The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-18
NJ ldsummer Dull Seas
son Seems to Have s.
Arrived. q
BUSY RENT AGEll 81
BUILDING BOO .YL#5
Virginia Farm Lands in Active
acknowledgements F 70 ma
the West Visiting Rich ii
inond-Several Good Farm ".
Sales Reported-Do ~
in the Suburbs. ST

Niahy OF the real estate buyers end Il
investors and not few Of the real es:.
tate agents. or parts of the agencies. i
are taking holiday Some are
In the mountains and some ARA
on the seashore. Some are on the
broad waters en- route to Europe. so1:ie 81
have. already arrived on the other side &
OF the Atlantic, and have it comb
dentially that at least two have cross
ed the waters for the special purpose OF
helping King George don his crown. III
Quite likely they Will help him. but
at great distance ~ X.
All OF this means that business Is a n,
little dull in the real estate line. for rs
real estate agents don't holiday in busy, X
seasons. If II was not II little duilgS
these fellows would not be away from Is
home. Il S...5s
Look Ing for RarSnins. -t,jS
Duilness is to be expected at this N
season that Is. SO far as sales and "
trades and swaps and all that kind OF 3
business Is concerned. but this GUNNER
guinness that always comes in at about +
IN time does net mean thai theruEt
was absolutely nothing doing the past
week There are folks In and round
rNichmond with money TO invest, and
VINO believe that there Is and Gun be 4.
no better investment than Richmond X
dirt who wait for just this kind OF a y
.iine In order to pick up a bargain,
here and there. This class OF lnves-
tors has been active inquirers the past 8
weeK' inauirers for BARGAINS The hold
ers OF snleable property have listener III
70 these Inquiries and heard the best y
offers the quiet inIuirers have TO make, "
and In the majority OF cases have de- Il
clined to SELL believing that = little \
thing Ike a midsummer dullness can
last but a few weeks. end that later
on there will be better things n Il
r5.Iii Some Business Done ttss.ssl
however. some of the offers were up
IN. G and @ number of right rood deals Il
were closed on the spot. q Then K too,
several auction sales PANIED out WE'LL
ana altogether about 5000 900 worth OF &
property changed hands during tile
week II Is likely that the very big
Sest sale made amounted to less than II
$4,000. and SO It took quite a. number
OF deals to make up the aggregate
named. These. of course. Included the
sales In the suburban districts. and,
they were really the feature of the
weeks doings. .i-
Il is true that even the suburban
folks were not as vigorous as they
are in some weeks. but all the same
they did business right along West
hampton and Westham we've in the
limeliGht last Tuesday and Wednesday,
and several new buyers showed up on q
the grounds. The Gintcr Park people
who are never idle a moment In the II
day, be the weather hot or cold, scored "a
some good business four or five sple,,-
did lots being sold to prospective &
builders. On the south side OF the
James there was some quiet activity
and the Woodland Heights folks, as
Well s the Forest Hill people, closed a +
few deals. NJ
The Colonial Place people report
fairly good business for summer sea x
son: indeed. counting quality as we'll
as quantity. they think they did a
phenomenal business. The total sales
show fourteen lots sold to most de- /;
sirable purchasers, eight of whom pro-
pose TO build as soon as they can get *
contractors to taxa an interest out at
Norwood there has been something do
ing, and the Battery Court people tell 81
of e few real good sales 'i
The sales within the city limits have
been largely almost entirely confined
TO residence property and that on tho
smaller order. So far a can be learn $
ed only two business property deals
were made during the week, one os
which was on West Broad Street, and
the other on East Main, and they were
not on the large order SO far as dol-s
lar. and cents create largeness. Such &,
in brief is the general real estate II
story OF the week. \,
Rental Agents Very busy.
we'll known real estate agent was
asked for a statement of the condf-
etoiS, anu mere Is what. ne mad 20 Sdy.Gi
we are Just up to our necks in the y
rental business, and have no time to
talk with buyers and would-be buyers E
and investors and spectators, or what
you choose to call them. You know 4
this rental business has to be settled
once year, and the renting ard re-
renting keeps any agency in the town h
busy for at least thee weeks That
part OF an agency that handles the IS
rental end Is In the midst OF a busy
season, and thatpart OF the same gencyt
that looks after salos and investments
is just now having a holiday. j belong q
to the rental end Of this shop. and
therefore am Just now too busy to talk :
any further to you" 3 isils83
guess this fellow described the trIs Il
situation pretty we'll. .5t5 s.; T
Farms In Demand.
An agent who deals pretty much ala
together in farm lands told me that Il
there is much doing in his line. FARM
ers from the Western part OF the coup
try who have had their eyes on Virsfys
ginia for some time, are dropping ms
every day or two and making fn1usr- n
les. Several OF these prospectors were G
in the city in the early days Of the q
week, and they were taken out to tfe45
rural regions by the agents to see for *
themselves. AS many as dozen sales Is
OF farms within less than 100 miles of
Richmond were made during the week.
Among these was q splend ldI la yout tin "
Chesterfield county near tho SonthcunsE
Railway Station known 8 Dry Bridgesgs
\. H. French, OF Montana, was the ,purS
chaser. and no is going to become an 81
old Virginia farmer. The sales fwan ii
made BY l. W, Harris, and the far,n41
sold contains about 100 acres MR. !t
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