The Washington times., 1913-01-25
HIGH MARK IS SET
FOR DAYS ACTIVITY
IN REALTY SELLING
Forty.four Transactions Made
Yesterday Break Record for
the Present Month.
NUMBER AND VOLUME
OF SALES INCREASED
Total of ISL Deals Concluded
During Third Week Of Month.
Loan Market Is Active.

The high mark for 1913 was set yes
terday for a days activity in realty
selling. With the closing of forty-four
transactions in one Gay the brokers
exceeded anything they have previously
ACCOMPLISHED this month The number
of sales completed yesterday is . per
cent in advance of the months previ,,
ous record for a day. This total for
days activity was excelled but rarely
In 1872.
The total number of papers filed in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds
yesterday is also Is per cent in ad-
vance of a previous days recordauon
in 1918. There were received for record
lps papers. a number which has been
exceeded but once in the month OF jan
Uary in the history Of the office. Tnat
occasion was January q. 49,, wnen l"s
papers were recorded. Previous to that
time the record for the initial month OF
the year had BEEN 12O papers, reached
January 16. 1903.
Harry wardman yesterday also broke
January's record for single days &C
ifvity by one operator IN real estate:
He closed seventeen transactions, or
which thirteen were on Sherman ave-
uue, three in High View. and one In
West Holmead Manor.
Increase in Both Ways.
A decided Increase is noted this week
both in the number of transactions ef-
fected, and in the volume of trading
over the business Of the preceding six
days. During the third week of Janu-
airy there were concluded Isl sales, In
voiving s24 lots and parcels of real
estate.
Nearly half the volume of trading
wss in the outlying suburbs, where 1zs
parcels changed owners. The near
urban district was in second place, with
eighty-four lots to its credit The
northwest led the city sections, having
forty-six lots conveyed. There were
twenty-one lots sold in the northeast.
sixteen in the southeast, and eight In
the southwest.
Several sales in the business section
were closed during the past week The
premises at 415 Ninth street northwest,
lust north of the Academy of Music.
were sold by Elizabeth A. Rowlano
and others TO Lloyd G. Henry. Later
property to Harry Wardman and
Thomas p Bones Edward Voigt
bought store 7N Seventh street north
west from William Baum. and Aora.
and 731 Ninth street northwest, from
the executors Of Henry M. Baker.
Lawyers Purchase Property.
Wilton J. Lambert and Joseph j.
Darlington, lawyers, bought premises
4os and 4os Fifth street northwest for
about $12,5o0. The property adjoins the
office building owned and occupied by
Mr. Darlington and Mr.. Lambert The
house, No. 40s. Immediately adjoining
their present offices. viii be connected
with them, and allow more commodious
office. rooms for the two lawyers.
The building at No. 406 has been sold
10 Michael r. Mangan. former Assistant
United States Attorney, who viii re-
model IL and locate his law offices there
ON one floor. The other two hoors OF
the building will be rented to attorneys.
The vacant lot at the corner OF Four
teenth and A streets northeast, where
the Sunday School League played base
bsll last year, was sold during the week
to Charles A. Peters. The land is
known as original lots Is and IL In
square 1895. The price paid is not made
public.
old Johnson homestead at Twenty tn
street and Pennsy1yania avenue north
west The property occupies the entire
frontage of Twenty-sixth street be-
tween the Avenue and NJ street, and
has generous frontage on both these
tboroughfares Seven original lots are
included In the grounds surrounding
the old homestead. IL was sold by court
trustees to williaR G. kinsman for
$1,000.
Loan Market Is Active.
The loan market took on increased
activity this week, and exceeded by
10000 the figures Of the preceding
week. The total of loans In the past
six DAYS was $596, sS2. TO- This sum was
borrowed on the security of 2l5 lots al
an average interest rate OF 5-6 per cent;
Straight loans returned to the lead
orxA this week with tOtal
~ sz8e "a The sum of all the notes
:.iyen for deferred purchase money was
ESQ. .755l0 The building associations ad-
yanced TO members $46,4s3.
The northwest was the section most
favored as basis of security this week.
Loans there aggregated $S52. 800 County
property was encumbered to the extent
of sle2. .1I7l0. The record OF loans In
the northeast shows total of Sl .Sl5
and the sum of $50. 100 was borrowed on
property I'm the southeast. There were
no loans on land in the southwest this
week.