New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-10
ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE.
Rents AND PRICES GENERALLY GOOD.

LAST MONTHS BUSINESS HowING-rEANsAcuOSs
OF TIE WEEK.
Favorable reports continue 10 be received
from real estate dealers regarding the condition Of the
market and prospects for spring activity There is no
apparont talk the purpose OF bung' the mar
ket: IN. situation Is recognized as encouraging even by
the most conservative of brokers. There is only quiet
steady business at private SALE but is constant, and
prices maintain their fun strength. AT auction the rule
IS that bidders 70 attend any weli-adversed
sale eager 20 pick up anything that looks ike bargain
And u the present condition OF the market, the word
"barc.in" means O property that command price
close 20 the margin Of profit expected fair return
Oh he capital invested. The auction sales last week de-
veloped satisfactory feature Many OF the foreclosure
sales which had been announced were postponed 10 al
low If possible FOR private settlement among the Ar-
giants. This fact indicates uGmistakaby better
feeling among persons connected in any way with real
estate and confidence in the future which is bouad 10
exert a further sust aiming element tO prices
In the renting market the expectations Of the most
sangline landlords being realized. few weeks
dealers were expecting general concession 10 small
extent in rents and it with reluctance that any
expressed ssDgiue view Of the situation. The position
OF The TRBCNE, taken more than Month ago, however
Is now fully justified by the recent developments. Al
most the only decline in has fallen upon b. Oh
priced property on the east SIDE near the
PARK Downtown and uptOvs brokers are kept busy
the examination OF L)urc~. ana Nlile
there may De great deAl OF shTlng Ot tenancles the
changes neither I'm ONCE dwelling properties affect
trust of many persons or the speculation IN stocks, and
The constant growth IN tie business ana population OF the
city are the foundations upon which real estate owners
and brokers build their confidence IN the market When
statistics are sought the opinions OF dealers are
fortified. In January, IsS5, the -cOnyey Inces
we're II 275 766. and in February Sl37SJ,799
~. reor fhe January convevances were SI43G2 721
and Inc FEBRUARY conveyances ~ -.3O6 OY3; making
total this wear OF 1872 6Gs,slJ conveyance against so
fpd x III
81 O33 50 N January lss3. and f7O6b,-42 III Feb
Iuary 1888 and this year S9,7O01G3 in January, and
si565s,42s in 1853 and Of sI7II44I5 in
1884. In the last week there IS an increase
fer spending week Last year There is better
feeling in the building trade. and the activity now deve
oping shows every indication Of having substantial
son for origin. The Record md Gude publishes among
other interesting tables, figures showing the estimated
cost IN building plans dled February the last
three years 1882 l6s plans, cost e2343 $50; 1888
100 plans, cost S2,14ls-1; 1884, 2i3 plans, cost
s. O29,093.
are the following; Mrs Anna Eettretch sold 10
W. K. Martin No l East SiIty-thrd-st for
$4,000. 8. NJ. Hamilton sold No. so East sixty ninth
$50 900. NOS 2O7 2O9 and 2ll East Eighty fourth st
sold for about 10000. Lemue l. Fountain paid
SOS 900 for Nos. 2lJ TO 223 West Fiftecnth-st Nos
1870 and 1872 Third-aye were sold by James Cannon
10 Randolph Guggenbeimer and Solomon Marx for
So 600. John s. Kennedy the banker. bought No 6
West Fifty-seventbst, from Theodor. Roosevelt FOR
$4,000. Among the unimproved property
sold were twenty lots at Seventy second
L. Montgomery. -Four lots at F1rstsye. and
Eishty-second ST were sold by Louis Brandt
for $4,000 tGII S.r, t .a1 az o Sae
Meagher for $4,000. Eight lots from OnehundTed and
tveltVthtrd to Ope-hundred- and-tHeny fourth sts
west Of Tenth ave, were bought by John Reyes for
$50, 900.
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