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Who owns your block

2700 block of Berkshire St

A mixed-ownership block: 54% owner-occupied, 23% investor-held, with 1 home behind $1,214 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 49% since 2016, now about $199K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% 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.
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By the Numbers

Median value
$199K
$27K–$254K
ZIP median $213K
Price / sq ft
$137
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.9×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
3 of 13
$8K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
54%
7 of 13
city 41%
Rentals
8%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 13 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 8% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-10%
value · tax −$70
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$238
10 years
+49%
value · tax +$327

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 $199K — about 0.9× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19137 median of $213K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19137 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19137Philadelphia
Median home value$199K$213K$223K
Owner-occupied15%49%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 20 reported crimes (8 violent) and 76 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
20
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
76
13 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults4
Thefts4
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
All Other Offenses1

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle10
Graffiti Removal10
Street Defect9
Maintenance Complaint7
Salting5
Street Trees5

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
Bridesburg
2824 Jenks St · 522 students
High · 9-12
Frankford HS
5000 Oxford Ave · 908 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$125K$250K$199K2016: $134K2017: $134K2018: $134K2019: $136K2020: $146K2021: $146K2022: $146K2023: $203K2024: $203K2025: $222K2026: $222K2027: $199K2016202020232027

▲ +49% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$1,4522016: $1,1252017: $1,1252018: $1,1252019: $1,2142020: $1,2142021: $1,2142022: $1,2142023: $1,2142024: $1,2142025: $1,5222026: $1,5222027: $1,4522016202020232027

▲ +29% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

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3 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 $8,000 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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, 8 of 13 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.

1.40% — the full rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
home on this blocktax-abated
$1,125pays now $3,059at the full rate

The starkest example: 2719 Berkshire St is assessed at $219K but pays $1,125 a year — about 37% of the $3,059 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 +3.7% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 149 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $149 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+3.7%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+49%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+3.7%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+0.7%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2.8 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 13 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 7 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K20002005201020152020
13arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
7homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 13 parcels

Owner-occupied: 7Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 4 13parcels
  • Owner-occupied 7
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 4

Value distribution today

3 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels1 parcels7 parcels
$27K$219K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Anter Associates17$6.5Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Raymond J Gudknecht (individual)22$226Kphila.gov ↗
Lybra Llc12$394Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Anter Associates Inc11$37Kphila.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 13 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
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2703 BERKSHIRE ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $37K —/— 0
2705 BERKSHIRE ST 2 L&I violations (2008); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $27K —/— 0
2707 BERKSHIRE ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2009. Vacant $154K —/— 0
2709 BERKSHIRE ST Bought for $5K in 2008. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2012. Vacant $27K —/— 1
2711 BERKSHIRE ST Owner-occupied $199K 3/1 1,395 1910 0 abated
2713 BERKSHIRE ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $200K 3/1 1,410 1910 0 abatedtax lien
2715 BERKSHIRE ST L&I violation (2014). Owner-occupied $205K 3/1 1,485 1910 0
2717 BERKSHIRE ST Traded 2×: $46K in 2004 → $145K in 2007 (+213%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,485 1910 2
2719 BERKSHIRE ST Owner-occupied $219K 3/1 1,635 1910 0 abated
2721 BERKSHIRE ST Traded 2×: $37K in 2003 → $128K in 2023 (+246%). Investor / LLC $139K 4/1 1,455 1910 2 rented
2723 BERKSHIRE ST Traded 4×: $43K in 2000 → $190K in 2023 (+342%). Owner-occupied $204K 3/1 1,485 1910 4
2725 BERKSHIRE ST Bought for $20K in 2001, major alteration permit in 2018, sold for $170K in 2020 (+750%). Absentee individual $254K 3/1 1,590 1910 3
2727 BERKSHIRE ST Bought for $100K in 2005. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $189K —/— 2,700 1960 1

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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