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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

2000 block of Amber St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 79% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 3 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,480 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 129% since 2016, now about $379K. Property taxes are climbing about 17% 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$379K
$203K–$1.2M
ZIP median $334K
Price / sq ft
$264
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.7×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$418K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $379K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $11K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
8 of 42
$86K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
79%
33 of 42
city 41%
Rentals
17%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
3
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 42 behind
▼ block 2% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+3%
value · tax +$847
5 years
+53%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+132%
value · tax +$3K

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 $379K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19125 median of $334K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19125 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19125Philadelphia
Median home value$379K$334K$223K
Owner-occupied43%32%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 106 reported crimes (20 violent) and 322 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
106
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
322
45 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft26
Thefts18
Other Assaults16
Theft from Vehicle16
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief8
Fraud7

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection76
Illegal Dumping53
Street Defect42
Maintenance Complaint35
Abandoned Vehicle16
Information Request14

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
Henry A Brown
1946 E Sergeant St · 319 students
High
Kensington Campus

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$500K$1.0M$379K2016: $165K2017: $163K2018: $164K2019: $200K2020: $246K2021: $246K2022: $247K2023: $278K2024: $283K2025: $366K2026: $366K2027: $379K2016202020232027

▲ +129% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,2372016: $7352017: $9822018: $9932019: $1,6882020: $1,7062021: $1,8052022: $2,6132023: $2,7952024: $2,8462025: $3,3902026: $3,3902027: $4,2372016202020232027

▲ +476% since 2016 · ~+17%/yr

8
8 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 $86,175 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

16 homes pay the full 1.40%26 pay less
$3,385pays now $16,926at the full rate

The starkest example: 2026-28 Amber St is assessed at $1.2M but pays $3,385 a year — about 20% of the $16,926 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.8% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 229 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $229 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+7.8%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+129%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+7.8%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+4.8%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.3 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 51 arm's-length sales since 2002. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 22 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
51arm's-length sales since 2002
0times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
22homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 42 parcels

Owner-occupied: 33Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 5 42parcels
  • Owner-occupied 33
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

5 parcels13 parcels9 parcels2 parcels3 parcels4 parcels6 parcels
$203K$755K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Celtic Builders LLC24$3.1Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Christine Rossi (individual)22$615Kphila.gov ↗
Daniel Desalvo (individual)22$690Kphila.gov ↗
2026 Amber Partners LP11$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Cover LLC11$755Kphila.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 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2004 AMBER ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $293K 2/1 856 1875 0 rentedabatedtax lien
2008 AMBER ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $260K 3/1 1,140 1925 0
2010 AMBER ST Bought for $95K in 2017, built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $916K 5/— 3,752 2019 2 rentedabated
2011-23 AMBER ST Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $723K —/— 6,181 1965 0
2025 AMBER ST built new under a 2021 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.1M —/— 5,397 2023 0 rentedabated
2026-28 AMBER ST built new under a 2014 permit (tax-abated). Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 6,476 2017 0 abated1 violtax lien
2029 AMBER ST Bought for $74K in 2006, plumbing permit in 2013, sold for $265K in 2020 (+259%). Owner-occupied $253K 2/1 952 1925 3
2030 AMBER ST Traded 3×: $2K in 2003 → $401K in 2017 (+19950%). Owner-occupied $407K 3/1 1,272 1875 3
2031 AMBER ST Bought for $85K in 2008. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $291K 3/1 1,140 1925 2
2032 AMBER ST L&I violation (2010); L&I violation (2023); 2 L&I violations (2025). Owner-occupied $303K —/— 1,842 1915 0 tax lien
2033 AMBER ST Bought for $185K in 2010. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $254K —/— 696 1875 2
2034 AMBER ST Bought for $46K in 2005, built new under a 2016 permit, sold for $275K in 2022. Owner-occupied $203K 3/1 1,085 1875 2
2035 AMBER ST Bought for $20K in 2005, plumbing permit in 2018, sold for $270K in 2018 (+1247%). Owner-occupied $309K 2/1 1,008 1875 3
2036 AMBER ST Bought for $150K in 2018. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Absentee individual $232K 3/1 840 1875 1 rented
2037 AMBER ST built new under a 2023 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $435K 4/1 2,780 1925 0 abated
2038-40 AMBER ST built new under a 2017 permit, sold for $337K in 2016. Owner-occupied $402K —/— 1,650 1915 1 2 viol
2039 AMBER ST Bought for $75K in 2007, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $328K in 2023 (+337%). Owner-occupied $351K 2/2 1,066 1925 3
2041 AMBER ST Bought for $25K in 2010, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $337K in 2023 (+1248%). Absentee individual $361K 2/2 1,314 1925 3
2042-46 AMBER ST Investor / LLC $755K —/— 2,150 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2014. Absentee individual $312K 1/— 1,060 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $597K 2/2 2,280 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $323K 1/1 1,220 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $323K 1/— 1,220 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $378K 2/— 1,430 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $624K 4/— 2,380 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $529K 2/— 2,020 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $321K 1/— 950 1910 0 rented
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $315K 1/— 1,070 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $371K 1/— 1,400 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST 5 L&I violations (2013). Owner-occupied $450K 1/— 1,620 1910 0 rented
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $334K 2/— 1,260 1910 0
2042-46 AMBER ST Owner-occupied $403K 2/— 1,540 1910 0
2043 AMBER ST Bought for $58K in 2013, major alteration permit in 2013, sold for $418K in 2024 (+627%). Owner-occupied $380K 2/1 1,206 1925 3
2045 AMBER ST Bought for $10K in 2003, built new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated), sold for $686K in 2021. Owner-occupied $711K 4/— 2,628 2021 4 abated
2047 AMBER ST Traded 2×: $561K in 2019 → $730K in 2025 (+30%). Owner-occupied $630K 3/3 2,692 1880 2
2049 AMBER ST Bought for $40K in 2007, major alteration permit in 2010, sold for $223K in 2011 (+1531%). Owner-occupied $429K 2/2 1,705 1875 5
2051 AMBER ST Bought for $9K in 2003. Owner pulled a interior non-load-bearing wall demo. permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $320K —/— 1,570 1875 2
2053 AMBER ST Bought for $30K in 2008. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2019. Absentee individual $342K 3/1 1,470 1875 1 rented
2055 AMBER ST built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $651K 3/— 2,118 2024 0 abated
2057 AMBER ST Bought for $90K in 2016, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $700K in 2023. Owner-occupied $583K 3/2 2,743 2017 4 abated
2059 AMBER ST Bought for $750 in 2009, built new under a 2014 permit. Owner-occupied $537K 3/— 2,268 2015 3
2061 AMBER ST Bought for $979 in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $25K in 2010. Owner-occupied $518K 3/— 2,110 2010 2

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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