The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01
PAST YEAR BREAKS RECORD
More Realty Deals Than in Anu Preceding
Twelve Months.
Total Value Represented Runs Very
Near to 445, 100000.

Baldwin & Howell, in their monthly
publication, the Buyer and Seller, esti-
mate that the sales of real estate in
San Francisco during the year that
closed yesterday amounted in value to
s45, 100000 and that the transactions
numbered 1000. The Buyer and Seller
was published on Friday and there
were two days to be included in the
returns to make them complete, but the
totals may not vary much from the
Baldwin & Howell figures.
Taking s45, 600 900 as the approximate
showing for the twelve months. it will
be noticed by those who are familiar
with realty transactions in this city
that. as compared with 1903. the num-
Der of sales has increased $780, while the
total amount of money represented in
the deals falls short of the total of 1903
by about 81, 100000.
In the sectional totals for 1904 the
50-varas are credited with 624 sales,
amounting 10 $15,500 900; the 1O0-varas
with 1865 sales that brought in $500, 600;
the Western Addition with 1858 sales.
total $13.500,000; the Mission. Potrero
and South San Francisco, collectively,
made a showing of 1876 sales, amount
ing to s5,750.000; the outside lands,
which include Richmond and Sunset
districts, 194S sales, amounting TO So,
100000. Concerning the general stabil-
ity of the local realty market and other
phases, the Buyer and Seller says in
part:
PHASES OF THE MARKET.
The number of investments has ex-
ceeded those of any similar period in
the history of this city. This increase
has been chiefly in home buying in the
outspreading districts. AS a conse-
quence the individual amounts have
been smaller than in those years when
buying was rather circumscribed to the
more expensive sections of the town.
Thus the aggregated considerations, as
estimated, appear less than those for
the two previous years. Estimates of
this character can only be approxi-
mately correct, and, when the differ
ence between them is as narrow as the
apparent per cent reduction of the
last year from it's two immediate pre-
decessors, it can not be strictly in1
ferred therefrom that the situation has
materially altered.
The special characteristics of this
market during the last year have been
the steady trend of business, it's stabil-
ity under conditions that would have
adversely affected a less vigorous
growth, and a healthful increase in
values. There have been no periods OF
either marked activity or stagnation.
Each of the twelve months developed
about the same amount of transac-
tfons. Neither the Presidential election.
the large increase in assessments nor
the sudden appearance on the market
of large holdings had any effect in
either checking investments or causing
break In prices. On the contrary,
there was no disturbance. while values
for individual pieces of property show
ed even and normal increase The San
francisco real estate market met all
of the ordeals imposed on ii unflinch-
ingiy, and came forth from them the
stronger for the experience
Considering the districts as between
the last two years it may be said GEN
orally that in the 100-vara there was a
falling off, that the flfty-vara and the
Western Addition remained in nearly
the same condition, that there were
slight gains in the Mission. Potrero
and South San Francisco grouped, while
in the outside lands the number of
transfers increased from 1900 to almost
1000, and the amount from So 500. 900 to
SO, $50, 000"
DEALS OF PAST WEEK.
Speck & Co. have sold two properties
on the north line of Post street, so feet
west of Taylor, 40xs0 feet, with old
buildings, for Mrs. Bertha Lewison and
Annabelle Holenberg to Maria L. Ed
mondson and Emma Sims. for $40, 900.
The same brokers have also sold the
southwest corner of Fifth and Folsom
streets twice within a month. The lot
is 9Ox70 feet, covered with three-story
frame containing fats and store. In
the fret instance it was sold for Helena
Sc.ilesinger to Barton S. Hays for $685.
O00 During the week just closed the
property has been resold by Hays to
the Improved Real Estate Company.
composed Of the Vallejo Adens. for S42,-
weeks.
Thomas Magee & Sons have sold for
the Martha Luchsinger estate 170xS0
feet on the northwest line of Minna