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Who owns your block

700 block of S Front St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 72% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 15 open code violations and 1 home behind $83,411 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 71% since 2016, now about $676K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% a year.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.
The readAI analysis · from the figures below
  1. 01
    Taxes

    Six homes receive $73K in annual tax abatements while one delinquent owner owes $83K in back taxes.

  2. 02
    Appreciation

    The block trades at 3x the city median but appreciation has lagged citywide gains by 1.5 percentage points per year.

  3. 03
    Turnover

    36 of 81 homes have never sold since 1994, indicating a deeply long-term held ownership base.

By the Numbers

Median value
$676K
$35K–$5.4M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$378
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.0×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$710K
6 sold in 2yr
assessed $676K
Tax / yr
$8K
typical · up to $76K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 81
$73K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
72%
57 of 81
city 41%
Rentals
9%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 5% · city 5%
Back taxes
$83K
1 of 81 behind
▼ block 1% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
9
8 homes · ZBA & boards
block 10% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+6%
value · tax +$451
5 years
+25%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+71%
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 $676K — 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 blockZIP 19147Philadelphia
Median home value$676K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied49%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 33 reported crimes (1 violent) and 116 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
33
1 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
116
17 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft8
Theft from Vehicle7
Thefts7
All Other Offenses3
Fraud3
Burglary Residential2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection28
Information Request13
Salting8
Sanitation Violation7
Street Defect7
Illegal Dumping6

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
William M Meredith
725 S 5th St · 579 students
High · 9-12
Horace Furness
1900 S 3rd St · 836 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$676K2016: $395K2017: $395K2018: $393K2019: $499K2020: $539K2021: $539K2022: $539K2023: $571K2024: $571K2025: $640K2026: $640K2027: $676K2016202020232027

▲ +71% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$8,5262016: $5,3372017: $5,4592018: $5,4592019: $6,4212020: $6,9352021: $6,9352022: $6,9352023: $7,4942024: $7,6072025: $8,2402026: $8,0752027: $8,5262016202020232027

▲ +60% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

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6 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 $73,193 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%
$6,094pays now $8,504at the full rate

758 S Front St is assessed at $608K but pays $6,094 a year — about 72% of the $8,504 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% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 171 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $171 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+71%
since 2016
Net rental yield
1.6%
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.6%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.6%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.5 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 80 arm's-length sales since 1994. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 36 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M19952002200920162023
80arm's-length sales since 1994
1times the typical home has sold
7most sales for a single property
36homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 81 parcels

Owner-occupied: 57Investor / LLC: 8Absentee individual: 13Vacant: 3 81parcels
  • Owner-occupied 57
  • Investor / LLC 8
  • Absentee individual 13
  • Vacant 3

Value distribution today

2 parcels6 parcels17 parcels14 parcels30 parcels3 parcels8 parcels
$35K$1.1M+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Octavia Hill Assoc Inc120$7.6Mphila.gov ↗
Michael S Rachubinski (individual)36$3.5Mphila.gov ↗
765frontstreet Llc22$853Kphila.gov ↗
Anacapri Llc22$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Christopher A Bozzi (individual)22$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
700 S Front Llc11$898Kphila.gov ↗
Viking Mill Associates Llc11$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
Parllaku Investments Llc11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
758 S Front St Llc11$608Kphila.gov ↗
767 Front Street Partners11$629Kphila.gov ↗
Dw Revocable Trust11$720Kphila.gov ↗
Txid Llc11$744Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 81 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$5.0M$10M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

