Who owns your block
700 block of Solly Ave
A mixed-ownership block: 50% owner-occupied, 20% investor-held.
The typical home here is up 80% since 2016, now about $375K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year and the increases are speeding up.
- 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 $375K — about 1.7× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19111 median of $293K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19111 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19111 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $375K | $293K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 30% | 57% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 25 reported crimes (4 violent) and 53 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
- $375K typical home, up +80% since 2016
- Tax bill $2,916 to $5,255 a year, +6%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $4.2M assessed, $54,948/yr to the city, about $5,495 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +80% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +80% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.5% 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 $180 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 8 arm's-length sales since 2006. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 4 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 10 parcels
- Owner-occupied 5
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yo Doggie Llc | 2 | 2 | $751K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $795K | —/— | 5,835 | 2012 | 1 | |
| 709-11 SOLLY AVE | Absentee individual | $523K | —/— | 4,050 | 1962 | 0 | |
| 715 SOLLY AVE | Investor / LLC | $375K | 5/3 | 2,025 | 1962 | 1 | |
| 716 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $342K | —/— | 1,120 | 1985 | 0 | |
| 717 SOLLY AVE | Investor / LLC | $375K | 11/4 | 2,025 | 1962 | 1 | |
| 718 SOLLY AVE TradedTraded 2×: $210K in 2006 → $185K in 2015 (-12%). | Owner-occupied | $316K | —/— | 1,120 | 1985 | 2 | rented |
| 721 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $355K | —/— | 1,238 | 1962 | 0 | |
| 725 SOLLY AVE | Owner-occupied | $369K | —/— | 1,367 | 1962 | 0 | |
| 729 SOLLY AVE TradedTraded 2×: $193K in 2016 → $382K in 2025 (+98%). | Absentee individual | $387K | —/— | 1,800 | 1962 | 2 | rented |
| 731 SOLLY AVE | Absentee individual | $387K | —/— | 1,800 | 1962 | 1 |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)