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Who owns your block

1900 block of Ambassador St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $2,958 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 109% since 2016, now about $443K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$443K
$335K–$480K
ZIP median $383K
Price / sq ft
$218
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.0×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 42
$27K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
33 of 42
city 41%
Rentals
24%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$3K
1 of 42 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$173
5 years
+70%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+109%
value · tax +$2K

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 $443K — about 2.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19115 median of $383K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19115 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19115Philadelphia
Median home value$443K$383K$223K
Owner-occupied48%66%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 11 reported crimes (3 violent) and 36 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
11
3 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
36
11 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults3
Theft from Vehicle3
Fraud2
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Burglary Residential1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle6
Maintenance Complaint6
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection5
Salting5
Street Defect3
Street Light Outage2

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 · K-8
Anne Frank
8025 Thouron Ave · 376 students
Middle · 6-8
Cca Baldi
8801 Verree Rd · 1424 students
High · 9-12
George Washington
10175 Bustleton Ave · 1795 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$250K$500K$443K2016: $211K2017: $211K2018: $211K2019: $245K2020: $261K2021: $261K2022: $261K2023: $306K2024: $306K2025: $433K2026: $433K2027: $443K2016202020232027

▲ +109% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,8892016: $2,6042017: $2,6042018: $2,6042019: $2,9372020: $3,0852021: $3,0852022: $3,0852023: $3,4042024: $3,4092025: $4,7162026: $4,7162027: $4,8892016202020232027

▲ +88% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

1
1 property 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 $27,063 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%
$5,830pays now $6,298at the full rate

1947 Ambassador St is assessed at $450K but pays $5,830 a year — about 93% of the $6,298 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 tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 209 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $209 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+6.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+109%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+0.4 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 41 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 15 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
41arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
15homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 42 parcels

Owner-occupied: 33Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7 42parcels
  • Owner-occupied 33
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7

Value distribution today

20 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels22 parcels
$335K$450K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Sofia Roytberg (individual)23$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Parvez Family Revocable Living Trust12$676Kphila.gov ↗
Harshad Patel (individual)22$890Kphila.gov ↗
Brightfuture Properties Ec Llc11$336Kphila.gov ↗
Pb Trust11$449Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 42 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$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
1945 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 2×: $160K in 2002 → $260K in 2008 (+63%). Owner-occupied $449K 4/4 2,200 1980 2
1946 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 3×: $180K in 2006 → $361K in 2023 (+101%). Owner-occupied $340K 3/2 1,000 1994 3
1947 AMBASSADOR ST built new (tax-abated), sold for $250K in 2007. Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 1 abated
1948 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,000 1985 1
1949 AMBASSADOR ST Absentee individual $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 0 rented
1950 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $351K in 2022. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $336K 2/2 1,000 1985 1
1951 AMBASSADOR ST L&I violation (2007); sold $250K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $450K —/— 2,200 1980 1 rented
1952 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K 2/2 1,000 1985 0
1953 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 1 rented
1954 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,000 1985 0
1955 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 0 rented
1956 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $337K —/— 1,000 1983 0
1957 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $265K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 3
1958 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 2×: $217K in 2010 → $358K in 2022 (+65%). Owner-occupied $337K 3/2 1,000 1985 2
1959 AMBASSADOR ST Absentee individual $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 1 rented
1960 AMBASSADOR ST Investor / LLC $337K 3/2 1,000 1985 1
1961 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $480K 4/2 2,200 1980 1
1962 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 2×: $210K in 2006 → $290K in 2021 (+38%). Owner-occupied $337K 3/2 1,000 1985 2
1963 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 0
1964 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 2×: $202K in 2006 → $195K in 2017 (-3%). Owner-occupied $337K 2/2 1,000 1985 2
1965 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 2×: $129K in 2000 → $250K in 2010 (+94%). Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 2 rented
1966 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $340K —/— 1,000 1985 0
1967 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 1 rented
1968 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,000 1985 0 rented
1969 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $135K in 2000. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 3
1971 AMBASSADOR ST Investor / LLC $449K 4/4 2,200 1980 0
1973 AMBASSADOR ST L&I violation (2011). Absentee individual $449K 4/— 2,200 1980 0
1975 AMBASSADOR ST 2 L&I violations (2015); sold $245K (2016). Owner-occupied $450K 4/— 2,200 1980 1
1977 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 0
1979 AMBASSADOR ST 2 L&I violations (2015). Absentee individual $450K 4/4 2,200 1980 0
1981 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $125K in 2013. Owner pulled a use permit in 2015. Absentee individual $449K 4/— 2,200 1980 1 rented
1983 AMBASSADOR ST 2 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $446K 4/4 2,200 1980 0
1984 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K —/— 1,000 1985 0
1985 AMBASSADOR ST Absentee individual $445K 4/— 2,200 1980 1 rented
1986 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $335K —/— 1,000 1985 1
1987 AMBASSADOR ST 4 L&I violations (2015). Owner-occupied $440K 4/— 2,200 1980 0
1988 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $170K in 2011. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $335K 2/2 1,000 1985 1
1990 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $336K 3/2 1,000 1983 1
1992 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $205K in 2011. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $337K 3/2 1,000 1983 1
1994 AMBASSADOR ST Bought for $328K in 2023. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $337K 3/2 1,000 1980 1 3 viol
1996 AMBASSADOR ST Owner-occupied $338K —/— 1,000 1973 1
1998 AMBASSADOR ST Traded 4×: $115K in 2001 → $360K in 2022 (+213%). Owner-occupied $340K 3/2 1,000 1973 4

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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