Who owns your block
2500 block of Amber St
An investor-heavy block: 42% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $1,637 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 658% since 2016, now about $488K. Property taxes are climbing about 15% a year.
- 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 $488K — about 2.2× 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 block | ZIP 19125 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $488K | $334K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 8% | 32% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 144 reported crimes (38 violent) and 354 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
- $488K typical home, up +658% since 2016
- Tax bill $901 to $4,010 a year, +15%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $11M assessed, $48,144/yr to the city, about $4,012 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +658% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +345% since 2016 · ~+15%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
2559-77 Amber St is assessed at $6.2M but pays $8,661 a year — about 10% of the $86,618 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +20.2% 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 $758 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2005. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 12 parcels
- Owner-occupied 4
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 3
- Vacant 1
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Bmk Properties Llc, carries 3 open violations across 23 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bmk Properties Llc | 1 | 23 | $2.0M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Dennis C Simoes (individual) | 3 | 12 | $3.3M | phila.gov ↗ |
| Inf Investments Llc | 2 | 6 | $2.4M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2557 Amber Llc | 1 | 1 | $433K | phila.gov ↗ |
| 2559 Amber Llc | 1 | 1 | $6.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 12 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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 AMBER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2025 permit, sold for $43K in 2024. | Vacant | $89K | —/— | — | — | 1 | 2 viol |
| 2505 AMBER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $90K in 2015, plumbing permit in 2015, sold for $170K in 2021 (+89%). | Owner-occupied | $163K | —/— | 480 | 1875 | 2 | |
| 2526 AMBER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $430K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $548K | 3/3 | 2,001 | 2017 | 1 | abated |
| 2528 AMBER ST New constructionBought for $425K in 2018, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $450K in 2020. | Owner-occupied | $550K | 3/3 | 2,001 | 2017 | 2 | abated |
| 2530 AMBER ST New constructionBought for $435K in 2019, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $480K | 3/— | 1,680 | 2020 | 1 | abated |
| 2532 AMBER ST New constructionBought for $35K in 2005, built new (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $1.4M | —/— | 4,374 | 2019 | 2 | rentedabated |
| 2534 AMBER ST ImprovedBought for $35K in 2005. Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2017. | Investor / LLC | $319K | —/— | 2,661 | 1875 | 2 | rented |
| 2536 AMBER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. | Absentee individual | $301K | —/— | 1,668 | 1875 | 0 | rented |
| 2538 AMBER ST HistoryL&I violation (2014). | Absentee individual | $532K | —/— | 2,260 | 1875 | 0 | rented |
| 2540 AMBER ST ImprovedOwner pulled a use permit in 2015. | Absentee individual | $496K | —/— | 2,643 | 1875 | 0 | rented |
| 2557 AMBER ST Renovated & sold onBought for $445K in 2016, administrative permit in 2013, sold for $445K in 2016 (+242%). | Investor / LLC | $433K | —/— | 3,609 | 1875 | 2 | |
| 2559-77 AMBER ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2020 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $6.2M | —/— | 42,872 | 2019 | 0 | rentedabated |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)