Who owns your block
700 block of Catharine St
A mostly owner-occupied block: 68% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $47,438 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 76% since 2016, now about $660K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
By the Numbers
How fast it's moving
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.
- 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 $660K — about 3.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $461K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19147 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $660K | $461K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 41% | 38% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 75 reported crimes (15 violent) and 346 resident 311 requests to the city.
Most reported crimes
Top 311 complaints
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.
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
- $660K typical home, up +76% since 2016
- Tax bill $3,655 to $6,956 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $17M assessed, $125,200/yr to the city, about $5,691 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +76% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +90% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
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, 5 of 22 homes pay that full rate — and 17 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.
The starkest example: 711-19 Catharine St is assessed at $2.0M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $28,489 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 lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.
Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market
Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $176 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.
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 21 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 9 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 22 parcels
- Owner-occupied 15
- Investor / LLC 4
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 2
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmede Trust Company Na | 4 | 5 | $5.1M | phila.gov ↗ · registry ↗ |
| La Gioconda Co | 1 | 4 | $2.4M | phila.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 22 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 CATHARINE ST | Investor / LLC | $1.0M | —/— | 5,670 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
| 702 CATHARINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2007 permit (tax-abated), sold for $250K in 2007. | Owner-occupied | $674K | —/— | 2,352 | 1915 | 1 | abated2 violtax lien |
| 704 CATHARINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated). | Owner-occupied | $389K | —/— | 1,992 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 705 CATHARINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $300K in 2015 → $743K in 2025 (+148%). | Owner-occupied | $740K | 4/4 | 3,254 | 1915 | 2 | rented |
| 706-24 CATHARINE ST | Vacant | $1.4M | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 707 CATHARINE ST New constructionBought for $450K in 2006, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $1.1M in 2025. | Owner-occupied | $1.0M | 4/3 | 3,092 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 709 CATHARINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $655K | —/— | 3,260 | 1906 | 0 | abated |
| 711-19 CATHARINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2009 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $2.0M | —/— | 17,760 | 1905 | 0 | abated |
| 721 CATHARINE ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2008 permit (tax-abated). | Investor / LLC | $573K | 2/1 | 2,280 | 1910 | 0 | abated |
| 723 CATHARINE ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2016. | Vacant | $719K | —/— | — | — | 0 | |
| 726 CATHARINE ST Renovated & sold onBought for $314K in 2017, major alteration permit in 2017, sold for $745K in 2018 (+137%). | Owner-occupied | $930K | —/— | 2,100 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 728 CATHARINE ST | Owner-occupied | $664K | 4/2 | 2,142 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 730 CATHARINE ST | Owner-occupied | $610K | 3/1 | 2,106 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 732 CATHARINE ST | Owner-occupied | $636K | 4/2 | 1,914 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 734 CATHARINE ST | Owner-occupied | $584K | 3/1 | 1,914 | 1915 | 0 | |
| 736 CATHARINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $340K in 2005 → $710K in 2016 (+109%). | Owner-occupied | $639K | 3/1 | 2,256 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 738 CATHARINE ST | Owner-occupied | $683K | 6/2 | 2,256 | 1915 | 0 | abated |
| 740 CATHARINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $295K in 2003 → $525K in 2017 (+78%). | Owner-occupied | $640K | 3/1 | 2,333 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 742 CATHARINE ST New constructionBought for $275K in 2016, built new under a 2017 permit (tax-abated), sold for $837K in 2018. | Owner-occupied | $968K | 4/4 | 2,753 | 1915 | 2 | abated |
| 744 CATHARINE ST ImprovedBought for $299K in 2002. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. | Owner-occupied | $630K | 3/1 | 2,253 | 1915 | 1 | |
| 746 CATHARINE ST TradedTraded 2×: $303K in 2014 → $420K in 2023 (+39%). | Owner-occupied | $358K | 3/2 | 1,008 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 748 CATHARINE ST ImprovedBought for $278K in 2019. Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2021. | Absentee individual | $358K | 3/1 | 1,008 | 1915 | 1 | rented |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
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Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)