The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
REALTY MARKET IN
OCTOBER ACTIVE
Sales Recorded During Month
Reach Big Total of
Sz,073,751
Many Downtown Transactions
Figure in the Record for
Months Activity

October sales of realty %<'os o's d
October building contracts. 2.0SS. .3S5
October loans on realty 2,eSS.261
In a review OF transactions in realty
snd matters relating TO such transac-
lions during the month of October
Thomas Magee & Sons in the san
Francisco Real Estate Circular sum
arize the months events and amounts
involved. as follows:
'-. There were So sales of San Fran
cisco real estate recorded during the
month Of October, for total of
80 07s.75l. The amount involved in
deeds recorded during October was
sbout the same as for the months of
August and September. when the to-
tais were s2,oss,242 and $2.Os2.O1s. re-
snectively. With the Portola celebrs-
tion and semiholidays of Portola
week behind us, investors are again
turning their attention to real
estate. and the market gives every
indication Of being more active during
the balance Of the year. Only one large
sale was recorded during the month,
that Of the southeast corner of Ellis
and Mason streets, S7:sX10o, which was
sold in trade on a basis reported at
s2l5 600. The usual number of medium
priced sales was recorded during the
month. among which were the follow
ing:
'.~ IN the 50 vsra section. the southeast
corner % Montgomery and Commercial
streets. 2s:6xse, sold in trade for 500
Gee: the south side Of O'Farrell street,
1896 feet west Of Mason. 25x1S7:e. sold
for ss7.5Oo; the south side OF Pine
street. 1926 feet west Of Leavenworth.
32.sxl37:s. sold for $4,000; the south
east corner of Bush and Powell streets,
IS feet on Bush street by e7:s feet on
Powell. sold for $4,000: and the north
west corner Of Eddy and Leavenworth
streets. 4OxsT:s. sold for s2s.SoO.
MANY SALES RECORDED
SIN the Western addition. a residence
on the north side of Washington street,
1875 feet west Of Cough, 65xI27 2-S,
sold in trade for $4,000; the west side
Of POLK street. 81 feet south of Clay,
7s:Sxsi:lO. sold for $4,000; the north
west corner of Webster and Waller
streets. 1886 on Webster by 100 on Wal
Ter. sold al auction for s25.eo0: the
north side of McAllister street, 1926
feet nest of Webster. 50xlS7:e, less L"
in rear 25x52:e. sold for $4,000; and
the south side Of Fell street, 1876 feet
east of Scott, 4ox1S7:s. sold for s22. 500.
In the Mission, the south side of Six
teenth street, 40 feet east of Castro,
east 50 by south 80. improved with an
apartment house, sold for $4,000
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Building contracts were entered into
during the month of October for total
of $2.os3.SS5, divided as follows:
frame S1.153.440
brlek ,.------.--....- Sss,l60
Alterations ..... S1,7S5
The total building contracts entered
into since the fire amount to sI45.95O
$50. AS nearly ali buildings erected
hak.e cost over 10 per cent more than
the original contract price, il is esti-
mated that the total value of buildings
erected since the fire amount 10 not
less than $3.50. 100000 There were
IRE. for total of $1s4,S73,947
MANY MORTGAGES RECORDED
There were 6Is mortgages and deeds
al. trust recorded against san Francisco
real estate during the month of Octo-
Der, for a total OF s2.9S5.26I. while 4a1
releases of mortgage and reconvevance
-of deeds OF trust were recorded during
the same period. the amount of which
iS not obtainable from the office of the
county recorder. The largest mortgage
recorded during the month was that
given by the Union Square improve
ment company 10 the New York life
insurance company for $3.50. 900 on the
city Of Paris building at the southeast
corner Of Gesry and Stockton streets.
This loan was negotiated for five wears
and the rate Of interest is per cent
net The total loans now made hv this
company on San Francisco real estate
amount TO S3,05o.0O0. the company bav-|
ing made loans previously Of 81. 800. 600
on the Monadnoek building and $1,000
GOO on the Lick property.
Coincident with the morteaps Of
$55o.00o on the City of Paris building
a release of mortgage wss given bv the
Union trust company 10 the Union
Square Improvement company for $3.50
ooo- Other large mortgages given dur
ing the month are as follows:
ihe II FRANCIS hospital cOmnanv
gave mortgage for 500. 600 TO Jobn
II. Graves on the northeast corner OF
Bush and HYDE streets and on their
Valencia street and Julian avenue
property near Fifteenth street. The
fitel Phillips company mortgaged the
southwest corner of Ellis and Mason
streets to the German bank for s7s.000
Matthew Nunan gave mortgage 10
the Hibernia bank for $4,000 on the
property northwest side of Market
street. 200 feet southwest Of Marshall
square. The United realty company
borrowed from the San Francisco saw
ings Union $4,000 on property in the
east line OF Sansome street, 81 feet
south Of Bush street. Al feet inches
By 81 feet The Pacific Mutual life in
surance company loaned to Robert S.
Browne $4,000 on property at the
southwest corner Of O'Farrell and Tay-
Tor streets, 75x75. The Joseph Music
estate company gave a deed of trust
for $4,000 10 trustees for the Italian
American hank on properties on stock
ton near Broadway, Clay near Dupont
and Clay near Montgomery street.
The Hibernia bank also loaned $50
ooe to Alfred i. Meyerstein at the
northeast corner of Geary street and
Grant avenue. During the month the
Mutual life insurance company OF New
York released to Emma Rose a mort