The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
MOST SUCCESSFUL
|. MONTH IN REALTY
CIRCLES REPORTED
Real Estate Transfers, Both
Business and Residential
Include Some Large
Deals

| Yesterday ended what has been one OF
the most successful months Birmingham
| has ever known in the real estate Held,
according to the opinion of many of the
real estate dealers in this city.
| The sales during the last 30 days have
been very heavy and about evenly di-
vided between deals in the business sec
| ton ard the residential part of the city.
During the month the largest lease that
has been let "A jefferson county gave
| Isaac Sflvers and brothers, five and ten
cent stores, a long term rental on the
property now occupied by the Jacass
Drug company, NJ. We'll, and Odum, Bow
ers and White
The largest single transfer of property
was recorded in the probate court two
days ago with the sale of the Johnson q
Barry Steel plant to new corporation
johnson e. Thompson, the consideration
in the deal was approximately $4,000
Several other large deals were made in
the business section of the city inyolT-
ing amounts between $4,000 and $25'en
The house builders are active, as a
, mum DER of vacant lots were Sold on which
homes will be built. The center of the
most activity in real estate during the
month was located in the new automobile
district. the sales in that section having
overreached by large number the sales
in any one locality of the city
A number of new interpretations have
purchased lots, some with garages al
ready on the property, while others
bought Just the vacant lots, with the idea
of constructing buildings for new garages
and automobile companies.
This building UP in the new automobile
district which starts the other side of the
railroad tracks and goes almost to Five
Points, will be the means according to a
number of real estate men, of largely in
creasing the size of birmingham busi-
ness section
The high rentals is given as one of
the causes of the sales of numebr of
vacant lots as people who have for
merly rented are grasping the chance
| of the comparatively low prices of real
estate as compared with the rental
| prices.
| The final sales that were recorded in
, the office of the probate court yester-
| day. and those whicnr closed up one of
| the most successful months in Biz
| mingham real estate follow:
| The most important sale made yes
| terday was the property owned by
| Christine Coran and husband, being
located on the south side of Avenue
| C near Eighteenth street. 1t was sold
to DR.. w. H. Goodwin the considera-
ton being approximate $4,000
| Othgr ssfes RECORDED were:
| $4750-Rubv l.. and G. Fl. Fennelle to
| G. K. Lesion, lots Ia and Is in block
% of Birmingham Realty company's
| fourth addition to Birmingham, To-
! Gated on Thirty fourth street and Fiji
| teenth avenue. north
| s12000-Forma1 sale by admins
| traitor of the estate of Winston Ander-
| son, the property recently sold at auc-
/ ton to Charles F.. Anderson and which
was located on the east side of
! Twenty first street and Eighth avenue,
and a second piece of property located
| on the same street between Tenth and
| Eleventh avenues.
$4,000. w. Dukes and wife to J. j.