The morning call., 1891-07-01
REAL ESTATE.
The CriteriOn's Review of the
Market.

In speaking OF the July real estate market, the
Criterion viii sy that June has been the bes
month of the year In both the number aud aggre-
gate value OF tile sales effected with The excep-
ti0n of APRIL which had 679 sales valued at
SO, 458. 440. June can be credited with 593
sal S, valued at S2,65G,597. The value of the
June sales Is about 100000 liz excess of
May, but June, 1890, discounted 1t by over
S1.100,000. In point of The number OF sales
every district Of the city showed Increase last
month over May, save Richmond. which has the
same number for both months. In value OF
sales they all had an Increase. save the 5Ovaras.
As usual, the Western Addition makes u fne
showing for last month with 144 sales, aggre-
eating ~ value $780,, 0J9.
The Mission and Hurners AddIl ion had re-
specTivey, forty five sales valued at S258,S6o,
and hfty-une sales aggregatug In amount
Sl4S BOG.
Flfty-varas had thiity-two sales, Involving
s45G,5O0. about S110, ZOO less than for the pre-
cediug month. One-hundIed varas were active
a,t.mnnth with tweuty-One sales, valued at
Sl41,775. III May IL had but 5 1lS,0oo worth Of
sales.
The Potrero can be credi ed with eighteen
sales. Involving SZ4,700, slight Increase over
he preceding month.
South San Francisco had a big Iucre ase with
fourteen sales, valued at SIT, 45O.
Richmond and South Side had res pectIvely,
ffty-thrce sales, valued az S123 1856, and eighty
nine sales, valued al S1l2o11.
These figures show a good Increase over May
for both districts, making the Transactions north
and south OF the park foot up S235,347, as
against Si75,o7O DUNG the preceding month.
Homesteads and miscellaneous properties had
big increase over May with 118 sales, valued
at SAL $50.
The June mortgages numbered 500, aggrega--
ting IN yalue S1,760, $50. The releases NUM-
bered 256, with value OF Sl.251 $40.
June closes six months OF the realty market
for 1891 December %, 1890, To June 81, 1891
inclusiye). and 1t Is not very pleasant comment
TO have 10 mike tie assertion that The sales
effected during that period were 81. l26,251 less
than for the first half OF last year, in
spite of the fact that the number of
safes IS 14O larger the bad showing of
the May aud June markets this year,
compared WI h the same months OF last year, Is
to blame for this decrease. Feb uaIy and April
OF this year were better months than they were
In 1890, but not sufficiently as to make up for
the decrease of business of the other months.
The sales for the half-year number 3248, aud are
valued at Sic, 34G, 4S2. For the first half OF
1890 the NUMBER aud value OF the sales were,
respectively 310S aud S17,472, 1913.
Another unpleasant comm mt Is the fact that
the mortgages for tue past SIX months show an
increase over the first haif OF last year OF 356 In
number and 1853 $50 Ia amount. This is I'M
Pheasant because of the poor showing the sales
MAKE maxi The total number OF the mortgages is
2727, valued at S10.5l9.430 as against 237I
valued at SO, l65. 440, for the first half of 1890.
On the other hand, The releases far this wear
SHOW an Increase III numb r Of 364 aud In value
OF SSOS, 1872 over the same period OF last wear
For the past SIX months The releases numbered
1903, having value Of S6,7l3,S5 For the
same period last year they numbered 1889, with
a value of S5,905, 09i.
BUILDERS CONTRACTS.
James Oils with G. &. Morehouse plasterInc
on building on east line of Sansone street A: 40
north OF Pine, $7l00.
James oLis with Riley g. Doane. mason-work,
same, S29 1874.
Jane, OTIS with Duffy Bros. plumbing same,
S4754.
James OTIS with Day s. Mclaughlin, carpenter
work, same, S16,050.