New construction
776 S Front St
$1.2M · Bought for $775K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2023.
New construction
759 S Front St
$774K · Bought for $225K in 2013, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $750K in 2022.
New construction
766 S Front St
$769K · built new under a 2022 permit, sold for $876K in 2021.
New construction
783 S Front St
$714K · built new under a 2019 permit.
Renovated & sold on
784 S Front St
$755K · Bought for $69K in 2000, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $630K in 2019 (+813%).
Renovated & sold on
792 S Front St
$749K · Bought for $225K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $485K in 2017 (+116%).
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700 S FRONT ST History3 L&I violations (2020); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2020); sold $926K (2023); L&I violation (2026); Inspection failed ×3 (2026). Investor / LLC $898K —/— 5,092 1900 1 1 viol
702 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $194K in 2006. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $683K —/— 2,316 1960 1
704 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $340K in 1994, lot line relocation permit in 2023, sold for $1.1M in 2025 (+238%). Absentee individual $724K 5/— 2,580 1762 5
706 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $604K 5/1 2,130 1925 1
708 S FRONT ST HistoryL&I violation (2016); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2016). Owner-occupied $700K —/— 2,270 1960 0
710 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $449K in 2003, major alteration permit in 2015, sold for $625K in 2022 (+39%). Owner-occupied $670K 3/2 1,620 1905 5
712-14 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.0M —/— 3,859 1960 0
720 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $175K in 2001, zoning permit in 2008, sold for $400K in 2021 (+129%). Owner-occupied $342K 3/1 915 1925 7
722 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $103K in 2000. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $303K 2/1 633 1925 4
724 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $330K in 2005. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2010. Absentee individual $366K 2/1 817 1920 1
726-28 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $700K in 2005. Owner pulled a swimming pool/spa permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.1M 3/3 3,368 1960 1
730 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $1.4M 5/4 4,004 1960 0
732 S FRONT ST Investor / LLC $1.1M 4/2 3,264 1960 0
734 S FRONT ST Historysold $178K (1996); 5 L&I violations (2019); L&I: 1 failed, 1 passed (2019). Absentee individual $724K —/— 2,816 1915 1 rented
736 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $560K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $1.1M —/— 2,860 1960 2
738-40 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $530K —/— 1,920 1960 0
742-56 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2024. Investor / LLC $5.4M —/— 29,729 1748 0 rented
757 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $1.3M in 2024. Owner pulled a commercial make safe permit permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $1.4M —/— 4,658 1900 1 7 violtax lien
758 S FRONT ST Investor / LLC $608K 4/3 1,692 1860 0 rentedabated
758 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $404K 2/1 932 1860 0 abated
759 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $225K in 2013, built new under a 2020 permit, sold for $750K in 2022. Owner-occupied $774K 4/2 1,871 1960 2
760 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $530K 4/1 1,528 1860 1
761 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $339K in 2004, alterations permit in 2021, sold for $435K in 2021 (+28%). Owner-occupied $493K 3/1 1,405 1787 2
762 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $476K —/— 1,384 1920 1
763 S FRONT ST Vacant $35K —/— — — 1
764 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $620K in 2025. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $597K —/2 1,644 1920 1
765 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $850K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $817K —/— 4,192 1920 1
766 S FRONT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2022 permit, sold for $876K in 2021. Owner-occupied $769K 2/2 3,138 1960 1
767 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $275K in 2000. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Investor / LLC $629K —/— 2,624 1920 1 rented
768 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $405K —/— 2,129 1865 0
769 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $487K —/— 1,368 1920 0 abated
770 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $345K 2/1 615 1960 0
770 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $476K —/— 1,323 1960 0
770 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $578K —/— 1,823 1960 0
770 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $413K —/— 879 1960 0 abated
770 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $434K 2/1 1,101 1960 0 abated
770 S FRONT ST Frequently tradedTraded 4×: $67K in 1999 → $285K in 2021 (+325%). Owner-occupied $320K 2/1 675 1960 4 rented
770 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $407K 2/2 852 1960 0
770 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $285K 2/1 633 1960 0
771 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $285K in 2010, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $542K in 2021 (+90%). Owner-occupied $656K 3/2 1,670 1920 3
772 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $544K in 2019. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Absentee individual $643K —/— 2,835 1960 1 rented
772 S FRONT ST History4 L&I violations (2010); Inspection failed ×2 (2010); Inspection passed (2011). Owner-occupied $421K 2/2 1,029 1960 0
772 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $434K —/— 1,089 1960 0 abated
772 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $439K 2/2 1,116 1960 0
772 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $338K in 2021. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $435K 2/2 1,095 1960 1 rented
772 S FRONT ST HistoryL&I violation (2026). Owner-occupied $437K 2/2 1,104 1960 0
773 S FRONT ST History2 L&I violations (2012); L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed (2012); sold $35K (2025); 3 L&I violations (2025); Inspection failed ×3 (2025). Investor / LLC $567K 5/2 1,470 1920 1 3 violtax lien
774 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $310K in 2011, major alteration permit in 2011, sold for $525K in 2012 (+69%). Owner-occupied $683K —/— 1,608 1980 2
775 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $900K in 2025. Owner pulled a suppression permit in 2009. Investor / LLC $504K —/— 2,584 1900 1 4 violtax lien
776 S FRONT ST New constructionBought for $775K in 2018, built new under a 2019 permit, sold for $1.4M in 2023. Owner-occupied $1.2M 4/3 2,944 1960 3
777 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $139K —/— 1,120 1925 0
778 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $696K —/— 1,632 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $732K —/— 1,632 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $634K 3/2 1,632 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $625K in 2018. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $742K —/— 1,710 1980 1
778 S FRONT ST Vacant — —/— — — 0
778 S FRONT ST Absentee individual $766K 3/2 1,659 1980 1
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a electrical permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $618K —/— 1,632 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a plumbing permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $696K —/— 1,632 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $740K —/— 1,665 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $545K in 2020. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2010. Owner-occupied $725K 2/2 1,632 1980 1
778 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $708K 2/2 1,605 1980 0
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $618K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $751K 3/2 1,632 1980 1
778 S FRONT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a alterations permit in 2021. Owner-occupied $610K 3/2 1,623 1980 0
779 S FRONT ST HistoryL&I violation (2007); Inspection passed (2007). Owner-occupied $730K —/— 2,280 1900 0
780 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $270K in 2000. Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2012. Owner-occupied $764K —/— 1,683 1980 1 tax lien
781 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $970K —/— 3,232 1900 0
782 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $775K 2/2 1,632 1980 1
783 S FRONT ST New constructionbuilt new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $714K —/— 2,614 1960 0
784 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $69K in 2000, alteration permit in 2017, sold for $630K in 2019 (+813%). Owner-occupied $755K 3/2 1,614 1980 4
785 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $491K 4/1 1,547 1960 1
786 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $764K 3/2 1,773 1980 1
787 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $720K —/— 1,995 1991 0
788 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $275K in 2001. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2008. Absentee individual $545K —/— 1,400 1920 1
789 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $670K in 2004. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $720K 3/3 2,271 1990 2
790 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $235K in 2000. Owner pulled a change of use permit in 2025. Investor / LLC $744K 7/4 2,898 1960 2
791 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $720K —/— 1,986 1990 0
792 S FRONT ST Renovated & sold onBought for $225K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2008, sold for $485K in 2017 (+116%). Absentee individual $749K 4/3 2,152 1960 2
793 S FRONT ST ImprovedBought for $425K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $813K 4/3 1,986 1990 2
794 S FRONT ST Vacant $231K —/— — — 1
796 S FRONT ST Owner-occupied $697K 2/2 1,590 1960 1

Neighborhood

Median income
$-667M
household
Own vs. rent
59%
owner-occupied
Median age
36.1
residents
Median rent
$2K
gross monthly

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

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