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Who owns your block

700 block of South St

A mixed-ownership block: 21% owner-occupied, 24% investor-held, with 15 open code violations.

The typical home here is up 62% since 2016, now about $717K. Property taxes are climbing about 4% 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
$717K
$355K–$2.4M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$290
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
3.2×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$250K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $717K
Tax / yr
$10K
typical · up to $34K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1975
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
21%
6 of 29
city 41%
Rentals
34%
10 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
15
L&I code
▲ block 10% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
8
4 homes · ZBA & boards
block 14% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+0%
value · tax +$0
5 years
-3%
value · tax −$233
10 years
+62%
value · tax +$4K

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 $717K — about 3.2× 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$717K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied3%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 108 reported crimes (20 violent) and 371 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
108
20 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
371
25 still open

Most reported crimes

Thefts53
Other Assaults17
Fraud7
Theft from Vehicle7
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief7
All Other Offenses4

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection77
Salting53
Illegal Dumping51
Street Defect31
Sanitation Violation23
Graffiti Removal19

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$717K2016: $443K2017: $443K2018: $447K2019: $716K2020: $740K2021: $740K2022: $740K2023: $678K2024: $678K2025: $717K2026: $717K2027: $717K2016202020232027

▲ +62% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$10,000$20,000$10,0002016: $6,1942017: $6,1942018: $6,2072019: $10,0252020: $10,3602021: $10,2332022: $10,2332023: $9,4922024: $9,4922025: $10,0312026: $10,0002027: $10,0002016202020232027

▲ +61% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +4.5% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 162 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $162 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+4.5%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+62%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+4.5%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+1.5%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-2 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 11 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.3M$2.5M200020052010201520202025
28arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
11homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 29 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 6Absentee individual: 17 29parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 6
  • Absentee individual 17

Value distribution today

2 parcels16 parcels5 parcels0 parcels1 parcels1 parcels4 parcels
$355K$1.8M+

The block's largest owner, Pennbrook Portfolio Cc Llc, carries 8 open violations across 5 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Pennbrook Portfolio Cc Llc15$5.7Mphila.gov ↗
3-05 Chester Av Llc11$885Kphila.gov ↗
Acrobat 710 Llc11$952Kphila.gov ↗
Phung Llc11$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Hager Holdings Properties Llc11$1.8Mphila.gov ↗
Aia Llc11$2.3Mphila.gov ↗
Inl Llc11$507Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 29 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$2.5M$5.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
700-02 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $962K —/— 2,984 1900 0
701 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $250K in 2002 → $429K in 2011 (+72%). Absentee individual $714K 4/2 2,442 1975 2
703 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 1
704 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $250K in 2000 → $343K in 2002 (+37%). Absentee individual $848K —/— 3,534 1900 2 rented
705 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $712K 4/2 2,434 1975 0 rented
706-08 SOUTH ST Appeal granted with conditions (2025). Investor / LLC $885K —/— 3,687 1900 0 3 viol
707 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $190K in 2000 → $451K in 2011 (+137%). Owner-occupied $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 2
709 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $712K 4/2 2,434 1975 0 rented
710 SOUTH ST Investor / LLC $952K —/— 3,966 1900 1 rented
711 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 1
712-14 SOUTH ST Bought for $1.1M in 2007. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 6,007 1900 1 11 violtax lien
713 SOUTH ST Owner-occupied $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 1
715 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $717K 4/2 2,475 1975 1
716 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $575K in 2004 → $1.3M in 2022 (+126%). Investor / LLC $1.4M —/— 6,288 1900 2 1 viol
717 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $741K 4/2 2,544 1975 0 rented
718 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $850K in 2008 → $2.5M in 2020 (+194%). Owner-occupied $1.8M —/— 6,555 1900 2
719 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 0 rented
720-30 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $2.4M —/— 17,300 1900 0 rented
721 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 1
723 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 0 rented
725 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $465K in 2005 → $730K in 2021 (+57%). Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 2 rented
727 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $713K 4/2 2,442 1975 1
729 SOUTH ST Traded 3×: $210K in 2001 → $755K in 2023 (+260%). Owner-occupied $717K 4/2 2,475 1975 3 rented
731 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $530K in 2015 → $250K in 2025 (-53%). Owner-occupied $717K 4/2 2,475 1975 2
732 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $355K —/— 1,410 1900 0
734-36 SOUTH ST Appeal granted (2013); Appeal withdrawn (2016); Appeal approved (2016). Investor / LLC $2.3M —/— 8,500 1900 0
738 SOUTH ST Bought for $830K in 2021. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Investor / LLC $507K —/— 2,010 1900 1
740-44 SOUTH ST Traded 2×: $950K in 2004 → $900K in 2006 (-5%). Absentee individual $1.7M —/— 9,656 1900 2
746 SOUTH ST Absentee individual $939K —/— 3,914 1900 0

Neighborhood

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Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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