Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1925, Page 15

REAL ESTATE COURSE IN HOME-BUYING TOBE OFFERED BY Y. M. C. A SATURDAY AUGUST R Modified Spanish Prbspective Owners of Realty to Be Design Minimum Taught Manifold Aspects of Realty Expense and Labor Deals in Lecture Series. The latest innovation in the realty | Modern methods of construction, in Cream Stucco With Thatch- ed Roof of Forest Green. fleld in the National Capital i» the |cluding an analysis of various types Garage and Servant’s establishment of a school for prospec- tive home owners, in which will be taught all that is needed by those who are contemplating investing their | money in real estate. | of architecture and comparative ad- vantages of different types of con uite. struction, will bq one of the topics dis cussed. The course will also include e the functions of title companies, title certificates and their value to home| A real ray of comfort in the pres- | owner detailed explanation of the [ent housing situation is that many According to Dr. James A. Bell,|subject of mortgages, financing of |people who have - been peaceably divector of the locai Young Men's Christian Association College, the M I w h a specla B ‘e | i 1. C. A will begin a speclal lecture | (o 0 "men will deliver the lectures |rents to build. And thus spurred to and Mr. Petty will direct the course |action by necessity, many will find the | which will be held evening every | reatest joy in planning, building and week for five weeks, starting about | furnishing the ideal home that lives in the middle of September. The ar-|every one’s imagination | rangement of the subjects and the lec-| ¥or the first time many of us will | turers selected will result in giving |live in homes of our own planning, the maximum of information and ad-|With the little personal comforts we | vice an absolutely authentic and|have always missed in rented houses. | unbiased manner. *F : and Own- since we know that home owner ing a Home" is the t the first always considered the most desir- lecture to be given by Mr. Petty. “The |able citizens. out of the present uncom- | New Home" will be discussed by Her-|fortable building chaos we may ex | bert T. Shannon, president of the Op-|pect to develop a finer growth and a | erative Builders' Association. ‘The |more substantial sense of civic life. | Well Built Home" is the title of the| se in the accompanying cut {lecture on construction to be delivered | Was planned for the household that is| by W. C. Miller, realtor and builder. | to keep a maid and that needs three or | “Financing of Homes,” by Howard|four bedrooms for the family and | Moran, vice president of the Am | guests. It should be easy to keep a| Security and Trust Co., will cover the | maid in this delightful house as eve subject of mortgages, “The Home |comfort is provided for her—a large Owner's Title,” by A. G. Bishop, vice |closet, a private bath, a good-sized course dealing with home owning and heme purchasing as soon as the col- | leze opens this Fall. The course will be under the direction of John A Petty, executive secretary of the| Washington Real Estate Board, and many prominent local business men will lecture This course for prospective home owners will not Interfere with the veal estate course that the Y. M. C. A. is planning as usual this year for real estate salesmen. Courses in real es- tate are also being given at the Uni versity of Maryland, and in more than a score of the outstanding educational institutions throughout the country. Other Courses Planned. F.ducational feature in reg: to real estate and real estate practices are also U planned by the Na tional Association of Real Estate Boards, which represents about 340 cities throughout the country. Edu ation is one of the major undertak of the association ficials of the Y. M. C. A. have under consideration for some time developing a series of lectures that would have for its purpose the encouragement of home ownership and the supplying of authentic in 1o ation to the public in connection with the purchase or construction of a home. The course about io be of fered is the result of much study and it is expected to fill a need that has existed for some time In making its facilities available to the public by including in its educa tional program for the year this course on home ownership, Y. M C. A. officials point out the organi ion is endeavoring to render a constructive service to those owning homes or contemplating purchasing or building homes. Washington, like a great majority of cities throughout the country, has since the World War experiegced an intense development of home build in and the home-owning cla: shown a tremendous increase. 'he phenomenal growth of population and the extension of building opera tions in all sections of the District of Columbia and adjoining counties Maryland and Virginia caused he trend- toward home buying to show such a remarkable increase and therefore, such a course will he of great value, educators and business men feel See Course Benefits Realizinz that the purchase of a home is for many the most important undertaking and perhaps the only real estate transaction in a lifetime. | homes and monthly payment purchase | housed in apartments in the larger plans. cities ‘and rented houses in the smaller Prominent local business and pro-|ones are forced by the present high president of the District and Wash.