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Who owns your block

600 block of N 12th St

A mixed-ownership block: 44% owner-occupied, 21% investor-held, with 7 open code violations and 5 homes behind $23,831 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 87% since 2016, now about $502K. Property taxes are climbing about 18% 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
$502K
$40K–$1.6M
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$214
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.3×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$518K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $502K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $13K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
10 of 52
$107K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
44%
23 of 52
city 41%
Rentals
31%
16 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
7
L&I code
▲ block 8% · city 5%
Back taxes
$24K
5 of 52 behind
▲ block 10% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
16
10 homes · ZBA & boards
block 19% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$175
5 years
+36%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+80%
value · tax +$3K

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 $502K — about 2.3× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$502K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied21%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 136 reported crimes (39 violent) and 195 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
136
39 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
195
27 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts24
Other Assaults23
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief18
Motor Vehicle Theft16
Theft from Vehicle12
Burglary Residential10

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection56
Maintenance Complaint30
Illegal Dumping23
Sanitation Violation12
Dangerous Sidewalk9
Shoveling9

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
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 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$500K$1.0M$502K2016: $268K2017: $278K2018: $286K2019: $345K2020: $357K2021: $357K2022: $370K2023: $443K2024: $443K2025: $502K2026: $502K2027: $502K2016202020232027

▲ +87% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,7152016: $7872017: $1,2212018: $1,2812019: $1,4332020: $1,5442021: $1,8572022: $2,8772023: $4,3082024: $4,3772025: $4,4612026: $4,5402027: $4,7152016202020232027

▲ +499% since 2016 · ~+18%/yr

10
10 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 $107,434 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%
$0pays now $22,289at the full rate

654 N 12th St is assessed at $1.6M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $22,289 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 187 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $187 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.9%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+87%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.9%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.9%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.6 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 61 arm's-length sales since 1998. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M19982004201020162022
61arm's-length sales since 1998
1times the typical home has sold
8most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 52 parcels

Owner-occupied: 23Investor / LLC: 9Absentee individual: 14Vacant: 6 52parcels
  • Owner-occupied 23
  • Investor / LLC 9
  • Absentee individual 14
  • Vacant 6

