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Who owns your block

300 block of Shurs Ln

A mixed-ownership block: 57% owner-occupied, 14% investor-held, with 1 home behind $38,623 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 33% since 2016, now about $276K. 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.

By the Numbers

Median value
$276K
$30K–$501K
ZIP median $368K
Price / sq ft
$269
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$301K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $276K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $7K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1925
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
57%
14 of 28
city 41%
Rentals
7%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$39K
1 of 28 behind
▼ block 4% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
3
3 homes · ZBA & boards
block 11% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+13%
value · tax +$388
5 years
+39%
value · tax +$796
10 years
+45%
value · tax +$921

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 $276K — about 1.2× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19128 median of $368K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19128 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19128Philadelphia
Median home value$276K$368K$223K
Owner-occupied18%58%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 27 reported crimes (7 violent) and 132 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
27
7 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
132
29 still open

Most reported crimes

Burglary Residential5
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Thefts5
Other Assaults4
Aggravated Assault No Firearm2
All Other Offenses2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection30
Maintenance Complaint27
Abandoned Vehicle19
Salting16
Shoveling9
Information Request8

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
Cook-Wissahickon
201 E Salaignac St · 426 students
High · 9-12
Roxborough High School
6498 Ridge Ave · 529 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$276K2016: $208K2017: $190K2018: $189K2019: $190K2020: $199K2021: $199K2022: $199K2023: $210K2024: $210K2025: $245K2026: $245K2027: $276K2016202020232027

▲ +33% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,5862016: $2,8522017: $2,6652018: $2,6422019: $2,6592020: $2,7902021: $2,7732022: $2,7902023: $2,9442024: $2,9372025: $3,4362026: $3,1982027: $3,5862016202020232027

▲ +26% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.6% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9110025020162019202220252027This block 133 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $133 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+2.6%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+33%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+2.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-0.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-3.9 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 20 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 16 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K20002005201020152020
20arm's-length sales since 2000
0times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
16homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 28 parcels

Owner-occupied: 14Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 7Vacant: 5 28parcels
  • Owner-occupied 14
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 7
  • Vacant 5

Value distribution today

3 parcels1 parcels1 parcels9 parcels8 parcels1 parcels5 parcels
$30K$489K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Marbildan Group Inc12$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Square 1 Holdings Llc11$315Kphila.gov ↗
Mdc Enterprises Inc11$145Kphila.gov ↗
Mdc Enterprises In C11$499Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 28 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
301 SHURS LN Traded 3×: $225K in 2004 → $339K in 2021 (+51%). Owner-occupied $489K 3/2 1,800 2004 3
303 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $501K 3/2 1,800 2005 1
305 SHURS LN Vacant land, last sold for $254K in 2004. Owner-occupied $463K 2/1 1,800 2005 1
307 SHURS LN Traded 2×: $215K in 2004 → $400K in 2022 (+86%). Owner-occupied $475K 3/2 1,800 2004 2
353 SHURS LN Traded 2×: $141K in 2000 → $265K in 2009 (+89%). Owner-occupied $358K 2/1 1,190 1999 2
355 SHURS LN Traded 2×: $135K in 2000 → $300K in 2021 (+122%). Owner-occupied $356K 2/1 1,166 1999 2
357 SHURS LN Traded 3×: $139K in 2000 → $222K in 2016 (+60%). Owner-occupied $356K 2/1 1,166 1999 3
359 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $357K 2/1 1,170 1999 1
363 SHURS LN Vacant $202K —/— 0 tax lien
365 SHURS LN Appeal filed (2007). Vacant $30K —/— 0
365 SHURS LN Vacant $30K —/— 0
365 SHURS LN Vacant $30K —/— 0
367 SHURS LN Appeal granted with conditions (2024). Owner-occupied $247K —/— 661 1900 0 rented
369 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $345K —/— 1,281 1900 1
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $250K 1/1 927 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $296K 2/1 1,150 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $245K 1/1 899 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $250K 1/1 925 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $244K 1/1 883 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $255K 2/1 960 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $256K 1/1 965 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $257K 1/1 969 1820 0
374 SHURS LN Absentee individual $256K 1/1 964 1820 0
376 SHURS LN Investor / LLC $331K —/— 5,189 1939 1
378 SHURS LN Absentee individual $306K 4/— 1,407 1925 0 rented
380 SHURS LN Investor / LLC $315K 4/— 1,491 1925 1
382 SHURS LN Traded 2×: $50K in 2016 → $75K in 2016 (+50%). Vacant $145K —/— 2 tax lien
384 SHURS LN Owner-occupied $499K —/— 3,540 1950 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 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.