|room, a view over the lawns, and ab- |ington Title Insurance Co., will close|solute privacy. Such careful consid- the course. |eration of the maid’s comfort does After every lecture is concluded the |much to help solve the servant prob- remainder of the meeting will be de-|lem. It is the secret oil that will keep voted to open discussions, during which | the household machinery running hap- ector of the course and the | pily and efficiently rious lecturers will answer ques This design is modified nish, of [may be tions asked by those interested. This|Stucco and hollow tile h three will permit an open discussion and |grnceful arches. If no garage is need- analysis of individual cases and prob- |ed, the house is so planned that the lems that may be presented third arch may be omitted. Picture this design in cream stucco with a thatched roof of soft forest green F. E. Middleton Purchases Home in Edgemoor. F. Eliot Middieton, vice president of Hedges & Middleton. has purchased | the C. Griscom Randle home at the | corner of Hampton lane and Glen- | brook road. in Edgemoor, and will | make his home in that section, it is {anounced Mr. Middleton’s new home, which | faces on Glenbrook road, is one of the handsomest in kdgemoor. It is lo cated on a plot of about two and one | half acres, which are covered with an abundance of fine trees, flowers and | shrubbery. It has a sunken garden and i= modern in every particula NOTED REALTOR DIES. | C. A. Voelker of Dubuque Built Workingmen's Homes. | C. A. Voelker, sr., Dubuque, Iowa, | + UVING “"ROOM * former State Representative, mayor of | e nie Dubuque and former vice president of the Y. M. C. A. believes this course | the Iowa Association of «Real Estate | will be of much benefit to the public It is designed to give a concise and practical outline of real estate prac- | Boards, and long actively associated with the work of the National Asso | ciation of Real Estate Boards, died at tices involved in the purchase of a| Dubuque August 12 after a 10-day ill- | home and to illustrate the advantages of home ownership the re ness. Mr. Voelker for the last 46 vears has made a specialty of the | closets and a The sink is under the win- | trast, the soft green of the thatched |dow, where the pleasant view will help roof may be repeated in the sashes o 8 more vivid color added in a touch of warm brown or Italian blue. Inside the entrance hall is the dispensible closet for voats, hats and | place off the kitchen, with shelves for spitable fire- in the living room is placed so|ran dishwashin, the sun will make the place uninter- is a storage d that it can be filled from the cheery | porch, thus avoiding this dirt dows in the living room are repeated| On the second and the dining bedrooms with the bedrpoms are Iighted on two sides | direct current of of sunshine so planned ded if desired dressers and a sink omitted to cut which, of course, the plumbing | nience and will prob: owner’s room and the linen c T ; , sy e peen- | 8 eps and break: BUYS RANDLE PROPERTY. ;nx:.”x?\‘(u'[r(v'.’.f.‘:fl:ih('m.".'},.é"'(.'s'a";:fi"” the silver and china are cared for The wonderful thing about this sec here and kept out of the kitchen ond floor plan is its adapta only one bedroom if you like! the fourth bedroom for storage space. if you don't need so many sleeping rooms. But the space will be there for use when the need arises. If there is no garage needed, this wing of the house could be cut off en. entirely— this would leave off the maid’s | room and > and one bedroom up- L rs. An entrance porch quite large enough would vet be left and you would also have a house of splendid proportions with living room, dining room, kitchen and pantry downstairs nd three large bedrooms on the - ond floor There is a delightful sense of real home comfort in & design of this kind No one appreciates the house with a attached more than those who ed in a city apartment and 5-minute walk to their garage | whenever they wished to use the car. (Copyright Matthew Adams.) buildinz of homes for working men. | . 75: SECOND FLOOR PLAN. CAPITAL PUT SEVENTH IN NEW CONSTRUCTION Total Building for July Was $5,816,000. Huge Increase Over Last Year Is in Sight. With a total of $5,816,000 last|gain was in the East, 108 cities and month Washington fell behind the |towns having a 65 per cent increase. same month in 1924 by $735,250 and | The South. 73 cities and towns re- to the position of seventh among the | porting, was second. with a 38 per leading cities in the point of build- |cent gain. In the Central West, 116 ing construction during July of this|places gain 29 per cent, and 80 Paciflc year. Vestern places gained 3 per cent July was the peak month last|More than $252,000,000, or 65 per cent year with $6,545,410 as the total. The |of the July total, was in the 25 lead- high mark this year is over $8,000,- |ing cities. 000, and all in all, the construction| New York City had a gain of 121 record as compared with 1924 is far per cent. This was the largest July ahead, and if the present boom lin the history of the city, as regards keeps up prospects are that last|volume of building plans filed. The vear's totals will be left far behind. |fgures indicated marked construc More houses, apartments and |activity during the coming Fall buildings of all kinds have heeni“le first time since -Trml each erected since January 1 than any|borough contributed to the increase, other period of eight months in the |Manhattan having a gain of 138 per history of building in Washington. |cent, Brooklyn, ¥1 per cent; Queenx, According to a national survey of |137 per cent: Bronx, 106 per cent, and the building industry made by the|Richmond, 2 per cent over July, S. W. Straus Co., July building per- | 1824 mits reported from 377 cities and| Philadelphia had « :ain of 176 towns showed a gain of 41 per cent!Der cent for the first time displacing over July, 1924. The largest regional' (Continued on Eight Page.) A Roof Is Only As Good As It’s Weakest Point Rose Roofs are weatherproof all over IT DOESN_’T pay to run risks. An imperfectly constructed new roof is as treacherous as an old one. 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