The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-30
REALTY BUSINESS
10!TALs;3;5O0IOOO
!. DURING NOVEMBER
Whole Amount for Fall Sea-
T. I son Amounts to
- g. $l4,ll7,OOO. ! ,i,s
REL ORDER RECEIVES +
2,2so INSTRUMENTS
Suburban Property Leads in Trad.
l. Ing for Week Just 7
~ I Ended. - XII.

7 =. Z =
Investments in the purchase Of and
leans on local real estate for the fan
SEASON Of 1919 totaisd SlA.H7.ooo. OF this
amount November furnished the small
ct .share. although being only half Z
million dollars behind September. In.
vesemepts in October reached S2Sl1ooo.
n september t.oooooo and in November
p,5ooooo. ~ ~, g.. - =
While falling short Of the total of
money Inverted a. compared with No.
vember. 1911. the. month ending today
surpassed the similar period OF les,
year both In the number OF trsnsac.
lions effected and in the volume of
trading. The past month witnessed. the
closing OF sH sales in which were In.
Vowed 1.6sS lots and parcels Of real 81.
tate. In November, 1911, the brokers
closed 90 transactions. Affecting l,ols
lots! 49,. 80 - F., -
Despite the handicap Of only twenty.
-FOUR working days. November 1917,
eeualled the business done in the office
~of the Recorder Of Deeds In November,
1911. The total Of ESQ papers offered
Tor record during this month Il Identical
with the highest mark In the history
OF the office for the eleventh month Of
tho year set by November. 1911. =
t. Vosling Days Reduced.
The Thanksgiving Day holiday 70.
duced the working days Of the past
week to 1--WE. but the brokers succeeded
In closing $50 deals. This daily average
OF thirty sales was not effected In any
previous week OF the month. Another
day at this rate would have made the
last week the foremost OF the month in
the number Of trades because only III
seaes were closed In the opening week.
The volume OF trading this week
reached 80 lots.
- Suburban property continued to lead
the market having loe parcels conveyed
this week. The near.urban district was
In second place with seventy.two lots
transferred. The northwest was near
Ut hand. having sixty-six lots sold. The
southeast was In fourth. place with
twehty.four lots changing owners.
There were eleven lots sold In the
northeast and one In the southwest,
The LARGEST sale Of the week was IN
she business section; Mi.. Anna r.
.es 1sf' 1874. and 1896 q street NORTH
wet from ieurt trustees. Justice Far.
1ropssty fronts n feet II. inches on
inches. with side and rear alleys.
the saie was made at auction BY or.
Ger o. the court November 10. The
property belonged to the Shoemaker
cstate. and Miss Shoemaker. the pur-
CHASER 10 one Of the heirs.
~, Business Property Sale.
Another business property figured
twice In the weeks record Of trans
fers. Premises 1905 n street north.
west wns bought from Mrs. willia m
shedd Holton BY William II. Walker.
Yesterday Mr.. Walker conveyed the
property. to Herbert T. Shannon and
Morton J. Luchs. The consideration
10 nominal In both conveyances. Three
business houses In Georgetown were
sold yesterday. Thomas Hyde conveyed
premises 1851. 1885. and 1857 Wisconsin,
avenue. Number 1851 was bought by
Frank Kerr. and the other two b.
public.
The washington and Old Dominion
1ssilwaI yesterday leased from jane Z
4. Cahill. agent. the premises at l30(
81 the company in the District is 10.
Gated The lease Is for FIVE years from
January !. 1913. The property Is owned
BY tho National Capital Brewing Com.
Sny wnsn y II: 9; X, ALBERT
Attorney wilton J. Lambert Represented
the railroad company. 49,. -. :.
Premises sol Market place was leased
yesterday by JsssS Rossnfeid. JOSEPH,
Mrs. Christiana simpson. The prop.
erty was occupied for many years BY
W II. Hoeke. The lease. runs for tci
years. from August q. 1918. with apriv'
wears The ahn,Ial rental Ia placed nj