New-York tribune., 1873-03-06

SORT TO LET.
According TO the concurrent testimony OF tbs
urncpa real estate doalers there H. IS compared VIA
the past few years. unusual demand Tor houses Al
the same time all authorities unite In saying That Ne
tenants of last year aYer3o 10 moving and bsvs
generally decided to remain where thcy are atoshes
year. Rents generally throughout tho city arc v9y
! Arm and differ very little from those Of the past
| year The difference Is marked in tho uppsr
| portion Of The city. In tho Vicinity OF As
| Central Park, and IN localities liko Twenty third
a. which, II IL expected. VIII DO appropriated for
| business pprposes The greatest advance has been Ia
! Harlem whore owners End no difficulty In dispoenga
their houses AZ tho rents demanded Harlem, althougA
one Of the pIeasantest portions OF the city has
been fully appreciated; and yet II presents many al
yantagcs OF NevYork ifc with comfortable G"cliDgs
Al low rates slight increase OF rents Is nolceabe s
Yorkye and tue East side property yng between II sad
Thirty.fourts West Side improved property up tssa
Il not an abundant a. to present any marked feature
far as rents are concerned IN the central aud over
portions OF tho city there Is no special change owners
c0ntcning themselves with present rates ana tenanS
aecepting The situation. Where to CO. therefore, and
| what 10 pay in Hcw-York, may be decided from The
! following summary:
1e,e s an active demand In Harlem for houses rent
| Ing from $500 to $500 per annum Frame dwellings can
bo had az low SJ per month, while Others OF 6eesf
clags and brick and brown-stone houses ranSo from e
o 800 Threestory brOwnstOne houses j. feet inches
vide. well situated with all CODFoleCes H"fo Doe' cs
during the past week for s72O Stores arc scarce, e1cs
! Z, snarSely inhabited BeghboThOOas. Tenement and
op,rtment houses easily alled ut the prices asked
In yorlvle rents between 81 200 AMI q 800 Grner
Houses which let last year for t5OO readily bring
from coo to 81 O0 and are taken about ~ fast a. heF
arc put into tho market There is UNITED Inquiry f6
n,rnisbea houses. {ow Of which to be had Store
property In Yoryile aud along the nc OF the iHrua
Is readily taken up. On tho west side OF the cy 'ess
the Park rents arc firm at last years rates Smaller
bouses at low rents arc IN demand but are scarce asA
very few W can be had low as $1,000 OF A3O IheTe ss
greater variety OF high priced property to bD had ah
though in central locations hrstoldss houses renting
from 5000 TO ti5Oo limited In number the tenane
preferrng 10 hold over Rents Of TwentythrdsL prop
ertv have advanced about Is per cent THIS increase
I'm view Of the raplity with which tho street assuming
| a business character
stores in Broadway arc let once, and houses for ths
sane purpose cannot be had In Sikthaye.. below Forty
nintl-st. The more westerly avenues participate IN
these influences as far their character viii admit
| Apartment houses command good rents and bats are
eagerly taken In houses of this description ia or non
sixthave., the rent of fats varies from $50 10 S1 p
month. In the lower p0con or the city, tue same esa-
ditons exist as In the central locations Property
below TrtyfOurthst. seems TO be regarded as past ~
! prime for exclusive neighborhoods. and many peesA
who have hitherto kept within tho limits ot Fo1ree1n
AMI Thirty-fourl-sts arc willing and anxious to move
further uptown
In storo and office property iD the lover part Of the
city falling off AL as be st property adapted
for the use of banks Isurance companies and brokers'
s let Renb in Wsll-st. stronger than for severed
yees Chambers, Murray and Readests. have Improves
within the past few years. and the new PostOAseA
| beneatlnS adjoining localities. Most G tho stone
property down town ia good hands and held Ars,
preerrng to keep their buildings vacant rsthss
| than to let them as lower prices thaa thay
| consider Just. The paper aud hardware uases
fhan Hall parl
and to be settling Resde and contiguous streets soas
OF the leading owners OF downtown property, knowing
that the wholesale trades follow the hotels have coa-
suited upon plan for checking tho uptown noyeneH@
This plan for the formation of company, with Para
up capital OF soOoo With hls capital they intend 70
secure n location. and to build and furnish
frscass hotel BY this means Is Intended not ssy
TO retain trade but even to induce return to portsn
of the city which, 1t Is earnestly oOntended oilers the
best advantages 10 Wholesale dealers for business
this end is achieved the q downtown property
look TOR speedy compensation In their proposed enter
prise. -
In Brooklyn the demand for houses has been such ~
TO warrant the that there will be no decline IN
rents while in certain sections hore will be an advance.
particularly IN new localities, whore houses have seea
obtained at low rents for tho pass years In ne
section Of oty adjacent to and west OF Prospect Para
rents are expected advance from ten TO twenty pr
cent Houses in tho Twenty FIRST Ward will comInsn1
higher rates Very low priced houses TO be sax
down town." the tenants preferring to remain where
they Beyond Bedfordaye at distance OF u Rsss
from tho ferries, houses be had a: lev
rents, Two-stcry and basement houses Of sn
or seven rent for 500. and witA
improvements for $780, better class OF dwellings esa
be had from 500 10 1900 Ins)uth Brooklyn ihefs
are many good houses at moderate prices, ranging from
500 to 900 Houses ives, OF Bedfordaye and north sf
Atantc Rents in that region vary froA
t7Oo to 5000 unfurnished dwellings. The rates fss
furnished houses, OF which there limited nlmoes
vary from 81 to 5000 In some parts OF tho Eastern
District particularly In the Nineteenth Ward. rents arc
higher ranging from 81 900 u ttO0 Brown-stone hoases
said TO be worth $500 IN New-York cost only NS@
here Threestory brick houses ia the Thirteenth WarS
near the ferries, letting for $500 to soo In tho
Eighteenth and outlying wards very good frame houses
containing oil improvements rent for about t0 IN
the Fifteenth Ward lGreenpoinp rents are about ~
usual from $500 to $780, In the northery poEtea Of
Brooklyn very few tenants seem inclined 10 moye an
this disposition is quito noticeable this whs 81
the same time the demand for houses is great
real estate agent in the Eastern District within two d&ys
has the houses OF which he has hitherto hsd
CONTROL and In the Of 10 visations has fsans
that In each case the tenants determined ~ reaa
their houses.
IN JERSEY CITY AND HoBoKEN
Although the weather is claimed ~ have had It's nsts
raj effect keeping househunters 1T home. the call f@
houses Jersey City Ia equal to that OF last SpBG
which exceptionally good, and the demand in SPECIAL
localities Is far in advance Of the supply. Rents ere
hrm and about ten per cent higher than they wers
hast year. varying from 800 TO $500 In ordinary and
d 500 the best ocalties Firselass boarding housn
about sso auRum in New-York can be hsd
for 81 400 or $500 The nights offer better houses"
cheaper rents in that locality being about 80 pss
cont lower than tue section adjacent to She terriss
where the greatest demand prevails, Nce ive
story houses OF from five to seven rosuis
can be hired s25 month aud firstclass threessoJ