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Who owns your block

700 block of S Bancroft St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 81% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 17% since 2016, now about $617K. Property taxes are climbing about 32% 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
$617K
$49K–$689K
ZIP median $364K
Price / sq ft
$455
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$105K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $617K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $10K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
1 of 16
$16K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
81%
12 of 16
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
7 homes · ZBA & boards
block 44% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax −$7
5 years
+5%
value · tax +$30
10 years
+17%
value · tax +$6K

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 $617K — about 2.8× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19146 median of $364K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19146 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19146Philadelphia
Median home value$617K$364K$223K
Owner-occupied50%29%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 86 reported crimes (19 violent) and 422 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
86
19 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
422
34 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts29
Theft from Vehicle15
Other Assaults12
Motor Vehicle Theft6
All Other Offenses5
Burglary Non-Residential4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection104
Graffiti Removal54
Street Defect47
Illegal Dumping23
Maintenance Complaint22
Shoveling22

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
Edwin M Stanton
901 S 17th St · 316 students
High · 9-12
South Philadelphia HS
2101 S Broad St · 647 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$617K2016: $529K2017: $529K2018: $529K2019: $600K2020: $586K2021: $586K2022: $586K2023: $601K2024: $601K2025: $610K2026: $610K2027: $617K2016202020232027

▲ +17% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$7,7122016: $3522017: $2,1412018: $2,1412019: $2,4242020: $2,3672021: $5,3472022: $7,6822023: $7,3312024: $7,3312025: $7,7192026: $7,7192027: $7,7122016202020232027

▲ +2091% since 2016 · ~+32%/yr

1
1 property 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 $16,319 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%
$2,234pays now $7,355at the full rate

730 S Bancroft St is assessed at $525K but pays $2,234 a year — about 30% of the $7,355 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 +1.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 117 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $117 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+1.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+17%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+1.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
-1.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-5.1 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 47 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 4 times in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M20052010201520202025
47arm's-length sales since 2001
4times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
2homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 16 parcels

Owner-occupied: 12Absentee individual: 1Vacant: 3 16parcels
  • Owner-occupied 12
  • Absentee individual 1
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels1 parcels0 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels11 parcels
$49K$679K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Steve Promislo (individual)23$1.6Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 16 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$500K$1.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
706 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $88K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $639K in 2023. Owner-occupied $617K 3/2 1,230 2010 3
708 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $88K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $667K in 2021. Owner-occupied $617K 3/2 1,230 2010 4
710 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $176K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $550K in 2023. Absentee individual $617K 3/2 1,230 2010 4
712 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $176K in 2010, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $635K in 2021. Owner-occupied $617K 3/2 1,230 2010 4
714 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $80K in 2005, built new under a 2010 permit, sold for $577K in 2020. Owner-occupied $668K 3/2 1,449 2010 4
715 S BANCROFT ST demolished in 2010 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $616K in 2023. Owner-occupied $623K 3/2 1,275 2010 4
716 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $88K in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. Vacant $148K —/— 4
718 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $264K in 2008, built new under a 2008 permit, sold for $795K in 2017. Owner-occupied $689K 3/2 1,543 2008 5
719 S BANCROFT ST Vacant $49K —/— 0 tax lien
720 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $264K in 2008, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $585K in 2008. Owner-occupied $679K 3/2 1,543 2008 2
721 S BANCROFT ST Traded 2×: $68K in 2010 → $80K in 2013 (+18%). Vacant $49K —/— 2
722 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $264K in 2008, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $655K in 2022. Owner-occupied $679K 3/2 1,543 2008 3
724 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $5K in 2002, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $675K in 2013. Owner-occupied $679K 3/2 1,543 2008 4
726 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $10K in 2003, built new under a 2007 permit, sold for $589K in 2010. Owner-occupied $679K 3/2 1,543 2008 3
728 S BANCROFT ST Bought for $253K in 2014. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $466K 3/1 1,155 1920 1
730 S BANCROFT ST Owner-occupied $525K 3/1 1,155 1920 0 abated

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

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