Value distribution today

5 parcels5 parcels12 parcels11 parcels11 parcels2 parcels6 parcels
$40K$925K+

The block's largest owner, Metropoly Llc, carries 11 open violations across 38 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Metropoly Llc238$2.7Mphila.gov ↗
Elliott Ebbett (individual)28$1.2Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Chinatown De (individual)25$3.8Mphila.gov ↗
Carmel Developments Inc14$1.3Mphila.gov ↗
601 N 12th Llc33$921Kphila.gov ↗
Anthony B Monteiro (individual)23$1.6Mphila.gov ↗
Grand Oak Investments Llc12$959Kphila.gov ↗
Aw 533 Llc11$592Kphila.gov ↗
12 Lemon Llc11$112Kphila.gov ↗
Cbrg 634 Llc11$909Kphila.gov ↗
Shun Xing Realty Inc11$750Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 52 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
601 N 12TH ST Investor / LLC $201K —/— 1,588 2017 0 rented
601 N 12TH ST Investor / LLC $315K 2/2 1,052 2017 0 rented
601 N 12TH ST Investor / LLC $404K 3/2 1,600 2017 0 rented
602-06 N 12TH ST Bought for $85K in 2011, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $352K in 2011. Owner-occupied $561K 4/2 2,322 2009 3
603 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $335K 2/— 1,100 2011 0
603 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $377K 2/— 1,800 2011 0
605 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $335K 2/— 1,100 2011 0
605 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $377K 2/— 1,800 2011 0
607 N 12TH ST Vacant $209K —/— 0 tax lien
608 N 12TH ST built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $490K in 2014. Owner-occupied $519K 3/— 1,701 2011 1
609 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $428K —/— 2,280 1915 0
612 N 12TH ST Bought for $42K in 2005, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $355K in 2008. Owner-occupied $549K 3/2 2,499 2008 5
614 N 12TH ST built new under a 2024 permit. Vacant $270K —/— 1 1 viol
617 N 12TH ST Bought for $5K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Absentee individual $896K —/— 4,980 1915 2 rented
618 N 12TH ST sold $32K (2013); 2 L&I violations (2013); L&I violation (2015); 3 L&I violations (2024); 3 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $110K —/— 1 2 viol
619 N 12TH ST Bought for $5K in 1998, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $80K in 2010. Absentee individual $539K 4/2 2,555 2010 3 rented
620 N 12TH ST sold $31K (2013); L&I violation (2015); 3 L&I violations (2024); 2 L&I violations (2025); 3 L&I violations (2026). Vacant $110K —/— 1 2 viol
621 N 12TH ST Bought for $140K in 2005, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $540K in 2018. Absentee individual $539K 4/2 2,555 2010 3
622 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $168K —/— 678 2012 0 rented
622 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $418K 2/— 1,639 2012 0
622 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $418K 2/— 1,639 2012 0
622 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $439K 2/— 1,807 2012 0
623 N 12TH ST Bought for $583K in 2017. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $623K 6/2 2,705 1915 1
624 N 12TH ST built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $950K —/— 3,308 1915 0 rentedabated
625 N 12TH ST Bought for $96K in 2011, built new under a 2011 permit, sold for $450K in 2014. Absentee individual $699K —/— 3,375 2012 3 rented
626 N 12TH ST Bought for $422K in 2018. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Investor / LLC $592K 7/5 3,228 1915 1 rented
627 N 12TH ST Bought for $42K in 2005. Owner pulled a zoning/use permit in 2008. Vacant $253K —/— 4
628 N 12TH ST Vacant $481K —/— 1 tax lien
629 N 12TH ST Bought for $50K in 2006, built new under a 2007 permit. Owner-occupied $569K —/— 3,162 2009 2 tax lien
630 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $545K —/— 3,228 1915 0 abated
631 N 12TH ST Investor / LLC $112K —/— 641 2010 0
631 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $390K 2/2 1,440 2010 0
631 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $330K 2/2 1,146 2010 0 rented
632 N 12TH ST built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $925K 5/4 2,559 2018 0 rentedabated
633 N 12TH ST Owner pulled a administrative permit in 2007. Absentee individual $40K —/— 330 2007 0
634 N 12TH ST Bought for $70K in 2013, built new under a 2013 permit. Investor / LLC $909K 5/— 3,081 2015 1 rented
635 N 12TH ST built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $23K in 2001. Owner-occupied $619K 7/3 2,808 1915 1
636 N 12TH ST Bought for $45K in 2007. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $601K —/— 2,811 1915 1 tax lien
637 N 12TH ST Absentee individual $557K 3/1 2,704 1915 1 rented
638 N 12TH ST Bought for $2K in 2002, alteration permit in 2007, sold for $435K in 2013 (+21650%). Owner-occupied $643K —/— 3,571 1915 8
639 N 12TH ST Bought for $25K in 2002. Owner pulled a masonry facade replacement permit in 2021. Investor / LLC $537K —/— 2,730 1915 1
641 N 12TH ST Bought for $70K in 2009, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $518K in 2025. Owner-occupied $509K 4/2 2,448 2009 4
643 N 12TH ST Bought for $62K in 2008, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $495K in 2023. Absentee individual $495K 4/2 2,484 2009 3 rented
645 N 12TH ST Bought for $100K in 2018, built new under a 2018 permit (tax-abated), sold for $213K in 2019. Investor / LLC $750K 5/— 2,662 2019 2 rentedabated
647 N 12TH ST Bought for $66K in 2008, built new under a 2009 permit, sold for $499K in 2017. Absentee individual $509K 3/2 2,484 2009 3
649 N 12TH ST built new (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $670K —/— 3,966 1915 0 abated2 viol
651 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $337K 4/1 1,326 1915 1
653 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $601K —/— 2,859 1915 0 abated
654 N 12TH ST built new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $1.6M —/— 13,528 1883 0 abated
655 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $409K —/— 1,894 1915 0 abated
657 N 12TH ST Bought for $900K in 2017, built new under a 2016 permit (tax-abated), sold for $980K in 2019. Absentee individual $1.0M 7/3 3,357 2016 3 rentedabated
659-61 N 12TH ST Owner-occupied $140K —/— 4,450 1915 0 abatedtax lien

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

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