The Washington times., 1912-12-07
GREAT ACTIVITY ON
REALTY MARKET As
DECEMBER OPENS
Brokers' Operations Spread
Over Various Sections
Of the City.
EVERY CLASS OF
SALES INCLUDED
Recorder Of Deeds Reports In.
crease in Papers Filed Over
Same Week Last Year.

ne arst week Of December gave high
promise Of . successful month Of real
estate activity. II the same demand
from investors continues. the months
business will make . fitting close 70 .
year OF really wonderful trading. The
operations Of the brokers this week
were generously spread over the various
ssction.. and oomprissd nearly every
hish.pEiosd business b,ooka. ..Thses
seemed to b practically no trading In
the business section during the. past ok
days. Several trades Of this character.
anG may become mstte.s oi record dur
in6. the coming iortnlsht.
reports an inersase this week Ia. the
Sms:r ssmnss,d q wss Ra1'ris in air M:.t ,Ss
cember. isai. Tue.day. Dsesmbsr : wit.
exceeding by fourteen the hishest mark
reached throushout last Dse:mbsr:
Ssis.heiiday a dsiiy average q more
than one hundred papers was MAIN
talned this week.
THE ne.r.urban district led The market
s 4. ~:: c:. a'xTns IN :sssss: asss :S,s
the Northwestern section ran 9 dead
heat. each show!nC forty.nxs sE lots OF
iots conveyed in the southssss. twenty: .y:
southwest.
Naior Butts Propsrt~ Sold.
Tuesday was the banner day Of the
week IN the matter Of closed sales
There were contaminated thirty.hve
transactions that day out Of the weeks
total Of 1s7 trades effected. Yesterday
ranked second with thirty sales. Thurs
day and Saturday were tied. with TWEEN.
ty.eisht sales reported. There were
twenty-five transactions recorded on
Monday. Wednesday was in last place.
having seen only twenty,cne oaies SIss
were 2ss lots and parcels Of real estate.
Victor J. Evans added this week to
his purchases of land In the vicinity OF
Nineteenth street northwest, which are
Ia isrrs Ss builSiDx eixea to secommedste the De
partment Of Commerce and Labor. The
new purchase includes premise: I'D
and lsH H street nS.tnwess % s,.,a cnd s TSs
seSsst from ssm.S the EsdserG e es'a'e
,hs a9s inasnt sptsss psss Of shs lat. H.cr HrcS.
bald W. Butt. former aide to Pre.ident
.Taft. who lost his life in the Titanic
to Mr.. SG. Berth f hay; %
Butt. at 1000 @ street northwest. The
purchaser Is the wife Of oscar Under.
wood, Of Alabama. Democratic foor
leader Of the House OF Representatives.
The price paid was 3l2S5. Under the
viii Of Major Butt, the property de-
scended to the daughter Of his brother.
who resides in Liverpool. England.
Advance In Loan Market.
An advance Of more than $4,000 II
noted this week In the loan market over
the report of the preceding six days.
The exact figures this week are $685..
6oo.ll., This sum was borrowed on the
security Of N7 lots. The average In
terest rate was IS per cent. rise OF
one point over the prevailing figure for
the last week Of November.
Straight loans had the lions share OF
the weeks business. A slight increase
n noticeable In the purchase MONEY
trusts. but the output OF the building
associations fell below one-half Of the
figures for last week.
week was Nao.oe7.N. The sum Of all
the notes Given for deferred purchase
Citations advanced to members. 81 600.
. total Of S2s7 ss7ss. Land in the north.
west was offered az security for S227, l3S
The record Of loans in the other city
east. S1s.699.l2. and southwest. N4.256.