $425K | 8/4 | 2,655 | 1915 | 4 | rented |
| 1822 W BERKS ST Renovated & sold onBought for $35K in 2006, use permit in 2008, sold for $153K in 2012 (+341%). | Investor / LLC | $249K | 6/2 | 2,026 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
Neighborhood
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)