The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-14
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING Nj: VS.
Intensely Torrid Weather Makes
Another Dull Week All
Down the Line.
RENTAL AGENTS BUSY MEN
For Rent" Does Not Always
Mean Just What 1t
Seems to Say.

With the fluid in the thermometer
trying to climb out OF the top, not only
one day, but all of the days Of tho
week just closed. and on at least two
Of them reaching the 100 mark. 1t could
hardly be expected that the real estate
agents were trying to do any great
business and If they had tried with
all their might they could not nave
found buyers and sellers with suffici-
cnt energy to get together on any kind
of deal they might have Matched up.
It has been said that hot weather
IS good thing for the dealers In sub
urban properties, and an extremely hot
spell is just pic for them. This may
be true and certainly II is true, for
the assertion has been made in this
very column. wherein nothing except
that which will bear the test OF abso-
luto veracity Of the cast iron Kind Is
ever admitted But, all rules have
their EXCEPTIONS and the sublimest OF
fncts may Sometimes get under suspi-
cion. Cert inly no human being. how
ever careEI he might have, been to
clcave to the truth. the WIDE truth
and nothing but the truth. con have
foreseen n spell of hot weatp JuEt
the exact counterpart OF that which
has afflicted all real estate agents alike
for the past week or ten days; all
agents, mind you. be they ruralites,
uburbanitcs or of the hot brick city
variety. The suburban fellows who
two weeks ago rejoiccd or petended TO
rejoice. over the prospect OF real hot
weather. yesterday wrung the water
out of their wiltcd collars and con-
feysed that they lad had just little
TOO much OF IL.
DULLNEsS ENERYWHERE
WITH ONE SAVING FEATURE
All real estate men. except the rental
agents. and they do business in the
shade mostly admitted without much
urging that business all the week was
very dull. Here and there exceptions
bohbcd up. but they only gave en-
phnsis TO the fact that there was much
tlullncss.
The saving feature of tho week was
the auction sale OF Rivervicw lots.
great sale conducted by II. d. Chafiin
& 60. They sold nearly all OF the lots
advertised. and all parties concerned
were we'll pleased with the prices the
lots brought
All OF the agents. or nearly all OF
,hem. tell OF small sales. bu; none
of them Will give particulars. which
IS understood to mean that their sales
were very much on the small order. II
IS 10 bf doubted IL all OF the sales
within the city limits and out in the
suburbs combined. excepting. OF course.
tho special auction sales, amounted TO
az much az $4,000.
But the agents say the breaking Of
tho tropical wave. which Is about at
Its end. VIII mean much big business
In their way. for the string Is fllcd with
prospective deals that must come to
AN issue way another rs soon
as melting weather will permit.
RENTAL AGENTS ARE VERY
MUCH OF THEIR METTLE
4 new suburban development will
show its head in fine shape this week.
The property lying between Rosencath
Road aud the Belt Line hallway that
has been owned for long time by
W. s. Fokb.s. and upon one lot of which
nc Is now huildng n magnificent man
aicn, is bclir laid of into lots to he
put on the market. c. -. Smith and
j. l.. Davi: Win offices at 703 Anori-
can Bank RuiiduC, are the sales agents
for this layout
Tho rental agents. both within the
city limits aud in the suburbs, are
now the busy men In the realty bust
ness. Tho usual scmiannual display Of
rent cards are visible everywhere, and
10 stranger they are we'll calculated
to leave the impression that more thar
half of Richmond is for rent. Such is
not the case, for seven out of ten OF
the ''for rent signs that are up will
DC taken down I'm due timo< without
change of tenants. They We're put up
I'm the first place only for effect, some
times by the agent in an effort to force
tho tenant up and sometimes, oftener
perhaps, by the renter In an effort to
force tho agent or owner down In the
rental charges. The for rent" sign
does not always mean just what IT
says, and general way is too often q
delusion and Il snare.