Evening star., 1936-03-14
RESIDENCE SPACE
FILLING RAPIDLY
Surveys in Various Cities
Show Trend to Build
or Buy Homes.

In residential areas, a movement which
Is reinforcing the decision OF many
families to buy or build their own
homes, is indicated in surveys made by
real estate boards of various cities In
the first two months of 1896. AS re-
ported to the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards. every survey shows
less space available than was shown
last year, with the most rapid abSorp-
ton now going on in apartment space.
Detroit's rental residential units are
e7.3 per cent occupied. according to
a survey recently completed by the
Detroit Real Estate Boards manage
ment division. The present vacancy
of 2.7 per cent compares with 38 per
cent q year ago. Among rental units
the vacancy for apartment units Is
only 4 per cent as against 3.5 per cent
In September Of 1885. From the sur
vey of rental units the citys total resi-
dental vacancy in all types of struc-
lures is estimated to be 1.62 per cent.
There were 1888 new housing units
built as against 761 Cor 40 per cent as
many demolished, figures pointed out
as indicating the degree to which
building obSolescence has become q
factor in housing supply.
Seattle 97.8 Per Cent.
Residential properties in Seattle are
e789 per cent occupied, according to
an occupancy survey which has just
been completed by the Seattle Post
Office through postal carriers. and
analyzed by the Seattle Real Estate
Board. In some districts the vacancy
is less than / per cent The per cent
of vacancy is SO per cent less than
last year. The count covered los ,295
residential properties.
San Diego, California, in its survey
BY the Post Office, analyzed by the
San Diego Realty Board. found total
occupancy of 97.63 per cent for all
types of dwelling units. Single family
houses are 1887 occupied, apartments,
e4,39 per cent occupied. Number Of
families doubled with other families
was larger than the number of vacant
units found.
Des Moines, Iowa, according to a
survey by the Des Moines Real Estate
Board, has total occupancy percent
age for all housing units Of 97.77 per
cent. The vacancy in single family
dwellings is IL per cent; in apart
nents. 4.l6 per cent.
Kansas City 92.S Per Cent.
Kansas City, Mo. in its seventh an
nual occupancy survey conducted
under the direction of the Kansas City
Post Office and analyzed by the Real
Estate Board Of Kansas City, finds
a percentage of occupancy of 92.8 per
cent for housing units of all classes.
including residences, duplexes, apart
ments, rooming houses and apartment
units above store rooms. This repre-
sentS gain Of Al per, cent in occu-
pancy during the last two years. SIN
gle family residences were found GAS
per cent occupied, gain OF per cent
in two years. Apartments show 90.6
per cent occupancy, as compared with
S3.6 per cent two years ago.
Excess families families doubled in
the same unit with other families)
have decreased about u per cent as
compared with two years ago, but
still total 4,760.
Pawtucket-Central Falls, R. l., in
the tenth annual survey Of the Paw
tucket Real Estate Exchange. shows
fewest vacant housing units for any
year since 1926
The twelfth annual survey of resi-
dental occupancy made for Westfeld,
N. j., by the Westfleld Board of
Realtors, shows an occupancy of SO
per cent for houses, fewer vacancies
than at any time since 1926, and more
dwellings under construction than in
any year since 1928. New units built
in 1895 were 21s times the number
built the preceding year.
Springfield Vacancies Low.
Vacancies in living quarters in
Springfield, Mass, are now 3.5 per
cent, according to a survey by the
Springfield Real Estate Board, COM
pleted January, 1896. The figure is
the lowest since 1881, which it dupli-
Gates. In 1885 there were demolitions
of 165 living units, whereas new struc-
lures added only 48 units.
Delaware County. Pa, in its fourth
annual survey made by the Delaware
County Real Estate Board, finds houses
96 per cent occupied.
South Bend, Ind, in survey by
post Office carriers, is reported as
having less than 2 per cent of its
dwelling units vacant, but more excess
families were reported than were
found a year ago.
In Omaha, Ed. w. Bedford, presi-
dent of the Omaha Real Estate Board,
reports a vacancy of less than per
cent in dwellings and an apartment
vacancy Of only 315 per cent as against
% per cent in 1888.