Who owns your block
900 block of Chestnut St
A mixed-ownership block: 0% owner-occupied, 25% investor-held, with 5 open code violations.
The typical home here is up 34% since 2016, now about $30M. Property taxes are climbing about 7% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
- 01Ownership
Zero percent of this block is owner-occupied despite a $30M median value, meaning no resident owns their unit.
- 02Abatements
The 2 homes receiving abatements forgo $747K in annual property taxes that other taxpayers cover.
- 03Appreciation
The block appreciates at 2.7% per year while the city averages 6.5%, trailing by 3.8 percentage points annually.
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.
How the block compares
The typical home here is $30M — about 135.0× the citywide median, and above the ZIP 19107 median of $395K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19107 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19107 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $30M | $395K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 20% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 295 reported crimes (74 violent) and 137 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
- $30M typical home, up +34% since 2016
- Tax bill $64,084 to $134,432 a year, +7%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $102M assessed, $684,989/yr to the city, about $171,247 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +34% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +110% since 2016 · ~+7%/yr
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.7% 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 $134 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 2 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 2 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 4 parcels
- Investor / LLC 1
- Absentee individual 3
Value distribution today
The block's largest owner, Urban Growth Property Lim, carries 8 open violations across 2 properties it owns around the city.
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Growth Property Lim | 1 | 2 | $51M | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 4 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 | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 CHESTNUT ST Historysold $15M (2001); Appeal granted with conditions (2007); Appeal granted with conditions (2011). | Absentee individual | $9.3M | — | — | 1 | |
| 901-15 CHESTNUT ST | Absentee individual | $30M | 503,712 | 1937 | 0 | abated |
| 910-32 CHESTNUT ST ImprovedOwner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2021. | Investor / LLC | $30M | 229,935 | 2005 | 0 | 5 viol |
| 917-33 CHESTNUT ST Torn down & rebuiltdemolished in 2015 and rebuilt (2019), then sold for $24M in 2010. | Absentee individual | $33M | 264,942 | 1951 | 1 | abated |
Neighborhood
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)