The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

The past week has been a good one in the local real estate market Although not especially active, the market has been steady the demand has been strong and the prices firm. Quite a number of fairly large deals were filed in the probate court but there was but one deal among the number transacted that came up to the S10,000 mark.
 The building circles have shown their usual good condition and the activity in this line is well distributed over the city.
 "The local real estate is in as good condition as we can expect 1t to be at this season of the year." said B. F. Eborn yesterday.
 While the market was in such an active condition last winter, 1t was gen eIally thought that 1t would show a slump during the spring and summer months of this year. but up to the pres ent time have not noticed that such Is the case. Although the rental season has had a slight effect on the market it has by no means caused a slump in it. "One of the strongest points that have noted and one which shows the set tied condition of the local real estate market Is the large number of exchanges in homes. Very few of the local real estate agents have taken note of this but as a matter of fact there have been more exchanges in real estate this year than ever before In one week alone l made exchanges in small homes for diff ferent parties involving about s26,OOo. This In itself shows tho confidence that people have in local real estate and its values.
 "The activity in Birmingham real es- tate has not jumped up in a flourish, except in the neighborhood of the site for the new depot, but 1t has been on steady advance for two years or more, In such cases the market seldom falls off. Gathering my opinion from the present in- dications and the fact that the coming season of the year is the prosperous one for the real estate market I think that we will have an unusually active mar ket during the coming winter.
 'As for the prices, they are in very steady condition and like the real estate | HlhTheL lHty AdNO pctA VII e 'NSsAeS AAN crease for a long time. Property Is bought one year for certain price and the next year it will sell for a higher price. The advance in prices in the last year has been very noticeable.
 One of the principle features of the market is the activity in the sale of truck farms around the city. The soil l around the outskirts of Birmingham is fa- vorable for gardening and the market for vegetables Is very good. Truck farming is therefore very profitable and a large number of sales in this line Of property have been made lately
 l The following deals in local real estate were recorded in the probate court yes 1 terday:
 Daisy Irene Clisby transferred to A. A. Clsby certain lands at the intersection of Virginia avenue and Thirteenth street. | Consideration, $2200.
 w. N. Malone to R. D. Johnston, Jr., lot 10, block 779; consideration, $500.
 w. T. Hill to w. S. Bell. part lot "a. l block 636; consideration sio5O. l A. H. Marcham to c. W. Mills. part block 796 part block 1, Phelans addition; consideration, sf75O.
 NJ M. Williams to J. W. McCune, lots 11-1S. block 27; consideration. s49s5. The Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company are now agents in the Birming- ham district for the New York Underwrit- CTS agency This is the fifth large com pany represented locally by the Jemison people. The New York Underwriters ranks as one of the most substantial con
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