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Who owns your block

2900 block of Amber St

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 1 home behind $1,044 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 341% since 2016, now about $30K. Property taxes are climbing about 14% 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
$30K
$28K–$40K
ZIP median $113K
Vs. Philadelphia
0.1×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$419
typical · up to $560
city ≈$3K/yr
Owner-occupied
33%
0 of 6
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$1K
1 of 6 behind
▲ block 17% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 50% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-31%
value · tax −$188
5 years
+162%
value · tax +$256
10 years
+162%
value · tax +$256

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $30K — about 0.1× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19134 median of $113K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19134 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19134Philadelphia
Median home value$30K$113K$223K
Owner-occupied0%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 175 reported crimes (69 violent) and 260 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
175
69 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
260
73 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults44
All Other Offenses27
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief22
Fraud14
Thefts12
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint79
Abandoned Vehicle32
Illegal Dumping30
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Street Defect16
Sanitation Violation10

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-4
Frances Willard
1930 E Elkhart St · 352 students
Middle
Memphis St Charter At Jp Jones
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$25K$50K$30K2016: $7K2017: $11K2018: $11K2019: $11K2020: $11K2021: $11K2022: $11K2023: $31K2024: $31K2025: $43K2026: $43K2027: $30K2016202020232027

▲ +341% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$4142016: $942017: $1582018: $1582019: $1582020: $1582021: $1582022: $1582023: $4332024: $4332025: $5962026: $6022027: $4142016202020232027

▲ +340% since 2016 · ~+14%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +14.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

95100100020162019202220252027This block 441 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $441 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+14.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+341%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+14.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+11.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+7.9 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 7 arm's-length sales since 2016. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$25K$50K2016201820202022
7arm's-length sales since 2016
2times the typical home has sold
2most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 6 parcels

Vacant: 6 6parcels
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels1 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$28K$31K+

The block's largest owner, Voytec Properties Llc, carries 4 open violations across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Voytec Properties Llc211$781Kphila.gov ↗
Hybrid Development Llc13$309Kphila.gov ↗
2967 Amber Llc11$40Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 6 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$50K$100K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
2963 AMBER ST Traded 2×: $20K in 2017 → $30K in 2022 (+50%). Vacant $30K 2
2965 AMBER ST 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $31K 0 tax lien
2967 AMBER ST Bought for $4K in 2016, built new, sold for $50K in 2021. Vacant $40K 2
2969 AMBER ST 2 L&I violations (2013); 3 L&I violations (2024). Vacant $28K 0 tax lien
2971 AMBER ST Bought for $20K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit, sold for $20K in 2022. Vacant $29K 2
2973 AMBER ST built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $19K in 2022. Vacant $29K 1 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.