The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING NEWS.
Bad w e ather Makes
/ Slow Business, but Dirt
Sells All the Same.
BIG BUSINESS IN
BUSY WEST END
Sales in All Parts of the City
Show General Activity, but
the Spectators in West
End Property Still Re-
main in the Sad
die.

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Frenchmcn. is not the only town that
has been affected by the downpour
from the clouds. Richmond has had
a little touch OF bad weather also.
and while the limited downpour here
has been but drop In the bucket as
compared with the floods that have
afflicted poor Paris. the fact remains
that the bad weather Of the past week
greatly curtailed real estate transac-
tions. and real estate Is as big a thing
Richmond has an old-fashioned way
of showing the goods right on the
Spot and letting the buyer see just
exactly what he is buying in ground
and improvements thereon. SO when
tho weather Is OF that character that
does not allow OF close investigation.
business gets little duh in real es-
tate circles. There !s really no excuse
for this state of affairs. and the
younger men in the real estate bust
ness are beginning 10 clamor for a
real estate exchange, or something
like that. which will enable them to
do business whether tho sun shines or
not. bu. the youngsters have not yet
been able to have their way. and for
the present the trade is very willing
20 conform to the old-time rules.
Under Old Conditions.
According TO these old rules, which
require all business to be done in the
open air, the transactions of the past
week were a little under the average
for the month that is closing. and
they were under that average purely
because the weather conditions were
not favorable 10 Richmond's old-fash-
toned way OF doing the real estate
business.
Nevertheless. tho sales that wers
actually made amounted to something
more than $4,000. The most OF these
sales went 10 record. and there can be
no attertlaps about them. A number OF
paper or speculative sales about which
there may be some afterclaps might
increase the figures above given al
most double. but those may be. or they
may not be, Bona fide sales. most likely
they are not.
General Trading.
The real transactions of the week
were general. and while the most OF
them were in the western section
OF the city, involving home building
lots and not few business lots and
business property west OF First street.
there were a number of good sales on
Church Hill. in the far east and IN
the north and west suburbs.
One real estate concern. which de-
clines to give names and particulars.
reports the sale OF West Broad street
business property footing up slo'aoV.
Another firm intimates the sale or
Grace Street residence property
amounting in the aggregate to $4,000.
but when asked for particulars pc
came as mum and as dull as the pro-
verbal oyster. Outside of these sales
and two or three others eastward be-
yond Tenth Street, the bulk or the
business of the week was done In the
West End and in the suburbs. SHOWS
NAV come and SHOWS may go, rams
NAV come and the clouds may pass
away, but the dealings in West End
and suburban property Will go on FOR
ever. like that famous orook tha' has
been read of.
SPECTATORS on Deck.
However. 1t must be said that much
OF the dealing in West End dirt LOT
the past week was of speculative
character The spectators think they
have got :. thing, and all OF the signs
of the times seem to confirm their
view. some of the buyers OF this
West End property are actual se.'l ths
and propose to make homes on the
ground they have bought, but not al
Of them; no. not by a jug fuil,
one frm-Amos & Poindexter-
closed up something like $4,000 worm
Fof this property during the last Week'
hut there may yet be some slips 'twiNt
the cup and the lip. for these people
we're not willing to give names and
figures and prices.
TO sum up the real estate business
or tho week. It seems to be about this:
Nearly 100000 worth of property has
changed hands, half of which was real
business; the other half may ueSc'op
into real business or itmay not,
Nevertheless when one gets OUT 70
the suburbs there is no speculative o.
prospective business. Everything OUT "
there is Johnny on the spoi. rro.n
all the suburban quarters there come
most cheering reports. Barton Helsh,s,
Ginter Park. Battery Court, HarroWsale
farms and other suburban home places
are right on the firing i'he, any
great amount of business Is being uo''e
IN these suburbs.