The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-01
Best Week Of the Year Wa;
the One That Has
Just Closed.
GREATER INQUIRY
AND MORE BUSINESS
All the Agents Are Cheerful, and
Some Have Done Large BUSH
ncss-PIenty Of Money for
Home Builders-Ae-
tivity in the
Suburbs.

llNbly III tiiC 4afb
Suburbs.
BY practically unanimous vote tho
real estate agents and land agents
have declared the past week very
good ono in their interesting line of,
business. a number of them go so
far as to say 1t has been In most re-
spects the best week of this year. The
inquiry for desirable property from all
classes of buyers and for all sorts OF
realty has been more pronounced than
at any time this year.
The Inquiry seems not to be con-
fined to any particular locality, but Is
general. and investors AMI home
seekers are not sighting any part OF
The city or the suburbs. one OF the
leading agents declared with show OF
enthusiasm that the buying and the I'm
quiry are not confined to any locality
or any class of property. 10 Illustrate
this, he said that during the week he
had closed. sales Of property near Oak
wood upon which residences have al
ready been started Then the very
next day he closed deals for lots on
Ashland Street in tho exactly opposite
direction, and on these, also, homes
are to be built at once. Then in am
other section tnat Is to say on Floyd
Avenue. he sold property that is to be
improved Immediately.
Much More Active Demand.
Another agent gave in like tests
rnony, and added that the skies are
Frightening ali around. Still another
says that while the demand for small
houses and the cheaper order of lots
continues active and growing more
so every day, the demand for larger
and more costly homes is on the in
crease. and In fact is somewhat In
excess OF Sthe supply.
| He said he was on the lookout for
several houses at from sS,0O0ito $4,000.
and SO far had not found them Just to
suit his clients.
The transfers for the month of F'eb-
ruary, while not just in shape yet to
be footed up fran the books of the
clerks of the courts, are we'll enough
| posted to show that after all the talk
| of dizziness and hard times the month
| has been rather busy one with tho
clerks whose business 1t Is to record
deeds. The footings will demonstrate
that better business was done in the
second month Of the year than In the
| first.
Many Building Permits.
Tho total sales for the past week
Though some OF them have not had the
final touches put on them in the clerks
| offices.
4 Tho records of the Building Inspec-s
tors office furnish evidence that there
is to be no cessation of building in
Richmond for some time to come. Ap-5
plcations for permits to build. en-
large and repair. homes and business
houses were very numerous during the
whole week.
All the agents report that the de-
mand for money for building purposes
1 continues large. and what is more it
is being supplied. It may be remark
ed in this connection as cheerful sign
of the times that notwithstanding all
the late talk about hard times the
money to carry their customers. and
they are having no trouble now to
get all the cash wanted for actual
building purposes.
Some of Sales Closed Up.
Messrs. J. Thompson Brown & Com
pany sold last week a 90-foot lot on
ford. who will erect two houses there;
on. This Is a part OF the Mccarthy
vineyard track near lakewood Gene
terry. The same firm sold 80 feet on
Ashland Street to Mr.. L. G. White for
Immediate building purposes, also 154
4 feet on Floyd Avenue to Mr.. O. a.
Davis, who has already commenced the
erection there OF two nice modern
homes. Brown & Company also sold
4 two houses on Mayo Street for $500
These sales. with several other minor
4 properties, ran their sales for the week
. up to something over $4,000.
4 Messrs. Pollard & Baghy report In
! creased inquiry for small property and
/ more searching after the higher classed3
goods. Their sales for the week We're
about $4,000.
Messrs, j. A. Connolly & Company
sold the residence, No. 607 East Grace.
street, to Mr.. p. B. Hatcher for sla,-9
600. Other transactions by this firm
ran their sales for the week up to.
something like ssoooO 4
4 w. c. Blanton's agency closed. VIZ
several deals that have been hanging
on the string for some time Among
i these was the property Nos. 22l0, % IS
and GAIA West Cary Street, whic', was
bought as an Investment by Messrs n
NJ 1haIhsmer o,a The so,s gS5s wa,
I Park Avenue. for $3.50. This was
4 bought by the Unitarian congregations.
i and will become their parsonage.
Messrs. H. Selden Taylor & Co. sold
some splendid property for home
building purposes on Grove Avennes
aud Vine Street, - a
Investors Very Active.
Messrs, Green &. Redd. who made
i good sales during the week, report tho
demand forithe better grades OF prop
erty much more active. They made 9
4 small houses, and also several lots
i on which small houses are to be erect
ed AT once. These sales were In that
! part of the city Just west OF the Bouiss.
Il ward, and known as Lee Annex. rliti
firm also reports the sale OF three
II handsome dwellings on South Fonrth
!, Street, near CANDLES Hill Park, thas
!. for this desirable property Was tIs-na0
n DR. q. DAVID TaNlor. N sy otng dfntist.