The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-13
real ES.TA7|. AND .
BUILDING |. |: | N 9: NEWS !.
- $500, 3st3
Rainy Weather Blocks locks. Many
Auction Sale r cal Estate
Exchange Needed.
RENTERS 4 NEED MORE Q I !. HOUSES o. yes
Rental Agents Have Not I: Long.
Enough Lists Lists a to-. Supply ':l'' the
Demand.
RENTERS + NEED MORE HOUSES
\ Rental 2.1 Agents Have Not Long.

sl az an, right with The Times Ldspatch
W. y 4, II the real estate exchange question
said d prominent real estate agent yes
II terday, and I hope the paper VIII VI keep e
n,arnmering at the matter You are ms ms
l taken however, In saying that lticflrilond
|! never had an exchange OF TINS k1n 1e1
4 Many years ago Ill the auction sales o. o.
\ raal estate took place at what was vas
known eas the exchange, and, aithous ~ -
i was an upstairs room, It did q GOOD pusis
/ ness. The sales were made there o ltlIS
phetwecn the hours Of II A. N , ana y
Il M and the room was always full Of PEG go
\ ,,la the sales being much tier at
\ fAnded than they are now on the ground:
IL Many people with money to invest Woula
n ia IA an exchange in the business part
Nnf5 4 the city to note what Is for sal VINO
= ,,ow never any more think OF going 10
m auction sale on the ground than they
a would OF going to Ikamckatka q am nm qu.lte
4 sure that, If we had an exchange, q com
Portable room, ere we could invite peg.
Il ii - to come every day during decent busl-
ness hours to- look at maps and plats OF
what we have to offer, we would sen
4 = 4 "a ,eall az auction than we now 90
fa1nd sell 1t to better advantage.
ff.5s,G5 Small Business y terday. e
~ l There we're very Few transactions yes
II terday d in real estate and such Of the
y mi N g, sales as may have taken pa &c.
and s e is almost certain that some DID
take place, were strictly private. and there 81 {,
H was I no way to get the agents 70 teil
about them. a II i35 :. !.
n The court sale by Iessrs. Coalter5 and
81 stern. special commissioners, Of the bcnu-
SStifulss"Wa Hi" property, which sale
w, as knocked out Tuesday BY the rain IS
nov announced to take place Tuesday,
July nth. This is the property that was
the suburban home Of the late w. ].
q Todd. treasurer of IIenricos county.
Two auction sales are announced Tor
n to-day, weather permitting, as follows:
8{5 At 6 o'clock, Green & Redd will sell
sS an excellent building lot on the north
II side of Main Street, near Lombardy.
wa AT 6 o'clock. j. d. Carneal s. Son Will
y Sell for James w. Gordon, special COM
VI missioner the detached dwell ing, NO.
1900 Washington Street This sale was
postponed from wednesday last on &C
count Of RAIN Si ts 3Ei
M: Houses for Rent.
The rental atents pre- the busy people
\ in the real estate business just now, nut
they will not be busy very long II Things
continue as they are now going, for they
tlll nave nOIHlllS = " 1etit :: iio ,ils
for good houses OF all grades and classes
ii Is very great, and all the agents report
q unore houses rented for September occu.
81 pancy than ever. be Ore known SO carry
N in the renting saason. Fl Ss
@ The Times-D Dispatch man yesterday en-
snmined the list of, one firm. The list
was put out on June 9th; the first this
firm put out had sixty-six houses on y.
The revised list issued yesterday showed
only twenty-six houses the other forty
f1laving been rented without any special
effort on the part OF the agents THIS
agency does not expett to have a single
house on their list by the first day OF
August. is x
This condition prevails at oil Of the
# agencies. Late renters will find It hard "a
get a suitable house. Notwithstanding
the building boom, Richmond needs more
Il houses, n great many more. t.{