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Who owns your block

900 block of Federal St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 70% of homes are lived in by their owners.

The typical home here is up 74% since 2016, now about $467K. 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
$467K
$87K–$4.8M
ZIP median $461K
Price / sq ft
$259
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
2.1×
the city median
city $223K
Recent sale
$800K
1 sold in 2yr
assessed $467K
Tax / yr
$5K
typical · up to $14K
city ≈$3K/yr
Tax abatements
6 of 23
$102K/yr forgone
Owner-occupied
70%
16 of 23
city 41%
Rentals
4%
1 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$0
all current
▼ block 0% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
2
2 homes · ZBA & boards
block 9% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
+7%
value · tax −$116
5 years
+26%
value · tax +$406
10 years
+74%
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 $467K — about 2.1× the citywide median, and in line with 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$467K$461K$223K
Owner-occupied30%38%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 96 reported crimes (27 violent) and 281 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
96
27 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
281
38 still open

Most reported crimes

Motor Vehicle Theft18
Other Assaults15
Thefts14
Theft from Vehicle12
Burglary Residential6
Fraud6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection58
Maintenance Complaint21
Illegal Dumping20
Street Defect20
Information Request17
Abandoned Vehicle14

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
Fanny Jackson Coppin
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$467K2016: $267K2017: $267K2018: $267K2019: $343K2020: $371K2021: $371K2022: $371K2023: $414K2024: $389K2025: $420K2026: $435K2027: $467K2016202020232027

▲ +74% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$4,4982016: $2,8462017: $2,8462018: $2,8462019: $3,7122020: $3,7082021: $3,7082022: $4,0922023: $4,6942024: $4,0892025: $4,6142026: $4,6142027: $4,4982016202020232027

▲ +58% since 2016 · ~+4%/yr

6
6 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 $101,811 a year off the tax roll. Read the tax figures with that in mind.

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:

10 homes pay the full 1.40%13 pay less
$0pays now $66,840at the full rate

The starkest example: 900 Federal St is assessed at $4.8M but pays $0 a year — about 0% of the $66,840 it would owe at the full rate, because its new-construction value is abated for 10 years.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.2% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 174 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $174 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.2%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+74%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.2%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.2%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.3 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 30 arm's-length sales since 2000. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 6 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$500K$1.0M200020052010201520202025
30arm's-length sales since 2000
1times the typical home has sold
4most sales for a single property
6homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 23 parcels

Owner-occupied: 16Investor / LLC: 2Absentee individual: 5 23parcels
  • Owner-occupied 16
  • Investor / LLC 2
  • Absentee individual 5

Value distribution today

1 parcels1 parcels3 parcels6 parcels3 parcels4 parcels5 parcels
$87K$706K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Antoine Abi-Salloum (individual)23$1.4Mphila.gov ↗
Federal Street House LLC11$485Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
939 Federal Street LLC11$414Kphila.gov ↗ · registry ↗
Mrc Cardinal Properties LLC11$299Kphila.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 23 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
900 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2012 permit (tax-abated). Absentee individual $4.8M —/— 4,508 1900 0 abated
905 FEDERAL ST Bought for $327K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $325K 3/1 1,204 1920 1
907 FEDERAL ST Bought for $210K in 2012, mechanical permit in 2012, sold for $371K in 2020 (+600%). Owner-occupied $467K 3/1 1,344 1920 4
909 FEDERAL ST sold $68K (2001); Appeal granted with conditions (2011). Absentee individual $87K —/— 903 1925 1
911 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2019 permit. Owner-occupied $990K —/— 1,104 1925 0
913 FEDERAL ST Bought for $218K in 2005. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $425K 2/2 1,640 1915 2
915 FEDERAL ST Bought for $500K in 2020. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $613K 4/2 1,920 1915 1
917 FEDERAL ST Bought for $115K in 2002. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $508K —/— 2,220 1915 1
919 FEDERAL ST Bought for $309K in 2004. Owner pulled a electrical permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $485K 4/2 1,982 1915 3
921 FEDERAL ST Bought for $290K in 2009. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2015. Owner-occupied $574K —/— 2,592 1915 1
923 FEDERAL ST Owner pulled a minor demolition permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $205K 3/2 960 1925 1
925 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2026 permit. Absentee individual $355K —/— 2,622 1915 0
927 FEDERAL ST built new under a 2024 permit (tax-abated). Owner-occupied $549K —/— 2,067 1915 0 abated
929 FEDERAL ST Bought for $193K in 2001, built new under a 2022 permit (tax-abated), sold for $193K in 2001. Owner-occupied $706K —/— 2,311 1915 2 abated
931 FEDERAL ST Bought for $235K in 2002. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $651K 5/3 2,581 1915 2
933 FEDERAL ST Absentee individual $576K —/— 2,372 1915 1 rented
935 FEDERAL ST Owner-occupied $432K —/— 1,680 1915 0 abated
937 FEDERAL ST Bought for $55K in 2001, built new under a 2025 permit (tax-abated), sold for $800K in 2025. Owner-occupied $680K 4/3 2,332 1915 4 abated
939 FEDERAL ST Investor / LLC $414K 4/1 1,602 1915 1
941 FEDERAL ST Absentee individual $416K —/— 1,636 1915 0 abated
943 FEDERAL ST Bought for $100K in 2003, plumbing permit in 2014, sold for $376K in 2019 (+276%). Owner-occupied $343K 3/1 1,222 1915 2
945 FEDERAL ST Bought for $220K in 2010. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $395K —/— 1,504 1915 1
947 FEDERAL ST Traded 2×: $275K in 2013 → $500K in 2023 (+82%). Investor / LLC $299K —/— 963 1915 2 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

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

Where this comes from

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