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Who owns your block

3500 block of N Smedley St

A mixed-ownership block: 35% owner-occupied, 35% investor-held, with 5 homes behind $11,175 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 187% since 2016, now about $77K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% 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
$77K
$19K–$428K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$76
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$165K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $77K
Tax / yr
$973
typical · up to $6K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
7 of 31
$9K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
35%
11 of 31
city 41%
Rentals
6%
2 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$11K
5 of 31 behind
▲ block 16% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 3% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+2%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+106%
value · tax −$199
10 years
+187%
value · tax −$24

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 $77K — about 0.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19140 median of $108K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19140 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19140Philadelphia
Median home value$77K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied23%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 165 reported crimes (63 violent) and 187 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
165
63 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
187
39 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults42
All Other Offenses27
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief17
Thefts14
Aggravated Assault No Firearm9

Top 311 complaints

Maintenance Complaint73
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
License Complaint12
Illegal Dumping11
Abandoned Vehicle10
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 & Middle · K-8
Kenderton
1500 W Ontario St · 271 students
High
Mastery Charter School At Gratz

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$50K$100K$77K2016: $27K2017: $27K2018: $27K2019: $22K2020: $38K2021: $38K2022: $38K2023: $62K2024: $62K2025: $76K2026: $76K2027: $77K2016202020232027

▲ +187% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$500$1,000$2802016: $3042017: $3042018: $3042019: $2792020: $4792021: $4792022: $4792023: $6192024: $6192025: $9292026: $2802027: $2802016202020232027

▼ -8% since 2016 · ~-1%/yr

7
7 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 $9,463 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%
$15pays now $1,415at the full rate

3516 N Smedley St is assessed at $101K but pays $15 a year — about 1% of the $1,415 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 +10.1% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

8110050020162019202220252027This block 287 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $287 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.1%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+187%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.1%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.1%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.6 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 30 arm's-length sales since 1970. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K19801991200220132024
30arm's-length sales since 1970
0times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 31 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Investor / LLC: 4Absentee individual: 6Vacant: 10 31parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Investor / LLC 4
  • Absentee individual 6
  • Vacant 10

Value distribution today

10 parcels0 parcels0 parcels11 parcels5 parcels2 parcels3 parcels
$19K$124K+

The block's largest owner, Quatre Management Llc, carries 41 open violations across 18 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Quatre Management Llc118$4.4Mphila.gov ↗
Lift Trust213$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Barvaz Properties Llc18$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Mont Alto Llc18$916Kphila.gov ↗
Property Golden Inc16$589Kphila.gov ↗
Aam Investments Llc25$953Kphila.gov ↗
Lift Trust Llc13$165Kphila.gov ↗
35 Smedley Llc11$92Kphila.gov ↗
Way Up Broad Llc11$19Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 31 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

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3512 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $5K in 2012. Absentee individual $76K 3/1 990 1930 1 tax lien
3513 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 4×: $38K in 2005 → $100K in 2019 (+164%). Investor / LLC $124K 3/1 1,200 1926 4
3514 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $80K 2/1 1,050 1946 1
3515 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $26K in 2004 → $70K in 2022 (+169%). Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,200 1930 2
3516 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $20K in 2010, built new (tax-abated), sold for $165K in 2025. Owner-occupied $101K 2/1 1,050 1930 2 abated
3517 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,200 1930 0 abated
3518 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 0 rented
3519 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $92K 3/1 1,200 1930 0 abated
3520 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $2K in 2001 → $19K in 2020 (+850%). Investor / LLC $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 3 tax lien
3522 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 0 rented
3524 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $101K 3/1 1,050 1930 0 abated
3525 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $60K in 2007 → $45K in 2018 (-25%). Investor / LLC $216K —/— 5,450 1932 2 tax lien
3526 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $3K in 2005 → $55K in 2009 (+1733%). Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 2
3527-29 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $75K in 2002 → $5K in 2017 (-94%). Owner-occupied $428K —/— 5,700 1932 3
3528 N SMEDLEY ST Bought for $8K in 1970, built new (tax-abated), sold for $9K in 2004. Owner-occupied $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 2 abatedtax lien
3530 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $77K 3/1 1,050 1930 0
3532 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $84K 3/1 1,050 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3534 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien
3535 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $28K in 2018 → $26K in 2023 (-7%). Owner-occupied $66K 3/1 750 1930 2
3536 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
3537 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 3×: $6K in 2008 → $70K in 2022 (+1067%). Investor / LLC $66K 2/1 750 1930 3
3538 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 0
3539 N SMEDLEY ST Traded 2×: $8K in 2011 → $14K in 2014 (+84%). Absentee individual $70K 2/1 840 1930 2
3540 N SMEDLEY ST Appeal granted with conditions (2019). Vacant $20K —/— 0
3541 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $66K 3/1 750 1930 0 abated
3542 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 0 tax lien
3543 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $23K —/— 0 tax lien
3544 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $23K —/— 0
3545 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $19K —/— 0 tax lien
3546 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $23K —/— 0
3547 N SMEDLEY ST Vacant $20K —/— 1

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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