The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07
JANUARY MAKES RECORD
FOR NUMBER OF SALES
Buyer of Medium Sized Properties in This City
Is Strongly in Evidence and Ably Helps to
Maintain Healthy Tone of the Realty Market

The local sales OF realty in January
as reported by the San Francisco Real
Estate Circular published by Thomas
Magee & Sons, numbered Sol They
represented a value Of $3,123,O22. The
humber Of sales exceeds those Of any
month since Nav, 1903. although the
amount was less than the average Of
the last few months. Concerning the
transactions Of January, viewed as a
hole the Circular says:
These facts show that the buyer Of medium
means Is In the market There were only two
sales recorded during January which exceeded
100000 in amount Had any one OF several
large sales made recently been recorded our
ing January the figures would have compared
1aNorably with any month last year- Two OF
these large sales VIII be recorded IN the hrst
Gays of February. The amounts involved IN
sales recorded in the 5o-vara ana le-vera
districts were unusually low The sales IN
the Missi-n district show a heavy increase
with total for the month q S4-o.Sos. a %hign- %
fEure than Tor nine months past Ihe
sales IN the Western Addition were at least
500. 900 above the monthly average OF last
year The inquiry Tor real estate is stu very
Strong and sales are numerous o. downtown
properties and Cf medium priced properties
lots from $500 70 $500 in the district south
q the Park q Lticln-onc ana IN ne MISSION
nnd ready sale. The market persists in its
healthy tone. Nothing is lacking 20 convince
even the most tinid investor that the future
of san Francisco is assured but many hesitate
- bUT now. who regret that they did not buy
several years arc. IL the belief that prices
acre now 100 high. Investments Of the magnl-
t-0e oi those recently made by Herbert E
I-aw o. s. 600 600 and o. the Aro1son syndicate
cate confidence and show no fear OF paying
prices that see TOO high.
A. J. Rich & Co. have sold for A.
Hahn 10 Bier & Regensberger property
on the south line Of Howard street, IOs
feet east OF Second, with frontage OF
fifty feet, for $50 600; for Mrs. Theresa
Zacharias 10 a client, property on the
south line Of Sutter street, 87:6 feet east
OF Leavenworth, with modern improve
ments, for 81, 500; also the Mau prop
erty, on the south line Of Broadway,
1876 feet west Of Webster street, the
holding consisting Of an unimproved
lot with fifty feet frontage, for S25, ,OOo
McAfee Brothers have sold the north
east corner Of LarIin and Sacramento
streets, with residence thereon, for the
Germania Trust Company to a client,
FOR s19.50o The lot is 61:6x1I3:6 feet.
Baldwin & Howell have sold 50x75
feet on the north line of Jessie street,
rs feet east Of Sixth and adjoining the
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and Telegraph Company. with improve
ments that bring in s115 a month. Prob
ably a new building viii be erected
Chatheld & Vincent have sold for T.
Marx 10 Inez W. Hutton 27:6x9s: 10 feet
on the east line Of Franklin street,
north Of Broadway, for ST.. .25O; also 5Ox
100 feet on the south line Of Sacramento
street, 1875 feet east Of Locust, for the
J. ". COchrane Company TO Antonio
Cuneo, on private terms: also the
northeast corner Of Sacramento and
Walnut streets, 27:6xs2:6 feet, for the
account Of II. D. Overfleld to Charles
Clark. for $500
SOME GOOD LEASES.
A. J. Rich & Co report a number of
leases They have leased the three
story brick building on the south side
0f Geary street, between Grant avenue
and Stockton street, for s. Clayburgh
20 the Crescent Corset Company, for
the term Of five years at 500 a month.
They have also leased the entire block
bounded by c and Fulton streets and
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, adjoin-
ing the ChUtes on the west, for Judge
Wallace 10 the Coliseum Company for
a term Of ten years for S24, ,000 The
company leasing this block will con-
struct stores on the front Of same and
n large auditorium on the northerly
end Of the block They have also leased
the three-story brick building at 6O9
California street formerly occupied by
Goldberg. Bowen & Co. as a stable, for
q term Of five years TO F. D. BaIch at
5000 a month The building is 10 be
converted into a lodging house.
Shainwald. Buckbee & CO. have leased
the Il Carmelo apartment house, on
Washington street, between Polk street
ana Van Ness avenue, TO Mrs Emma
Adams for Mrs. Reene for ten years at
a total rental for the term Of s62, 400.
The following recent sales are report
&c by r. ,. Surrhyne:
r. IL Berndt to c. r Hansen. two fats
end lot. 3Ox23 feet, ar and 10 Silver street,
tor s21OO: Henry Fisher 10 Morris Strange,
Mrs. Annie johnson 70 n. J. y Neil the house
and iot. 25x137 C. at 1903 Vallejo street, for
$500; J. c. Spencer TO @. Douglass, the lot,
avenue. $50 feet north OF Fulton street. for
5000; A. Rath5e 70 J. Hintuan. lot, 25xSO feet
nd four fats a. 81 and 50 Woodward avenue,
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