The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-01
Dealers Satisfied Year Will
Witness Great Strides
In Realty.
OFFICES TO OPEN
MONDAY WITH RUSH
Market Enters on New Year IN a
Firm and Healthy
Condition.

Real estate offices are expecting TO
open the new year with d rush Non
DAY
Dealers generally are confident that
the year IS to be characterized BIZ the
greatest demand for property ever
known, and the majority OF them are
Uf the opinion that this demand viii
make itself felt at the very outset
FOR the most part they take the view
t-at the years transactions viii be OF
tie same general order OF those of the
past twelve months with real and un-
Improved property. suburban and acre
Hge bearing practically the same reLa-
tons TO each other in the amount OF
activity recorded
If this should turn out TO he the case
FE unusual amount or Lu1unrnEel sub
Urban property should change hands
curing the next few weekH-
Home Builders.
Now Is the time when Individual home
builders are on the lookout for desir-
able lots. Usually the majority Of resi-
CenCes built in the spring bv individuals
Gre constructed on lots purchased I'm the
winter Already considerable property
Es home sites has been bought, and as
the owners generally are anxious TO i'm
prove It without delay the first OF the
years uade-to-OrIer houses should be
completed IN March
Last year the purchases OF acreage
Tor subdivision purposes were features
which characterized the real estate mar
win more or less conSta1cy from Jan
nary To DeCembeT- EuguestlouaBly,
There IS now little acreage property 10
bee secured, with demand Increasing
fGaLE- The premium upon 'EDlSe-iD'
acreage Is advancing, while tracts lying
farther out are held AT big figures
Is Whatever acreage deals are made this
year, there en- he but little doubt, viii
lie At conslcersr Ions involving six fs-
LEesr and better
The moderatC-7riced house feature OF
the market promises 10 be- the most
striking one as was the case last year
aoout the only difference VIII be THAI
more Of them VIII Dee sold, 4 all Iudi-
catlons may he relied upon
Houses ranging IN price from $500 20
500 bid fair 10 constitute the most
popular class although many Of the
building operations, both planned and
a. present under way. include =-TTrr-
lures which wiI sell for less than S50J1
bHd VIII be bargains at the price
Spring Trade
Many houses now GaIF completed have
been sold, and bE o. number of firms il
has been decided 20 start new opera
lions for the spring trade
As conditions throughout the ooun-
try at large improve, residents Of
washington believe dealers who Own
property elsewhere, VIII sell IL as -s-id-
IL as they are offered opportunities 10,
and viii invest in -lc Capitals realty.
They VIII GnG q better ma rizeL 10 trade
l. than ever before, IS the general coin
Ion and decidedly more opportunities
Tor investment IN business property
As one dealer expressed IT,. the real
estate market could not enter upon 1he
rev year in a healthier condition. ii
may ne that 1910 viii eclipse 1893. fut ID
should be remembered that IL vas 1879
FeIns1Tkaple showing which placed the
market in the position where e could
attract and accommodate an iucrea se1
demand
That's way 1902 has gone down fnir
history with the good viii OF all Wash
lngton's real estate fraternity.