The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
Transactions for the Week
Show Usual Effects Of
Hot Weather.
NEVERTHELESS THE
BUSINESS WAS FAIR
The Renters Having All They
Can Do, and Dizziness Would
Be a Godscnd to Them.
Great Activity Con
tinues in the
Suburbs.

H.
The men who deal in real estate. or
who havc been trying to deal In 1t for
the past week. at last begin to realize
that tho long expected midsummer
dull season Is at hand. The total of
actual sales since Monday morning
last furnish all the needed evidence OF
this fact. Tho aggregate OF sales for
the week were something under $780,
ooo-not very r.uch under 1t. but
less anyhow.
Messrs. Pollard s. Bagby probably
did the largest business OF the week,
: but their total OF sales includes soma
deals that have been on the string
Tor some time, and were counted the
past week because they were finally
closed up during those days.
Other agents report a few good sales,
but the best OF them ,were transact
lions that have been hanging fire for
bone time. and Ii is only by a stretch
OF imaginative figures in the winding
up days that they are permitted to be
recorded as last weeks deals.
House Renters Busy.
Tho Richmond agencies. almost with
out exception. are renters. as we'll as
dirt buyers and sellers. and they have
for at least.ten days past. been giving
more attention to rental matters than
to efforts to effect sales. AS the days
wear away on towards September peo-
pie who live in rented houses, and
have for the present no brighter pros
pect. have been doing not little
1ustling. Many OF them have wanted
to make changes and would have done
20 IL they could; some have made
changes anyhow. and yet others are
still trying. The result OF all this is
that the rental agents have been kept
exceedingly busy, even II this Is gem
orally regarded as dull season with
the real estate men.
Well Attended Auction Sales.
The agents who had sales OF prop
erty advertised to take place by the
auction method did not have much
trouble in mastering good crowds to
attend their public sales. but they did
realize some little difficulty in getting
what they regarded as perfectly sat
isfactory prices for all OF the realty
they had to offer.
However, In the MAN,, the auction
sales were fairly satisfactory. and only
in few instances was the property
offered under the hammer taken In.
Some of the SPECTATORS who attend
these sales and make purchases are
well pleased with their deals, and at
the same time the sellers are satisfied
with the last bid that was made.
Far Away Grove Avenue.
Some OF the good sales OF the week
were made on what used to be known
as the old Grove Road. now better
known as Grove Avenue, in the far
west. This avenue west Of the Sol
diers' Homo Is looming UP as most
desirable location for quiet homes. In
vestors have recently purchased acre
age out there and cut the same up
into lots Of the right size. and these
are finding ready takers among the
run through from Grove Avenue to
Hanover Street, and thus the purchaser
gets two fronts in one lot and can
build on one lot. II he wants to, and
hold the other end for speculative
purposes.
a large part OF this Grove Avenue
frontage has already been disposed
Of, as Messrs. Green & Redd have for
several months past been handling
these lots and they have not failed
TO let Investors know about their adj
vantages. The past week they sold
8140 feet on Grove Avenue for the
record price Of $50 per front foot, In
every case the purchasers intend to
build as rapidly as conditions will per-
init. The sinking OF gas. water and
sewerage pipes in this part of the
newly annexed territory has created
demand for the lots. and the setting
out OF shade trees and the making Of
sldeWalks have added largely to the
interest.
Auction Sales This Week.
large number Of interesting auc-
ton sales are announced for this week
Among them may be mentioned the
following: D lSS 49,
Tomorrow at $50 p. NJ, H. a Cat. !.
lin Will sell the premises No. Ga North
Harrison Street. ~
Ats o'clock Tomorrow afternoon n.
W. Bowe! g. Son Will sell No. 1924 North
TWenty-fifth Street. and also the nd,
joining building lot. 4 81
Tuesday afternoon at O'clock. n
+ p. ELAN u co. will sell the valuable
property. No. 100 West Clay Street
TINS 's not only valuable land. but it
IS historic property.
At $40 Tuesday afternoon. S &.
8Catlin will sell two tenement ,lvell-5
tings,E Nos. 313 and 315 North Twenty.
second Street.
At $3.50 on Wednesday, afternoon, Nc
Weigh 8 Glinn Will sell the handsome
corner brick residence, No. 400 North
4 Lombardy Street,
b At 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, w.
3. Pizzini Company will sell Fl de-
sirable brick dwelling on tho south
east corner Of Willlamsburg Avenue
and Elm Street. u; 65 "
In the SubnrbA.
The real estate agents who handle
suburban property report business
fairly good, evensif the dull midsummer
season Is ut hand, The Henrico Realty
Company has made not few good
Gales in Barto IT eights and nearby
suburbs, III ghland Park Is Icing we'll,
and the m an VIII p 4 own Chestnut HI
Northside and Clint or Park property,,
are llold ding for he is proftts Which
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