Evening journal., 1912-12-14
RFAT. FETATE
TRANSACTIONS
City Agents Expect Rush Of
Sales After January
First
MANY OPERATIONS
ARE UNDER WAY

and the holiday trade, but real estate
men predict that after the first of the
year business viii become brisk and
sales Will be almost doubled AZ the
present time there Is a great demand
Tor the small house and thoy are rent
cd very easily. in fact they have be-
come very scarce.
W j. Fisher said this morning that
the present year has been one of the
best that he had known Ia his thirty
seven years of real estate experience.
"N9t only has Wilmington had It's
share Of prosperity" said Mr., Fisher,
but such improvements as the du-
Pont Company has been making have
not only raised the value OF property
but have brought more people to the
city who Of course, want to buy or
rent houses.
There seems TO be a great demand
for Market street property by those
who want TO invest large amounts in
real estate. but Il is almost impossible
10 secure property along this street
as the present owners are holding Il.
This has helped the sale OF property
on adjacent streets and Il iG rumored
In real estate circles that several big
deals for property on King street are
now pending.
Real estate men seem 20 be much
porturbed at the proposed change In
the water rates and say that they arc
not fair TO the small owner. The
agents say that II the change is made
rents will have to be increased. which
viii be very hard on the tenants as
the Wilmington rates are about as
high as those OF any city IN the coun-
try
Real estate in Hastlake and I'm the
ncighborhood OF Thirtieth and Wash
ingion streets promises 10 boom again
next spring as several contractors arc
contemplating building houses in that
neighborhood for Investment pur-
poses. In the last year about thirty
five new houses have been built In
that section and the price OF building
lots has increased between twenty
and twenty-five per cent
A. B. station and Company have
sold to Charles w. Ieaha, a lot, 40
by l20 feel on the Boulevard extern
sion. The purchase price was $500.
II is understood that Mr. Icaha viii
erect a handsome brick residence on
the lot next spring
The same firm has sold the house
GIG West Twcnty-hfth street, to
Both houses are new. are two stories
and have eight rooms and a bath
The A, l., Reed and Brothers Com
pany is finishing six modern resi-
dencos at Second and Broome streets
FOR A. H. Reed. TWO Of the houses
are double houses and cost $4,000
each The others are OF Colonial de-
sign and are stylish In their appear
anCc They have ten rooms and a
bafh and cost about S4500 each.
The Reed Company Is also building
small store and residence at Twen-
ty-fourth and Lam0tt streets which
VIII cost about $1,000
Work ON the building at No. S11
Market street for Frank l.. Dure has
been delayed for three weeks on ac-
count of the slowncss OF the ship
mcnt of steel
Roscoe c. Tindall is preparing
plans for an elaborate apartment
house TO be built at Eighteenth and
Tatnail streets for Frederick Bring
hurst The building will contain eight
apartments and will be four-story
brick. constructed along Colonial
lines. Il viii be modern throughout
and will be heated by steam, with
combination lighting fixtures and the
INltnl NOHANNliIltN. the UNlAlIk OF
the building havo not been worked
out az this time but will cost about
S25,00O.
Mr. rindall has also prepared plans
for one-story store for Mrs Lille
r. Guthrie TO be built on Guthrie's
lane
j A. Bader and Company have FIN
ished work on twenty-siN houses for
the Home Building Company at rwen-
ty-fourth and Jossup streets. This
is one of the largest developments
ever made In the city at one time.
The houses are two story brick with
attics. and are steam heated. with
combination gas and electric lighting
fixtures. Each house contains seven
rooms with bath and have square col
umn porches and gabled roofs. They
will cost about S215O and were de-
signed by Brown and Whiteside.
The same company is making alter
ations and additions TO the store of
the United Five and Ten Cent store
at No. 604 and 606 Market street.
The dividing wall will be taken out
and the store altered i'm many ways,
Among the property transfers re-
corded this week at the Office of the
city registry clerk was the sale of a
property on Br0ome street, near
Pennsylvania avenue. by Edward and
Edward l.. Johnson to David Lindsay.
The price named is $4,000
The transfers recorded since We'd
nesday follow:
Thomas ID. Moore to John ~.
Crompton. northeast corner of Ninth
and Lombard streets S465O.
Mathilda Mcdowell Fling TO John
Devenney. HOS Lincoln street. 81. 200.
John b. Miller to William w Bot
tomley south side of Shallcross ave-
1ue is feet east of Hancock street.
$500
yerome b. Bell to Charles r. Par
at, west side OF Madison street POI
seet north OF Eighth street. S2.27O.
ldo G. BucksOn and husband TO
ut Harry r. Moreland 1882 West
Fourth street. So 400
William G. Tindall 20 George w.
and Kate l.. Raudman. cast side of
Concord avenue l4O feet south of
Madison street. $4,000.
Martin Tomczyke TO John Tomczak.
two properties, south side of Maple
street 20 feet and los feet east of
Franklin street. IS zoe.
Edward and Edward H. Johnson 10
David Lindsay. east side of Broome
street, 54l feet south of Pcnnsylvania
avenue, $4,000
James b. Oberly to Lynch Bros.
Co.. west side OF Clayton street, II
feet south Of Sixteenth street, $2S1.6f.
Mary +. Jakes to Mollie Il. Jakes.
north side OF Fourteenth street III