The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26
Continued Activity in
AllClasses Of City and
Suburban Property.
NO FANCY PRICES.
BUT MUCH TRADING
More Talk Of General Real Es-
tate Exchange Suburbanites
Getting Busy as Spring APP
proaches-Snall Stores Co.
ing Up on West Broad
Street.

ne past week has been a lively ono
with the real estate agents NJ 1i.,.
mond. Not all OF them made big saIos]
pu' All nave made record and closed
Gp some business. and all have been
exceedingly busy weigh,ing down ,hnt
string With prospective deals that NAV
or may not drop off in the consu,n.
mated state in the near or far future
Tor every one Of tie sixty odd asenci,,
reports active inquiry and many inves
tors and home builders showing :,
h.lons disposition to buy. This kind
OF activity is not confined 10 any
particular part OF the city or any par
.icular suburb in general. The sales
mat maze been made are also IF a gen
eral character. showing that property.
IN every part Of the city and in all or
me suburbs Is In quiet demand
me Noonandson Realty Corporation
which fe~ weeks ago established n
real estate exchange In the upper
rooms Of their office building on Eighth
street, are 80 much pleased with the
experiment that they have addressed
q circular letter to all OF the agents
proposing to make Il. With their CO.
operation general exchange wherein
auction sales may be pulled of at least
t"o days IN the week. regardless OF
weather conditions on the outside. II
remains to be seen what the agents
wili do In regard to q general ex.
change.
Many Encouraging transactions.
The Noonandson Corporation report
good business during the past week
and number OF Very satisfactory
sales. including building near the
new v!aduct Another agent. who dc.
clined TO give any particulars. not
even his own name. in connection
With the deals, reported with smiling
race $4,000 sale OF, Broad Street
property. Another reports business
active in ,hs Battle Abbey region.
and the sale Of several lots there To-
home builders. also other properties,
In the West End amounting 10 about
$4,000.
Richeson & Crutchhcld closed some
good transactions last week including
Main street store, some valuable
business property at an unmentioncd
point near the business heart of the
city and on West Broad street. all Of
which footed up abont $4,000
Inst Corner Lot Gone.
seldom Taylor & CO. sold abou; Sio.-
600 worth Of property during the week
consisting OF a Broad street store and
avacant lot on West Franklin. At
the corner OF Boyd street. This
that II is the last West Franklin cor
ner lot that is availablc for woulda he
mansion builders. The sale was made
sor Clarence Millhiser. The name OF
the purchaser is withheld for the pres
eni. but II has leaked out that it is
+ his purpose TO proceed n, once TO erect
fine dwelling on the lot
a $4,000 Monument Avenue home
changed hands last week. but for the
present the agent who engineered the
deal is withholding names Of any Of
the parties TO the transaction.
Large Aggregate of business.
Pollard & Bagby report numerous
small sales Of residence property,
that aggregated about $4,000. Many
other agents report sales Of like
character. and that is about all they
do report. for they will not make pub.
lie the names Of buyers and sellers
until all OF the deeds get safely in the
hands Of the recording clerks and by.
that time the news will be stale
Enough is known. however, 10 show
that the real estate business is in fine
shape, and that the sales Of property
within the city limits during the week
Just closed will total a little more
than 100000
Several Of the agents with knowing
winks and we'll guarded tongues tell.
Of gigantic deals that are almost ripe
and will be in shape for reporting
Very soon. This is doubtless true. but
at the same time there is nothing be-
tween the stars and the earth that Is
more uncertain than a Richmond
realty deal that has not been closed
and the papers therefor signed. sealed
and delivered TO the court clerk.
Golson &; Nash motored over to
South Richmond one day last week and
sold a lot TO a tobacco dealer. who
l., u fD-f ft,<.
same, and 1t is supposed that he is
going to erect a pretty good sort OF
a factory, as he paid $4,000 for the lot.
There is growing activity in West
Broad Street business property. Many
of the recent sales have been of prop
erty along that til oughfare, upon
which the buyers propose to erect
stores. One Of the recent buyers will
this spring erect seven stores on West
Broad between Allen Avenue and
Meadow Street.
Suburban Activity.
AS the skies clear up and signs of
the near approach Of spring are to be
seen on every hand the men who han
die suburban property are getting
busier and buster every day. They
were very nue. that way last week.
and some of them made some good
sales. Activity is noticeable in High
land Park. Barton Heights. Norwood.
Battery Court, Ginter Park, and. in
fact, all Of the suburbs. In all Of these
building operations are going on rap.
idly and new ground for homes Is
being broken nearly every day. 1 am
told that contracts have been closed
within the last few days for the erec-
tion OF fourteen residences in C1inter
4 Park this spring and SUMMER.
l@ There are also active operations on
the south side of the James all the
way from Woodland Heights out to