The Washington times., 1912-12-28
REALTY TRADING
NEAR END Of YEAR
CONTINUES ACTIVE
Volume of Changes In Fourth
Week of Month Shows
Improvement.
LOW EBB REACHED
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Loan Market Shows Considerable
Increase Over Same Period
Of Last Year.

lu0 VOIUm0 TO0Iky IN tO8
fourth week Of December shows marked
Improvement over the activity Of the
preceding two weeks. The quality Of
tho property sold also measures up to
that involved In the sales Of the second
and third weeks Of the month. with one
or two exceptions. While the total
number Of transactions effected this
wek 10 only 104, a. compared with les
In each Of the preceding weeks. II must
bs borne IN mind that there was prac-.
ticAlly only four days In which busi-
ness could be condueted. Tho Christ.
mas holiday and the half-holiday on the
eve Of the festival proved . severe
handicap to the closing Of realty sales.
The record Of sales reached the lowest
ebb Of the year on Christmas Eve. when
Il Il interesting to note that in iii this
exact level was reached In the CORE.
spending week. but on December 8, the
day succeeding Christmas. This year
s s.et Day Witnessed the highest volume
thirty.two sales were reported on the
record. Monday and Fri0oy each saw
twenty-five sales con0ummated, and
twenty sales were closed on Saturday.
Advance Over 1917.
An advance Of 16 per cent 10 noted in
the weeks sales over the corresponding
period Of 1911. when only ninety sales
were effected. AZ many ~ ninety-three
more lots were conveyed this week than
In the corresponding week Of 1911. In
"ludsd In this weeks business were "a
lots and parcels Of real estote.
The loan market In the abbreviated
week came near equsling the figures Of
the third week Of the month. It dis
plays an advance Of $4,000 over the
corresponding period OF last year. The
exact tootal Of loans this week was
M U. were a. psS.sdy Fl II. 'si: a%sun IT.
tetest rate ~ 6.s per cent.
Despite the mantle Of snow which Gov.
cred 1t during the greater part Of tho
week. suburban realty had q distinct
sales. A total Of ninety-eight parcels
were conveyed in these sections, The
near.urbsn district was in second place.
with hfty-four lots transferred. Next III
seven lots changed owners. There were
twenty-five lots sold in the southeast.
seven In the northeast. and six In the
Important Business Sales.
Several important sales Of business
property were effected during the week.
rhs largest purchase. involving about
100000. was mode by Elias Heiden.
heimer. who secured premises zoe Ninth
street northwest and s0s Il street. which
connects with It in the rear. The for.
iner was bought from Miller Bros. and
the latter from Daniel Loughran.
Hugh wallis increased his realty hold
ings at Twelfth and G streets by the
acquisition of 11M G street northwest.
The property adjoins the corner. owned
nv Mr. Wnllfa and alan {,,ta nat -
Twelfth street at the south of the
wallis Cafe. The building belonged 10
The Orme estate. and was bought earlier
IN the week by. Flora e. Davis for
Wallis paid an advance over this price
Frank Walter bought premises 81,
Connecticut avenue. adjoining q recent
remodel the property to correspond with
the building next door.
Apartment House Sold.
House 1875 X street northwest, the
home Of former secretary Of the Treas:
ury John @. Carlisle. was conveyed by
his executors to Rosa M. Camp during
the week. The price paid was $4,000
frederick A. Folger bought the Cameron
apartments at Vermont avenue and I
street yesterday. The consideration 1,
Straight loans were we'll In the lead o.
the market this week with an aggregat,
u 81. .3S6. IS. The sum of all the note,
given for deferred purchase money wa,
'l5S,l n.3. The output of the buildins
associations was &6J00.
Northwest property. was the most IA
rOred az security this week, the tota
of loans In this section reaching S262, 500
County lands were cncumbered for SIS,
s5i. The record Of loans In the othe
s,ltv sections haaat
northeast. Sl5.2l955; and southwest