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Who owns your block

7900 block of Algon Ave

A mostly owner-occupied block: 65% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 1 open code violation and 1 home behind $17,761 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 79% since 2016, now about $325K. Property taxes are climbing about 5% a year and the increases are speeding up.

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
$325K
$27K–$6.5M
ZIP median $293K
Price / sq ft
$242
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.5×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$390K
2 sold in 2yr
assessed $325K
Tax / yr
$4K
typical · up to $90K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
2 of 37
$25K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
65%
24 of 37
city 41%
Rentals
24%
9 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
1
L&I code
▼ block 3% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
1 of 37 behind
▼ block 3% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+1%
value · tax +$50
5 years
+48%
value · tax +$1K
10 years
+79%
value · tax +$2K

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 $325K — about 1.5× 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$325K$293K$223K
Owner-occupied32%57%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 37 reported crimes (8 violent) and 56 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
37
8 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
56
5 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft11
Other Assaults6
Thefts6
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief5
Fraud4
Theft from Vehicle2

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection13
Salting5
Illegal Dumping4
Maintenance Complaint4
Sanitation Violation4
Smoke Detector3

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 · 9-12
Northeast High
1601 Cottman Ave · 185 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$250K$500K$325K2016: $182K2017: $182K2018: $182K2019: $200K2020: $219K2021: $219K2022: $219K2023: $245K2024: $245K2025: $322K2026: $322K2027: $325K2016202020232027

▲ +79% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,4432016: $2,5082017: $2,5182018: $2,5202019: $2,7662020: $3,0392021: $3,0392022: $3,0392023: $3,3752024: $3,3752025: $4,3932026: $4,3932027: $4,4432016202020232027

▲ +77% since 2016 · ~+5%/yr

2
2 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 $24,754 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%
$0pays now $5,164at the full rate

7965 Algon Ave is assessed at $369K but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $5,164 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 +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 179 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $179 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+79%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 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 37 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$1.0M$2.0M2004201020162022
37arm's-length sales since 1999
1times the typical home has sold
3most sales for a single property
13homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 37 parcels

Owner-occupied: 24Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 9Vacant: 2 37parcels
  • Owner-occupied 24
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 9
  • Vacant 2

Value distribution today

2 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels0 parcels19 parcels16 parcels
$27K$403K+

The block's largest owner, Shamayev Mikhail M, carries 1 open violation across 3 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Mikhail M Shamayev (individual)33$1.1Mphila.gov ↗
One Abington Plaza Associ (individual)22$639Kphila.gov ↗
Albert Pobirsky (individual)22$484Kphila.gov ↗
Ming Kong Real Estate Llc11$386Kphila.gov ↗
Soco Properties Llc11$363Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 37 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

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
7900 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $2.0M in 2002 → $2.0M in 2002 (+0%). Absentee individual $6.5M —/— 63,720 1974 2 rented
7900 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2010); 2 L&I violations (2013); 2 L&I violations (2014); 2 L&I violations (2019). Vacant $27K —/— 0 tax lien
7918 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $325K 3/— 1,296 1960 0
7920 ALGON AVE Bought for $160K in 2003. Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2013. Absentee individual $325K —/— 1,296 1960 2
7922 ALGON AVE sold $165K (2004); 3 L&I violations (2009). Owner-occupied $325K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7924 ALGON AVE Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $322K 3/— 1,296 1960 0
7926 ALGON AVE Absentee individual $322K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7928 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7930 ALGON AVE Bought for $168K in 2015. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7932 ALGON AVE Bought for $200K in 2010, built new under a 2021 permit, sold for $199K in 2016. Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 2
7934 ALGON AVE sold $157K (2016); 2 L&I violations (2016). Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7936 ALGON AVE 8 L&I violations (2008); 8 L&I violations (2010); sold $200K (2010); 2 L&I violations (2011); 2 L&I violations (2022). Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1 1 viol
7938 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 0
7940 ALGON AVE sold $178K (2008); 2 L&I violations (2010). Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7942 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $323K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7944 ALGON AVE Bought for $200K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 1
7945 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $210K in 2013 → $420K in 2025 (+100%). Owner-occupied $403K 5/3 2,460 1960 2 rented
7946 ALGON AVE built new under a 2013 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $317K 3/— 1,296 1960 0 abated
7947 ALGON AVE sold $230K (2016); 2 L&I violations (2022). Absentee individual $386K —/— 2,340 1960 1 rented
7948 ALGON AVE Bought for $225K in 2007. Owner pulled a addition permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $323K —/— 1,296 1960 2
7949 ALGON AVE 3 L&I violations (2011). Absentee individual $369K —/— 2,340 1960 0
7950 ALGON AVE Traded 3×: $185K in 2008 → $360K in 2025 (+95%). Owner-occupied $314K 3/3 1,296 1960 3
7951 ALGON AVE Absentee individual $369K —/— 2,340 1960 1
7952 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $318K 3/— 1,296 1960 0
7953 ALGON AVE Absentee individual $369K —/— 2,340 1960 1 rented
7955 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $250K in 2018 → $338K in 2023 (+35%). Investor / LLC $386K 4/2 2,340 1960 2 rented
7957 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2011). Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1960 0
7959 ALGON AVE Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1960 0 rented
7961 ALGON AVE Bought for $125K in 2002. Owner pulled a use permit in 2014. Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1960 2
7963 ALGON AVE Bought for $214K in 2011. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1960 2 rented
7965 ALGON AVE built new under a 2015 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $369K —/— 2,340 1960 0 abated
7967 ALGON AVE Bought for $165K in 2014. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1958 2
7969 ALGON AVE 2 L&I violations (2012); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $369K —/— 2,340 1960 0
7971 ALGON AVE Vacant $39K —/— 0
7973-75 ALGON AVE L&I violation (2017); 2 L&I violations (2019). Absentee individual $445K —/— 3,760 1997 0 tax lien
7977 ALGON AVE Traded 2×: $180K in 2014 → $231K in 2017 (+28%). Investor / LLC $363K 4/1 1,964 1960 2 rented
7979 ALGON AVE Bought for $117K in 2002, plumbing permit in 2012, sold for $285K in 2020 (+145%). Owner-occupied $344K 4/1 1,964 1960 2 rented

Neighborhood

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

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