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Who owns your block

4400 block of Castor Ave

An investor-heavy block: 67% of the parcels are held by LLCs or companies, with 7 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 18% since 2016, now about $2.8M. 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
$2.8M
$1.8M–$4.0M
ZIP median $170K
Price / sq ft
$279
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
12.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$40K
typical · up to $55K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
2010
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
0%
0 of 3
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 67% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
+6%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+18%
value · tax +$6K

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 $2.8M — about 12.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19124 median of $170K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19124 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19124Philadelphia
Median home value$2.8M$170K$223K
Owner-occupied0%40%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 45 reported crimes (8 violent) and 17 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
45
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
17
4 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Other Assaults7
Theft from Vehicle3
Fraud2
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Receiving Stolen Property1

Top 311 complaints

Salting4
Parks and Rec Safety and Maintenance3
Abandoned Vehicle2
Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection2
Complaint (Streets)1
Dangerous Sidewalk1

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
Juniata Park Academy
801 E Hunting Park Ave · 784 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$2.5M$5.0M$2.8M2016: $2.4M2017: $2.4M2018: $2.6M2019: $2.6M2020: $2.7M2021: $2.7M2022: $2.7M2023: $3.3M2024: $3.3M2025: $2.8M2026: $2.8M2027: $2.8M2016202020232027

▲ +18% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$25,000$50,000$39,5432016: $33,5952017: $33,5952018: $37,0252019: $36,9912020: $37,2682021: $37,2682022: $37,2682023: $46,7002024: $46,7002025: $39,5432026: $39,5432027: $39,5432016202020232027

▲ +18% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +1.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 118 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $118 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+18%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5 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 11 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$2.5M$5.0M2005201020152020
11arm's-length sales since 2001
2times the typical home has sold
8most sales for a single property
0homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 3 parcels

Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 1 3parcels
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 1

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$1.8M$2.8M+

The block's largest owner, Smbc Leasing And Finance INC, carries 5 open violations across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Smbc Leasing And Finance INC13$18Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Four Seasons Northeast LLC11$2.8Mphila.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 3 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
4411 CASTOR AVE Bought for $2.3M in 2024, change of use permit in 2023, sold for $2.3M in 2024 (+764%). Investor / LLC $2.8M 10,125 1990 8 2 viol
4453 CASTOR AVE Vacant land, last sold for $300K in 2007. Investor / LLC $4.0M 15,700 2010 2 5 viol
4465 CASTOR AVE sold $126K (2010); 2 L&I violations (2024). Absentee individual $1.8M 3,276 2010 1

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.