The Washington times., 1925-08-22
ACT I'VE IMARkET
|. PREDICTED BY
SHANNON
Realty Firm Has Unusually
Large Number of Sales
During Summer

If the, steady demand for prop
ertv both improved and urlinl-
nroved. during the unusually apa-
fhetic heated term this summer,
can be taken as any indication OF
the fall market, washington realty
lis due for a lot of activity from
row on into the winter. This sum.
mer movement is strongly indl-
Gated in the large volume OF sales
inst reported by the firm or Shan-
non and Luchs, Inc.
Among the spots most active at
this period are noted mostly the
outlying. semi-surburban properties
'fn and about the extensions OF
Connecticut, Massachusetts,, Wis
consin. and Georgia avenues. It
would appear that any good
properties at /, reasonable prices
coming on the market in any OF
these sections, have found ready
sale. This does not mean that
there is no movement, in the more
thickly built up sections but rather
that the activity is more noted
in the sections referred to.
Prominent among the sales re-
ported by Shannon and Luchs are
those in the section west of Wis
consin- avenue known as Bur
leith.'' Here they announce the
following sales: rs
To Walter r. McCallum, S7t6 r
street northwest
To. Mrs. Mary A. Sanborn, 1913
r street northwest.
To Mrs. Isabel T. Price, $500
r street northwest.
To William B. Whipple, 1907 5
street northwest !.
TO s. Alan Moorefield, 1872 3
street northwest.
OF the larger, new type, stone
front homes in Burleith, the first
of which were completed but re-
Gently sales are reported as fol-
lows:
TO George E.. Holm, 1913 r
street northwest.
northwest.
seventh street northwest.
To Joseph Kanngiesser, 3537 r
street northwest.
TO William S. Bassler, S52s r
street northwest.
To Joseph r. Redman, 1921 r
street northwest.
IL
chaser VIII occupy the property as
his home. This community, wherein
have been erected more than $50
homes in the past two years. is
rapidly becoming one OF the most
attractive in the city. In the main
this is due to the success of the
builders in producing here homes
Of real refinement and individuality
at a moderate price.
In the section adjacent to Con.
necticut avenue beyond Chevy
| Chase soilsole a sale 1or7s5ac0bson
Brothers sOf n new detached home
at 1a6411 s.Georgia astr6etfo Chevy
Chase. Mdhs to Fred T.. Shoemaker
is announced. For the same. firm
the new, home at 6403 George street
TO A. =. Renos is also reported
sold. "A home site in, Morrison
street, Chevy Chase, d. c., has been
sold to r. Ford for Herndon Nor
sell. For Charles Al. Jones a lot in
Chevy Chase Park has been sold to
lW. L. Humphrey, jr. The hand
some residence at liz West Virgilia
street, Chevy Chase. has been sold
to Joseph B. Jacobs for A. c.
Conner -a.
In a double sale for Frank e.
Cunningham, his property at zS1I
Ordway street northwest, was sold
70 Edward p. White, and new
home obtained for him at 2704 Ca
thedral avenue northwest from
Mrs. Edna B. Meyer.
A handsome stone home at 1922
Holly street northwest, just off
Alaska avenue, has been sold to
Mrs. Estelle Tubins for Patrick
Dempsey. The property Of Mrs.
Tubins at 500 Marion avenue, Clar-
endon, Va, figured as part Of the
transaction.
A fine building lot in Van Ness
street northwest, near Nebraska
avenue, has been sold to T. Eugene
Rhodes for Wilson 3. Marin.
In the upper northwest subdi-
vision, known as Fourteenth Street
Terrace. q beautiful English type
semi-detached home was sold to
William j. Collins, who viii occupy
It as his residence, having disposed
of his property at zoe T street
northeast.
An attractive little residence at
$500 Broad Branch road has been
sold for w. c. Kremkau to j. Wal.
lace Nichol