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Who owns your block

7700 block of Summerdale Ave

A mixed-ownership block: 40% owner-occupied, 7% investor-held, with 2 open code violations and 1 home behind $269 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 97% since 2016, now about $390K. Property taxes are climbing about 6% a year.

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
$390K
$368K–$1.2M
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$165
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.8×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$318K
3 sold in 2yr
assessed $390K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $17K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1960
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
40%
6 of 15
city 41%
Rentals
27%
4 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
2
L&I code
▲ block 7% · city 5%
Back taxes
$269
1 of 15 behind
▼ block 7% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 7% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$41
5 years
+68%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+97%
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 $390K — about 1.8× 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 blockZIP 19111Philadelphia
Median home value$390K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied7%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 31 reported crimes (10 violent) and 46 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
31
10 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
46
14 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft7
Other Assaults7
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle4
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief3
Thefts2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection8
Abandoned Vehicle6
Salting5
License Complaint4
Maintenance Complaint4
Dangerous Sidewalk3

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 · K-5
Rhawnhurst
7809 Castor Ave · 584 students
Middle · 6-8
Castor Gardens
1800 Cottman Ave · 1340 students
High
Northeast High

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$250K$500K$390K2016: $198K2017: $198K2018: $198K2019: $218K2020: $233K2021: $233K2022: $233K2023: $306K2024: $306K2025: $387K2026: $387K2027: $390K2016202020232027

▲ +97% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$5,000$10,000$5,4582016: $2,7652017: $2,7652018: $2,7652019: $3,0502020: $3,2572021: $3,2572022: $3,2572023: $4,2882024: $4,2882025: $5,4172026: $5,4172027: $5,4582016202020232027

▲ +97% since 2016 · ~+6%/yr

Who really pays

Philadelphia charges every home the same 1.40% of its assessed value. Abatements and exemptions shrink what some homes are taxed on — here's this block:

14 homes pay the full 1.40%1 pays less

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has tracked the Philadelphia market, compounding +6.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 197 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $197 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+6.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+97%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+6.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+3.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-0.1 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 28 arm's-length sales since 2004. The typical home has sold 2 times in that window, while 1 has not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M20052010201520202025
28arm's-length sales since 2004
2times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
1homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 15 parcels

Owner-occupied: 6Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 8 15parcels
  • Owner-occupied 6
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels0 parcels10 parcels2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels2 parcels
$368K$442K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Philly Apartments LLC12$1.6Mphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 15 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$1.0M$2.0M201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median
AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7700 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $190K in 2011 → $200K in 2025 (+5%). Owner-occupied $395K —/— 2,360 1960 2
7702 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $390K —/— 2,360 1960 1 rented
7704 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $215K in 2016 → $304K in 2020 (+41%). Absentee individual $390K —/— 2,360 1960 2
7706 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $149K in 2004 → $395K in 2023 (+165%). Owner-occupied $442K 5/3 2,360 1960 2
7708 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $150K in 2004 → $214K in 2004 (+43%). Owner-occupied $390K —/— 2,360 1960 2 2 viol
7710 SUMMERDALE AVE Absentee individual $390K —/— 2,360 1960 1
7712 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 3×: $216K in 2005 → $170K in 2017 (-21%). Absentee individual $390K —/— 2,360 1960 3
7714 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 4×: $170K in 2004 → $380K in 2025 (+124%). Absentee individual $408K 5/2 2,360 1960 4 rented
7716 SUMMERDALE AVE sold $180K (2014); Appeal filed (2020). Owner-occupied $390K —/— 2,360 1960 1 rented
7718 SUMMERDALE AVE Absentee individual $390K —/— 2,360 1960 1
7720 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 3×: $255K in 2006 → $430K in 2023 (+69%). Absentee individual $408K 5/3 2,360 1960 3
7722 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 2×: $230K in 2008 → $225K in 2017 (-2%). Absentee individual $390K —/— 2,360 1960 2 rented
7724 SUMMERDALE AVE Absentee individual $368K —/— 2,360 1960 0
7726 SUMMERDALE AVE Owner-occupied $399K —/— 2,450 1960 1
7734-40 SUMMERDALE AVE Traded 3×: $970K in 2006 → $1.0M in 2016 (+3%). Investor / LLC $1.2M —/— 13,946 1960 3

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.