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.
- 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 $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 block | ZIP 19146 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $617K | $364K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 50% | 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.
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
- $617K typical home, up +17% since 2016
- Tax bill $352 to $7,712 a year, +32%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $8.4M assessed, $101,252/yr to the city, about $6,328 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +17% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +2091% since 2016 · ~+32%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
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
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.
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
Who owns it
Ownership of 16 parcels
- Owner-occupied 12
- Absentee individual 1
- Vacant 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Promislo (individual) | 2 | 3 | $1.6M | phila.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
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Bd/Ba | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 706 S BANCROFT ST New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2010 and rebuilt (2009), then sold for $616K in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $623K | 3/2 | 1,275 | 2010 | 4 | |
| 716 S BANCROFT ST ImprovedBought for $88K in 2008. Owner pulled a use permit in 2010. | Vacant | $148K | —/— | — | — | 4 | |
| 718 S BANCROFT ST New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 TradedTraded 2×: $68K in 2010 → $80K in 2013 (+18%). | Vacant | $49K | —/— | — | — | 2 | |
| 722 S BANCROFT ST New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 New constructionBought 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 ImprovedBought 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)