Evening star., 1925-08-15
MANY FLATS NOW EMPTY. -
OWNERS SURVEY SHOWS
Smaller High-Priced Apartments inLeast
Demand Saturation Point
Is Believed Near

Slow demand for apartments with
an increasing amount OF vacancies Is
shown by a report of a recent survey
of the apartment house situation in
the District OF Columbia by the Wash.
ington Association of Building Owners
and Managers.
While the Organization did not sur.
vey every apartment house in the
city, it took a representative cross.
section OF various types of apartments
and included in the survey 4,1o5
apartment housing units. Out of this
total of 4,105 there were SSS vacant
units, or 21.6 per cent. The vacancies
we're found to be mostly in the small
sized, high-priced apartments.
The report states that at present
Washington has passed the saturation
and shows 120 apartment houses erect
ed in the past fiscal year.
The report says in part:
In order that we may have a clear
understanding as to the tendency In
vacancies, these reports have been
RnalyZed, and the following tables in
dicate (Al size of vacancies, (B) range
of prices, and (C1. CD, (E) and CD, the
relation OF size to price. 1t has been
frequently stated that the housing
problem in Washington Is really a
question OF the purchasing power of
the dollar; that being true It will be
interesting to note the relation OF
price TO size, and 1t will at once be
evident that the larger number Of
vacancies occur in the small-s>ze, high
priced apartments.
Tables C), (D), E) and CD are
based on housekeeping units OF
medium size, and do not include any
very hfgh-priced apartments. 1t being
our idea to present a picture OF con-
ditions in that class of housing which
is popularity in demand.
While some doubt may be ex-
pressed as to the value of this study,
because of the limited number of
properties included, 1t Is an impartial
picture OF conditions in typical apart.
ment houses, since the records from
which these tables have been COM
piled were received from the best
Offices in the city and listed just as
received, with no effort made to en-
phasize any special condition.
Table A.
Analysis of SSS vacant apart
ments as to size: room. kItchenette
and bath, rs; 2 rooms, kitchenette and
bath, 207: rooms, kitchenette and
bath, 342;- rooms. kitchenette and
bath, 1S9; rooms, kitchenette and
bath, s5; rooms, kitchenette and
bath, %; and rooms, kitchenette
and bath. Z. Total, ssS.
I'm the following tables, the totals
90 not agree with the totals shown in
A and b because IL was necessary to
eliminate a number of properties on
which we did not have full informa.
ton:
Table B-Range OF price indi.
Gated in Ss8 vacant apartments: $40
S45, 1873: $50-55, 1874: $60-$s5, 241; so.
475, 153: Sso.ss5, 10: $so.S95, IS: Sleo.
$11o. 40; $11o-S125. S6. Total, ssS.
Table Cone room. kitchen and
bath. range of price: s45. AS: $50. e2;
$55. IL; $50, IL; $65, 2; SIS, 3. Total, o.
Table D-Two rooms. kitchen and
bath, range of price; $45. Sc; $50, 1S;
SOS. Al; $50. II; s66. 81; S75, So; $s5, q
$50. g.; 500. l. Total, al.
Table E-Three rooms. kitchen
and bath, range of price: s45. "A; $50,
II; $55, IS; $50. "a; $65. SO; SIS. So; ss5.
Is; ss5, 1; 800, ls; s115-s125, 3s.
Total, 227.
Table -Four rooms. kitchen