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Who owns your block

3900 block of N Smedley St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 80% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 18 open code violations and 10 homes behind $42,399 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 143% since 2016, now about $111K. Property taxes are climbing about 3% 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
$111K
$18K–$261K
ZIP median $108K
Price / sq ft
$83
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$184K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $111K
Tax / yr
$1K
typical · up to $4K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
33 of 65
$47K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
80%
52 of 65
city 41%
Rentals
12%
8 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
18
L&I code
▼ block 2% · city 5%
Back taxes
$42K
10 of 65 behind
▲ block 15% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 2% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+14%
value · tax −$207
5 years
+113%
value · tax +$97
10 years
+143%
value · tax −$85

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 $111K — about 0.5× the citywide median, and in line with 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$111K$108K$223K
Owner-occupied52%31%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (30 violent) and 216 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
30 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
216
56 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults18
Thefts10
Fraud9
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief9
All Other Offenses8
Motor Vehicle Theft8

Top 311 complaints

Abandoned Vehicle55
Maintenance Complaint40
Street Defect31
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection22
Information Request12
Illegal Dumping10

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
Mastery Charter School At Cleveland
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$100K$200K$111K2016: $46K2017: $46K2018: $46K2019: $48K2020: $52K2021: $52K2022: $52K2023: $83K2024: $83K2025: $98K2026: $98K2027: $111K2016202020232027

▲ +143% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$250$500$1952016: $2802017: $2802018: $2802019: $1442020: $982021: $982022: $982023: $492024: $492025: $4022026: $4022027: $1952016202020232027

▼ -30% since 2016 · ~-3%/yr

33
33 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 $47,379 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, 31 of 65 homes pay that full rate — and 34 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
$195pays now $1,594at the full rate

The starkest example: 3901 N Smedley St is assessed at $114K but pays $195 a year — about 12% of the $1,594 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 beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +8.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 243 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $243 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+8.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+143%
since 2016
Net rental yield
—
est., after tax carry
Total return
+8.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+5.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+1.9 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 50 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 32 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K2004201020162022
50arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
32homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 65 parcels

Owner-occupied: 52Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 4Vacant: 1 65parcels
  • Owner-occupied 52
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 4
  • Vacant 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels28 parcels35 parcels
$18K$114K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Taurus Land Investments LLC110$762Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Concierge Realty LLC19$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Pmh Enterprise LLC19$1.2Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Idea Capital Investments12$264Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Gratz And Smedley LLC12$220Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Fine Af LLC11$99Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Hornestein2 LLC11$111Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Smedley Street Suites LLC11$216Kphila.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 65 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

New construction
3901 N Smedley St
$114K · Bought for $14K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $43K in 2001.
New construction
3902 N Smedley St
$111K · Bought for $54K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 2020.
New construction
3908 N Smedley St
$111K · Bought for $75K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $82K in 2007.
New construction
3918 N Smedley St
$111K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $145K in 2023.
New construction
3928 N Smedley St
$111K · Bought for $45K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $77K in 2007.
New construction
3938 N Smedley St
$111K · built new (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2020.
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
3900 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $261K —/— 3,876 1930 0 18 viol
3901 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $14K in 2000, built new (tax-abated), sold for $43K in 2001. Owner-occupied $114K 4/1 1,520 1930 2 abated
3902 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $54K in 2006, built new (tax-abated), sold for $130K in 2020. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 abated
3903 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 0 abated
3904 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 tax lien
3905 N SMEDLEY ST Improved Vacant $18K —/— — — 0 tax lien
3906 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abated
3907 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 0 abated
3908 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $75K in 2007, built new (tax-abated), sold for $82K in 2007. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 abated
3909 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 0 abated
3910 N SMEDLEY ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $10K in 2000 → $75K in 2007 (+650%). Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 3
3911 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $50K in 2008 → $140K in 2022 (+180%). Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 2
3912 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 tax lien
3913 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 0
3914 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K —/1 1,426 1930 0 abated
3915 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,162 1930 1
3916 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 tax lien
3917 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $45K in 2003 → $169K in 2022 (+275%). Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 2
3918 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $145K in 2023. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 abated
3919 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1
3920 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3921 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3922 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1
3923 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3924 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1
3925 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $50K in 2005. Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1 abated
3926 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abated
3927 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3928 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $45K in 2003, built new (tax-abated), sold for $77K in 2007. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 abatedtax lien
3929 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1 rented
3930 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $80K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 rented
3931 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3932 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $9K in 2025 → $265K in 2026 (+2844%). Owner-occupied $206K 3/2 1,426 1927 2 tax lien
3933 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3934 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $18K in 2007 → $93K in 2015 (+417%). Owner-occupied $170K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 tax lien
3935 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3936 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3937 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1 rented
3938 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $100K in 2020. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 abated
3939 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $102K 3/1 1,233 1930 0 abated
3940 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $75K in 2006 → $27K in 2015 (-65%). Investor / LLC $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 rented
3941 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3942 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $20K in 2005, built new (tax-abated), sold for $55K in 2014. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 abated
3943 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1
3944 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0
3945 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0
3946 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abated
3947 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0
3948 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $24K in 2013 → $40K in 2013 (+66%). Investor / LLC $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 2 rented
3949 N SMEDLEY ST Absentee individual $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 1 rentedtax lien
3950 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 rented
3951 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3952 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionBought for $28K in 2013, built new (tax-abated), sold for $140K in 2022. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 4 abated
3953 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3954 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1
3955 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0
3956 N SMEDLEY ST New constructionbuilt new (tax-abated), sold for $27K in 2009. Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 abated
3957 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0
3958 N SMEDLEY ST Investor / LLC $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 1 rented
3959 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3960 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abated
3961 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $99K 3/1 1,156 1930 0 abated
3962 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $111K 3/1 1,426 1930 0 abatedtax lien
3963 N SMEDLEY ST Owner-occupied $103K 3/1 1,248 1930 1
3964 N SMEDLEY ST TradedTraded 2×: $81K in 2005 → $184K in 2025 (+127%). Investor / LLC $216K 6/3 2,344 1930 2

Neighborhood

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

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