Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-20
|REAL ESTATE RECORD
| AND COURT CALENDAR
Agents Are Unanimous in Opinion
That Business Is Very
Good.
SALES ARE MORE NUMEROUS
Small Residential Property Is in De
mand, and Rental of Modern
Houses With Up-to-Dnte Convent
ences Proceeds Briskly.
The Weeks Record
business Is good

such was the unanimous opinion YES
terday In local realty circles Along
Real Estate Row the agents were on
couraged with the showing made dur.
InE 'he past week on the local market
ana much satisfaction was expressed
The business for the week was cxtcn
slVc ana the volume was the greatest
mat has developed for n single week
Tor the past several months.
Barring war talk and the probable
npProach OF the duh summer season.
the prospects for active business are
the brightest that the local market has
, experienced in many months Tho
agents are busy with rental property.
ana there is said to be a good demand
Tor houses Desirable vacancies are
,"p."N peins MED. Several agents said
Yesterday that while they had received
the least numb Der of notices of vacancy.
IN several years. that they were recoiy
ing many inquiries for propertv which
were being partly filled. On the other
nan"' one or two firms reported that
Wv! hau silshtly larger number OF
vacancies than usual. One of the host
news items, though, is the report that
many houses that have stood vacant
since last September have been ycntnd
Tor possession this year on Richmond's
annual moving day
BUSINESS is GOOD.
SAWS SECRETARY BOYKIN
business is good said F. NJ Boykin
secretary OF the Richmond Real Estate
INchanse. the man who follows the
market closely, land from the recorda
tlons there are strong indications of
the resumption of active trading. The
deeds that are being placed on record
bear recent dates and most Of them are
gated IN the current month. While the
business has been greatly confined To
trading in small property. this is evil
ocnce or more general buying among
the masses, the benefits of which are
elf-eNident not only to the real estate
business, but business In general. show
ing as ii does the wide distribution of
funds"
The business for the week amounted
10 S2lS,o2l.55, while the sales in Hem
rico county amounted TO nearly 500 600.
mere was very little difference in the
totais OF the deeds of trust and release
oeenS IN the city, which is also en-
t tS ING: Inc week was marked by
the closing or several trades involving
large amounts. but the real feature was
the number of small sales
SOME EXCELLENT SALES
DURING PAST WEEK
Among the larger sales OF the weel.
were these: Q. J. Davis to Henry Salo-
mon. the brick dwellings at l, 3, s and :
North Mulberry Street. for sl7. 900. f.
v Williams to j. r. Tucker. forty feet
Just west OF Meadow Street, for $4,000
me calvary Baptist Church sold to tho
Emmanuel Ba ptist Church the property
at the northwest corner OF Grace and
Pine Streets. The lot fronts sixty
three feet and the purchase price was
s2l,5o". j. r. Tucker sold TO f. V. Will
hams forty-seven and one-half feet on
the south side of Monument Avenue
east of Allison Street, for $1,000
Matthias f. kayhoc, Jr.. sold TO L. F.
and Sadie y. Simmons twcnty-seven
feet on the south side of Stuart Ave
$1,000. '''
trade amounting to $4,000 was
closed between Herbert F. Richard
son and the Virginia Realty and Con-
struction Company by Morton c. Thai
h!mcr Richardson conveyed to the
construction company two lots in the
West End. one on Hanover and one
on Floyd Avenue, on which valua-
ton of $4,000 was placed. The Vir-
ginia Realty and Construction Com
pany. in turn. transferred to Richard
son tho brick dwellings at 6, S, 10 and
$4,000.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
SHOW SOME DECLINE
Building operations were not as
large as for some previous weeks, but
were fair FOR this time of the year,
II Is said. The approach of the sum-
mer months results in falling off
in the building operations, but this
has not yet been evident in Richmond
The work for the week aggregated
nearly $4,000. Notable in the bust
ness last week was the granting of a
permit for new two-story brick Of
flee building at IS. Is and 90 North
Ninth street, adjoining the Real Estate
Exchange Building. now being erected
n CO. M, A.tx
by Thomas /" Moore at cost OF S16,-
CO., and will be patronized largely by
real estate agents because Of its close
proximity to tho exchange.
Berta w Smith Will build a three