The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Activity Along All Lines and.
Outlook Continues Bright
For Agents
GENERAL NEEDS OF
PROPER TY TRADING
sales Not Altogether as Large as
Previous Week, but the Out
look Is Decidedly Encourag-
ing for Dealers-specu-
lators Are in
Evidence.

While there has been, activity in the
Peal estate market for the past week
and moro than the usual inquiry for
eligible property. the volume OF bust
ness actually consummated was not as
large as for the week previous. The
investors. speculators and home-seek-
ers all seemed to have reached no.
tion to rest on their oars little bit.
The sales, really made fell short
OF the transactions of the previous
week several thousand dollars, the
total being but a little over $125.00O
All the agents are reticent as to de-
tails. none OF them being willing to
mention the names of the buyers and
sellers or to give tho location OF prop
erty sold and the prices obtained.
Buniness Actually Done.
A number of large leases were closed
up during tho week, Messrs Blanton
e Purcell alone reporting deals of this
character amounting to about $4,000.
They also sold investment property
to the amount of $4,000. Messrs. Pol
lard & Bagby report sales amounting
in the aggregate to $4,000, but they
withhold particulars Messrs. Green
s. Redd made a good record for the
week, but number OF their largest
transactions have not had the finish
Ing touches put on and under the cir
cumstances they prefer not give out
particulars for publication. Messrs.
Corline & Moseley intimate that their
transactions for the week ran away up
into the thousands. bU- they say. as
most OF the purchasers on their list are
Spectators and investors. they prefer
to keep mum as to figures and names
OF buyers.
Good Business Ahead.
one among the good sales of the
week was that maze by i ollard and
Basby. who sold the s10 foot vacant
lot at the corner OF Monument Ave-
nue. and Shepperd Street for $50 per
front foot. The name OF the purchaser,
who. 1t. is understood. is an investor,
Is withheld.
All the agents talk volubly OF the
outlook, inquiry on the partof specula-
tors. Investors and home seekers be-
ing active and indicative OF good sum-
mer business IL the summer ever comes.
Tho auction sales announced for the
past week were interferred with some
what by unfavorable weather. but IN
the main the auotioneers were very
we'll satisfied with results. Most OF the
property put under the hammer went
: Tor the nlSn anu SuNA' 49,.
taken In had been made subject TO
weather conditions. which no man could
foresee.
The suburbs have been active. and
the agents who handle that class of
property make no complaint OF duh
times. One agent. whose operations IN
suburban property We're cut short last
fall when the panic came on and his
f1narcial hacker called upon him to
take In his horns for the time being,
says that the aforesaid financial back
er has announced to him that the panic
Is a thing OF the past, and that money
is now cheap commodity.
With this Information to work upon
this agent is beginning to infuse q
whole lot OF life into suburban invest
ment. His theory Is that II any man
who has any sort OF future prospects
really wants a home of his own now
Is the time to make the financial ar
rangements to obtain the same.
Business Is lively in Ginter Park. The
park never looked half so beautiful and
attractive as 1t Is to-day with It's hne
avenues bordered with shade trees. and
great masses OF honeysuckle bloom
festooning the hedges.
It is a sight good for sore eyes and
soothing to tired nerves.
The record price OF SIS per foot was
recently refused by the owner OF a
Chamberlayne Avenue lot for his prop
erty, and even this price Is low, and
the time Is not far distant when they
will sell a great deal higher at least
SO think the Ginter Park folks.