The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
Richmond Realty Activity
Has Become Known in
Parkway India.
JUNE PROVED TO8BE
RED LETTER MONTH.
Sales Larger Than in Any Re
cent Period Of Like Duration.
Numerous Changes III Real
Estate Firms Hot
Weather Activity
in Suburbs.

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The Fourth OF July week Is never
considered a good one. In business
way, for the averge real estate dealer,
who, like al. the rest OF humanity.
likes his little outings and frolics. and
who generally manages to be patriotic,
attleast enough so totake n day off
either at the seaside or to the noun
tElnH. Then, too. he needs rest
from the tax collector for about this
season he has to foot tax bills for many
constituents; and when he gets through
with his semi-annua1 and quarterly.
statements on July LIST. and safely
passes the tax period. no one needs or
& deserves a rest more than he. Hence
teh local real estate market felt the
Influences. and yesterday. and even to-
day, majority Of the real estate fra
T ternity were and are enjoying the sea
breezes and mountain air: but they
Will bob ZIP sereney and smilingly to-
morrow, ready for business again.
In spite OF these expected drawbacks
there has been something doing, and
the total sales of the week lust closed
foot up very nearly 100000. including
suburban property. which Is cutie ac-
tive.
UnusuHlly Good June Business.
There has been. of course. much
talk OF dull times. but the figures
show that the month Just closed was
"a very busy one. The compilation OF
real estate clearings for the month OF
June. made by Mr.. w. Z. Purcell. Jr..
of the firm OF Blanton & Purcell. shows
q that the sales OF realty last month
were larger than they have been for
any June within the last five years.
and larger perhaps in the aggregate;
than any real estate agent would have
dreamed of. Mr.. Purceli.s report of
sales. as gathered from the record
books OF the clerks Of the courts. ftr-
rishes the following Information:
Sales within old city limits
Improved property .......... $3o6,63l
Vacant lots Observation-Disclosures. 104,5s4
Sales In annexed section
Improved property $4,000
# Vacant lots ................ 1880
i Sales OF suburban lots .....,.. 54.s22
Sales OF farms in Henrico county 42.572
Total 1880. ...f........ $s31,499
The number OF deeds recorded In
Itha Chancery Court in the month OF
June WAS larger than In any month
within the recollection OF the present
clerk OF that court. going something
over 500. It is true that many OF these
deeds contained the selling and buy
ling history OF small lots and houses
sand lots Of the cheaper variety. but
this is good sign OF the times. When
men of small means are investing In
i homes 1t may be set down as q fact
THAT the days of hard times are pretty
well numbered.
Money Coming From India.
It is far cry from India to .'little
old. solid old Richmond" but all the
same the fame OF the value OF Rich
mond real estate has gone to that far
away country. The Times-D Dispatch
man was yesterday shown a letter just
received by Messrs. ]. Thompson Brown
Il: Co.. from Kalimpong. Bengal. India.
I 1t was from a gentleman. a capitalist,
who has read OF the fame of Rich
mond. and has a desire to locate and
invest here. The letter was dated and
spostmarked June LIST. and has been
"a solid month making Its Journey.
the goods to suit the gentleman OF
India. and they hope to land him and
make him citizen OF Richmond In
q due time. y :. 4. iBi
The sales last week were In. the
main of5small property: Messrs. aBlan-
ton & Purcell report sales amounting
TO $1o,sl0. Messrs. Deyer. & Ramsey
made sales amounting to $4,000. Messrs.
y. A. Connolly & Co.'S sales reached
the handsome figure of $4,000.
Messrs. N. w. Bowe & Son disposed Of
a good property to the amount4of about
$4,000. Messrs. i. Thompson Brown
& Co. sold about $4,000 The new
firm OF Richeson & Crutchfield made
good sales. amounting in the aggre-
\ gate to $4,000. Messrs. Paine e Corl-
ing sold $1,000 worth of good Rich
mond dirt, with improvements thereon,
The "A. ]. Chewing Company have
no complaints to make Of business
( having sold & during the week some
thing like $4,000 Of property. Other
agencies report sales of like proper
tion, and the men who handle suburban
property have made good sales all the
week. H.
Old Hands at New bellows.
There have been several changes In
real estate firms, taking effect July
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