Who owns your block
900 block of Spring Garden St
A mixed-ownership block: 5% owner-occupied, 16% investor-held, with 13 open code violations and 6 homes behind $10,867 on taxes.
The typical home here is up 31% since 2016, now about $438K. Property taxes are climbing about 2% a year though the increases have eased lately.
- Owner-occupied
- Investor / LLC
- Absentee
- Vacant
- Has violations
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.
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.
- 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 $438K — about 2.0× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.
| This block | ZIP 19123 | Philadelphia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $438K | $455K | $223K |
| Owner-occupied | 0% | 23% | 41% |
Safety & quality of life
Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 126 reported crimes (48 violent) and 87 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
- $438K typical home, up +31% since 2016
- Tax bill $4,680 to $6,128 a year, +2%/yr and compounding
- Whole block: $35M assessed, $490,498/yr to the city, about $25,816 per home
Median assessed value · 2016–2027
▲ +31% since 2016
Estimated property tax · per home, per year
▲ +31% since 2016 · ~+2%/yr
Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home
The block as an asset
Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +2.5% 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 $131 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 12 arm's-length sales since 2001. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 12 have not changed hands at all.
Every recorded sale · price & date
Who owns it
Ownership of 19 parcels
- Owner-occupied 1
- Investor / LLC 2
- Absentee individual 8
- Vacant 8
Value distribution today
| Owner | On block | Owns citywide | Portfolio value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 Spring Estate Llc | 1 | 1 | $1.2M | phila.gov ↗ |
| 931sg Llc | 1 | 1 | $438K | phila.gov ↗ |
| James J Colosimo Trust | 1 | 1 | $435K | phila.gov ↗ |
House by house
All 19 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
Worth a look
| Address | Ownership | Value & trend | Sq ft | Built | Sales | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900-02 SPRING GARDEN ST Historysold $400K (2016); Appeal withdrawn (2017). | Vacant | $1.2M | — | — | 1 | |
| 901 SPRING GARDEN ST Improved | Vacant | $450K | — | — | 0 | |
| 904 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $162K | 1,078 | 1930 | 0 | |
| 906 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $412K | — | — | 0 | |
| 913 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $316K | — | — | 0 | |
| 915 SPRING GARDEN ST ImprovedBought for $6.5M in 2016. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2022. | Absentee individual | $9.7M | 75,000 | 1885 | 1 | 1 viol |
| 916-18 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $202K | — | — | 0 | |
| 920 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $215K | — | — | 0 | |
| 922 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $215K | — | — | 0 | |
| 923 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $510K | 2,836 | 1920 | 0 | 3 violtax lien |
| 925-27 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $862K | 4,790 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 929 SPRING GARDEN ST | Vacant | $316K | — | — | 1 | |
| 931 SPRING GARDEN ST Frequently tradedTraded 3×: $55K in 2002 → $800K in 2021 (+1355%). | Investor / LLC | $438K | 2,862 | 1915 | 3 | |
| 933 SPRING GARDEN ST | Investor / LLC | $435K | 2,304 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 935 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $432K | 2,823 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 937 SPRING GARDEN ST | Absentee individual | $585K | 3,252 | 1915 | 0 | tax lien |
| 939 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2003 → $350K in 2004 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $495K | 2,752 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 941 SPRING GARDEN ST TradedTraded 2×: $350K in 2003 → $350K in 2004 (+0%). | Absentee individual | $539K | 2,996 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 990 SPRING GARDEN ST ImprovedBought for $13M in 2006. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2023. | Owner-occupied | $18M | 174,097 | 1920 | 2 | 9 viol |
Neighborhood
Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.
Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records · Download this block's data (CSV)