The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-12
MORE THAN QUARTER
!. MILLIONS WORTH SOLD
Considering That Fall Season I'm Sell.
ing Dirt Hasn't Opened Yet,
Traffic Was Good For Week.
RENTAL RUSH is OVER
Two Large Swaps" Contaminated
which Added Largely to Total OF
Realty Transactions-BuiId In
spcctor's Office Has Busy Week.

More than quarter of a million
dollars worth of property in AMI nenr
the city of Richmond was shown by
appearance last week of papers in the
offices of the courts for record as hav-
ing been transferred during recent
days. Nearly every one of these deals
was of the more substantial variety,
there being a very few properties sold
in which the consideration fell below
5000
This showing is regarded as a re-
markedly good one because of the fact
that extremely warm weather for this
season Of the year is holding and
buyers of property are inclined to
rather pick mere suitable west her for
their dealing. The sales during each
day of the week totaled above $50, 300.
and on three of the days more than
$50, 0oc worth of property went to
record
Rental Rush Over.
The moving season having passed.
| those who rent or who bought homes
during the summer. and who were
compelled to Tait until after Septen-
Der ! for possession. having located
themselves for the new lease year.
there is little doing in the rental line.
The demand FOR loans on real estate
needing Improvement Is again strong
Der of deeds of trust recorded. Those
who have held loans got from under
In good number. the deeds of release
appearing in the courts about equal
ing in value the total of the trust
deeds
Building operations appear to be
again on the rpturn. several sizeabie
permits having been granted during
the week. Applications for permis-
al OIL ar hI,e or,
residence purposes are being filed at
the office of the building inspector.
and indications are that the fall vii.
SEQ the building trades enjoying good
business.
Two Rig Swaps
In raising the total value of realty
transactions during the last week two
trades OF fair size figured. In one of
them the parties were Claude r.
Sprenkc and tsadore Strause. and tho
total of valuations was sa4 500.
Sprenkle transferred TO Strause three
residences. one at All North Davis
Avenue and two at 3140 and 3i42
Floyd Avenue. for $4,000. strause
sold Sprenkle SEQ and s22 West Main
Street for $4,000
The other deal involved SIS 500 and
was between a. L. Perry and Willian
j. Redwood The former sold 1870
acres a half mile from Osborne Turn
pike, about four miles from the city,
in Henrico County. for $500. Red
wood sold to Perry s q acres between
Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield
Road for $4,000.
Among Larger Sales.
Among the larger deals recorded
during the week were.
Ada B. Moore to w. w. Sale and
wife, IS feet at the southwest corner
Of Cary Street and the Boulevard and
brick dwellings, at 2To1-3 Stuart Ave-
nue. for $4,000: Charles w Wittei
to George v Oliver. f28.15 feet on tha
east side of Chamberlayne Avenue,
north of Rennie Avenue, Ginter Park,
for $4,000: K. L. Bailey and c. W.
Davis to Williamine C. Lancaster, !
brick residence 1412 Grove Avenue,
for s11,200; W. c Saunders to c. w.
Wittel. 100 feet on east side OF Cham
nerlayne Avenue. north OF Laburnum
Avenue, $4,000.