Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-03-14
REAL ESTATE MARKET ACTIVE
Many Properties In the City
Change Hands.
DEMAND FOR. SMALL DWELLINGS


DEMAND FOR. SMALL DWELLINGS
Building Boom for the Spring
and Summer.
Many People Unable to Get Homes To Suit
Them and Take Larger Houses Than
They Require-4List of Properties Sold
Since the First OF the Month.
The approach Of moving day, which
Is two weeks from next Monday, cause
unusual activity in the real estate
market. There is great demand for
houses, both from renters and people
who desire to puy. The demand Is
greater than the supply, SO far as rent
ing IL concerned, and as result many
people are unable to get what,they
want in the shape of homes. The de.
mand 10, in the main. for small aud
medium sized dwellings, and nearly all,
II not all, OF that class have been en-
gagged. There are few large houses
still awaiting tenants for next year,
but the number IL so small that IL
amounts to practically nothing. Many
ptUHlt arc buEdkinE ihrBet Huuseb tndn
they need, because they are unable to
get small ones,
The scarcity OF houses will result In
two things--higher rents and boom
in building during the syting and
summer, and the indications are that
all demands can be supplied year
hence. Already several contractors
have made their arrangements for put
ting up blocks OF houses.
Many properties have changed hands
! in the city since March 1st,a ia shown
by follow ng@; transcript from the
records Of the City Registry Bureau
for that period: e.
North side of A street % feet cast OF
Townsend, by Martin Lane TO James
| II. Green, for 1880.
West side OF Justisun street, 100 feet
north Of Front, by Margaret II.
Plunkett to Saliie +. Davidson, for
| S4,000. e.
South side of Sixth street, 1855 feet
east OF Union; west side OF Van Buren,
street, Sc feet south of Beech, and west
side Of Bayard avenue. 90 feet south of
| Ninth, by the Wilmington Savings
Fund Society to Samuel NJ. Dillon,
for 81. 965.
Northeast corner Of Fourth and Van
Buren, streets, by Wilhelm q. Loeber
to Samuel j. Hollett, for $500.
North side Of b street ~ feet east,
Of Locuet, by Sue ii. f. Mao Nair to
Henry f. Piokels, for $500. vs.
West side OF Harrison street, 16 feet
south of Beech, by Andrew Hitler to
William A. Hitler. for 1890.
West side of Broome street, 1877 feet
south of Third and 2O6 feet south of
Third, by Partiok Neary to the Arti-
sans Savings Bank, for 81, 600.
No. 1923 Trenton Place, by the jack
son & Sharp 90. to Laura v. Collins.
for $4,000.
No. 706 King street, by Henry +.
Dure to Harriet b. Pierce for %, 75O
No. lis Shipley street, by John
Jacoby to the Sunday Breakfast Mis-
sion, for 81, 800.
| Northwest corner of Fifth and
French Streets, by Herbert White to
the William ID. Mullen Co., for 50, 600.
i South side Of b street, l75 feet east
Of Huald, bv Michael Grady to Joseph
L. Carpenter. Dr., and by Mr.. Carpen-
ter to Catherine Grady, for nominal
consideration VI ,s
| No. 1916 Van Buren, street, by the
Wilmington Savings Fund Society to
Crawford Rankin, for 81, 200.
| West side of Forrest street 81 fest
south OF Thirteenth, by Helen q.
Miller to Martin Rohan, for $500.
| North side OF Peoples street 100 feet
east of Bowers, by William Ferris to
George II. Robinson, for Sl75.
North side of Twelfth street 1856 feet
west OF Claymont, by the Wilmington
Savings Fund Society to Daniel Lynch,
for 5000.
| North side of Thirteenth street IA
feet west of Poplar, by the Wilmington
Savings Fund Society to Bertha Stern,
for 8760.
Southeast corner Of Gilpin avenue
and Van Buren, street, by Charlotte
Kerns to John r.. Hudson, or So, 225.
Southwest corner of Tenth and LON.
bard streets, by Marion N. Wood to the
Home Real Estate Co., for s., 100.
| No. ll04 Washington street, by
Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., to Charles
I e. Dubell. for 200.
East side Of Washington street II
feet inches south of Seventh, by the
\ Wilmington Savings Fund Society t.
Mary A. Reynolds, for $1,000.
North side of Eighth street 1877 fee
west of Franklin. by the Equitabl,
Guarantee and Trust Co. to Carl Eisen
| hinkchg lOI CtS NuOs ..
No. 2113 Washington street, by tn,
North Side Improvement Co. to WIKI
Bowen, for 81, SEQ.
Southeast corner OF Twenty fourth
and Tatnall streets and west side o
Twenty. fifth ITO feet north OF Tatnall
, by the William g. Pierce estate to Will
, ham II. Hawkins, for 1902.
al Northeast corner of Twelfth ant
| UEion streets, nv ,lohn Coulv and u IN
to the Baltimore & Philadelphia Rail
) road Co, for 81, 100.
West side of Orange street 100 fee
| inch south Of Tenth, by Edwin Il
Dilworth to Klas A. Nordquist 10
, 81, $50.
Southeast side of West street 90 fee
southwest Of Twenty ninth, by JOSEPH
) z. Carpenter, Jr., to Mary A. johnson
for $780,
a East side of Head street "a fee
! north Of Eleventh, by the Securit
! Trust and Safe Deposit Co. to ETH
/ Levy, for $1,000.
Properties in this city have beef
o sold and recorded in the past few day
4 as follows:
q Two story brick dwelling ON the eaa
/ side of Van BuIen street betwee
! Gilpip and Shallcross avenues, b
! Lillian j. Wier to Thomas j. Wier
a for So, 800. ..l'
b West side OF Rodman street north q
t Third, by the Wilmington Saving
Q Fund Society to Henry F. Fickelt
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