The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-03

REAL ESTATE NEWS.
To judge the condition OF the real es-
tate market by what brokers say Of II
would be difficult task. one agent viii
tel the inquirer that the situation Is very
dull. that money Is scarce, sales few, and
business at a standstill. Another will
say his Office Is doing a bigger business
than ever before, and will show bunch
of jacketed sales under negotiation TO
prove his statement
The truth seems to be that the market
is rather dun. many of the brokers doing
a less volume Of business than at other
times. Ia other Offices business has been
fairly active through the fall months.
particularly in medium priced residence
property. the kind which always finds
readiest sale. II Is a fact that during
the past week sales have been reported
Of property cosCing large sums, and
trades that have been hanging fire for
many weeks have been consummated ana
the payments made The real estate rec
ord, the truest Indicator Of the real estate
business, has been up to the average for
this season of the year. Yesterday it was
particularly full. indicating that the trad
Ing Of the past week has been fairly
active
Evidence has been furnished during the
past week Of the quick sale Of two and
three story residences, newly built, one
such row in the northeast section has
been closed out and the houses are not
yet all finished Other rows in the north
west portion Of the District are selling
before completion, or as soon as placed
on the market, and the sales are about
evenly divided between persons who buy
the houses to live in and those who pur-
chase them FOR investments
Building operations, that is. new under
takings. are in moderate volume this
year. This is due primarily 20 the labor
troubles under which Washington has
been suffering since last spring. Many
persons who have large building projects
In view are afraid 10 begin. not knowing
whether the buildings could be finished
without some troublesome. tle-up. which
would leave things in the air. with money
tied up and probable loss the result Con
siderable building has been done during
the summer and fall and some has been
started anew. but in many instances op-
erations have been suspended at some
point and the owners. and builders put TO
much trouble and expense Some have
carried their operations through without
union labor with comparative success. All
IN all. however. building has been only
OF the urgent sort or where the courage
Of the owner and contractor has been OF
the heroic kind.
Richardson < Burgess yesterday stated
that work upon the house Of Thomas T.
Ryan, which they are remodeling at 81
cost Of about $4,000, is going forward
rapidly in Nelson County Va.
Lieb0rmann * Hawn have made public
the following sales
For John IL Nolan, the new residence
at 1852 Connecticut avenue northwest,
facing oak Lawn" for about 81. COO.
For Dr. ROwdybush 20 Mrs Conway,
his double brick dwelling. Il05 K street
northwest: price about Sl2000
For Anthony T.. Tyssowski. his resi-
dence, 1917 Vermont avenue. just above
Thomas Circle. Price paid. about SIS. COO
Liebermann & Hawn have also taken
n deposit on a centrally located corner
business property. and nave sold three
small properties In the northeast at $3.50.
5000, ard $500
The following sales are reported by the
Moore & Hin Real Estate Company:
For Mrs. Emily J. wilkins. 10 James F.
Dcuahco. 800 Columbia road. $500
For Percy ". Pickford. 10 Joseph Lord
~ z street southeast. for $3.50.
For s Morris Pool, 9S6 s street north
west, for $500
To ". II Athens, 152 . street northeast
For the ROthert estate IN square 72L
bounded by First. Second, and D streets
and North Carolina avenue southeast.
one Of the lots fronting 81 feet on First
street, By depth Of 80 feet On this lot
Thomas r. Pickford viii erect a four
story apartment house 10 cost about
S0.000
For Edward p, Blizzard. TO B. F. Par
ksr, 1908 Thirteenth street northwest
For John p. Spindle. to Horace c. Hard
ing. l52s Tenth street northwest
For Charles W. Rippey. to J. " John
ston. 81 Twelfth street northeast, for
$150.
For Thomas H Pickford. 10 Francis J.
Stiebel 5iS Fourteenth street southeast.
For Matthew Koerner, go Fifteenth
street northeast
For J. H. Tabler, 6lS c street northeast