Arizona republican., 1915-09-20
Incoming Crowds of Home
 Seekers and Winter Res idents Rapidly Exhaust ing Lists of Desirable
 Houses and Apartments.
BUSINESS IN EVERY
 LINE IS IMPROVING
Movements for Betterment of Market Conditions and Improvements in Rate Situation Add Impetus to Advancement.

With an early demand for houses and apartments that bids fair to exhaust the resources of the most enterprising real estate dealers, and with every line of business reporting marked improve ment daily, Phoenix and the surround ing country is entering on what is pre- dieted will prove the most prosperous year in history The incoming tide of home seekers and winter residents, all ready in full swing, together with the inauguration of movements which promise to result in inestimable benefit to the Salt River Valley have comEined to produce Q revival in many liri~; of activity, all of them making for more solid development.
 Starting with the return of host of vacationists, and the arrival of steadily increasing throngs of home seekers, who are croWding every incoming train the demand for furnished and unfur- nished houses and apartments has grown apace Since the first of the month many of the most desirable To- cations have been taken, and the com paratively few left are being snapped up at a rate that has surprised even the most optimistic dealers. And busi- ness men, who thought they were pre- pared Co meet the demand in their var ious lines. have found themselves all most sWamped with orders
 Illustrating the demand for houses and apartments is the experience of two young business men, both of whom own attractive homes. Last week they had opportunities to rent their houses and after considering overhead expens- -es, and comparing costs, they both de- cided to take apartments and rent their properties. Starting at seven-t thirty in the morning they made a tour of the city in search of apartments, but to their surprise found almost all taken.
 Visiting an office which handles most of the apartment houses of the city they laid their cause before the real estate dealer. T had three apartments for rent this morning. he said, but two of them are already taken. One was rented by telegraph early this morning and that man you passed com ing in has taken the second. I sug- gest that if either of you want the third at fifty dollars you make a cash deposit st once" Consideration of the situa- tion as they found it caused the busi- 5. They will not move. Aparament hous- es. such as they sought are at a prem ium, and they have decided to remain in their own houses
 Hundreds of families that left here last spring uncertain as to whether they would return or not, are coming back to Phoenix" declared a real estate man who is in close touch with the sit nation yesterday. They have not found any place where they can do as well as they can here, are satisfied that local conditions are better than are to be found in most sections"
 One of the largest groceries in the city, which has a large organization and an efficient delivery system cal culated to take care of a large business has been swamped during tn last ten days. Additional help has been re- auired and even then it has taken the hardest kind of work to supply the de-
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