Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1926, Page 15

- REAL. ESTATE. THE EVENING INDICATIONS POINT TO ACTIVE . | REAL ESTATE MARKET IN 1926 BEAUTIFUL HOMES IN THE CAPITAL Eight Per Cent Advance in January Over Sam??l nterior Plan Is Month of 1925 in Number of Transfers Unique in This 4 Shows Upward Trend. 1 ! g iy T i House. ’m’ L. SETH SCHNITMAN AND | vear. This decline in the number of | — LWL g veal esta ansers vecorded was Y < The Washington S ine which vear Breuninger Residence Has <hould experience 1 tor building con s 1995 4 preseni indication connt for | s of. Cotumbla | Evidence of Expert anything—greater even than in efther of the past three years. January is zome, 5o far as real estate transac- are concerned, and with that stands an advance of § per cent | er tha same month of 1925 in the wax only alwut number of real estate transfers re. pared with corded. As respects real estate T1usts. this mdnth n almost 10 per cent ahead of January of last vear in the | number of such instruments regis tered. These are accomplished results | i which are direcily traceable to the I estate marker | fore te activity in | conur substantial decline from | reord of 1 To be sure, 1t of the decline in the n eal extate transfers in 1 0 with the pre ¥ Arrangement. While the exterior of the ‘l\ienrl,\- o ¥ (Con: pinger house at 4505 rgyle 2 her cent. ax Com | terrace is of an unusually attractive 53 of about 30 | design. the chief beauty of this h‘on?(‘ e enetnbereq | lies n its interior plun and decora fon contracted for (MO0 4 (he oxterior, this lmu;v s not give any suggestion of the nting 10 more than 10 per cent 1‘,:‘,‘_,'..,\",'”:‘,‘.:1 AT e ine vecord-breaking building program of who' will | el ,n‘:,'.‘l' ,:m":‘.‘:.l:ph;; et ihe past few years. advantage v easy con ; Pt Esdenotsy Thete i quite maturaliv a lag be- | ditfons in the venl estate market, thus | 6 incluel D O eroiina. of {ween building, as measured by con. maintaining at a relatively stable level | PEralIvels smal SreE 0 E e pos Facta awarded. and real ssiate activ. |the number of transfers. despite any | mury (RAtures Haat WO O ert con a lag which the writers estimate | maurked ilding con- | Gideration Washington at about one vear. struction. e two facts, together | MIGAUOD. L Ligh elevation considered, the §64.000.000 build- | with the agitation for home owner: | ,verlooking Rock Creek Park. with a ing program of 1925, which registered | ship and the needs of an increasing | Vigia of the Cathedral i the distance. an inerease of almost 20 per cent | population, should ensily reconeile | o ¢ile the appearance of sturdiness over the preceding ve: hould mean | whatever differences exist between the | it was decided to build a house of the S advance of Betwes and 10 per | percentage changes for building con- | Tydcr-Gothic design. The brickwork cent in real estate transfers for the | struction and real estale transfers. re- | i jajd with common br ndom vear 1976 as compared with the pre- | membering the Iready alluded 10. | bond, with Indfana limestone frim ceding vear. The real Tleal estate (ransfers are usually ngk arcund the openings, (which in the main has been mo: their heaviest during the Spring afford @ charmink interest when the field of small homes the vear, this activity beginning 'Al{ losely stud The gable over the dential properties. The building con- | the close of February and extending. | front door is rough.cast stucco with tracte of 1895 inelnded large strne. | with only slight abatement, through | rough-hewn oak half tinibers o | “The roof. in order to conform with reat of the house. ix covered with | thick slate luld irregularly ir 4 varie |ty of colors to give the appearince of an old thatched roof. Beiny situ ated high above the sidewalk. -« ter 30 4 | rave retaining wall is placed at the | | sidewslk line to gzive the house the | [ proper low setiing on its grounds. T close out the view from the alley concrete retaining wall is built, with |an imported chestnut sapling fence, witile wlong the sides of the vur i ave planted arbutus hedges. with briar | bushes along the sides of the «<xim ming pool 1o lend privacy to it | Flagstone walks and u usging | driveway from the built-in zarage to the alley are used instead of the more severe and uninteresting concrete | which is nsually used for vard walks e stepx and fxgging walke leao the dressing room and showe: one sing 1922 involved a consideration her, there 20, 4eal Tstate Trusts ! room in the basement to the swim ming pool. | Gothic Doorway. The main entrance dos to the honse possesses the Gothic influence | with its heavy biack hardware and thick vak door. Upon entering the reception hall one immediately has a vista of the dolphin fountain in the solarium through the deep arches of the drawing room. The drawing room is finished in the stvie of the Real Fstate Market in Washington—In percentage of 1923 monthly Adam period. with an Adam period e, as shown by data from Recorder of Deeds, and Federal Reserve | fireplace uated in the room as 3 10 aiford i L T - the fireplace The solarium has Aoor laid in tile patte fluggi inres of commercial types. which. he canse of their size and nature. will not figure to any merked extent in the realty mariket of 1% Below are tabulat . with doors dining : ording views In all directions. Bach of the dining room is 4 breakfast room. fin number of real esis in Washington during the vears sproduction of the paper used in the dining room of the home of ernor of Massachusetts paper rter Fourth anirter Total known X An ng s laid of boards Activity Less, t 10 inches with ebony strips be- From the foregoing table it may he n used to | tween them. Also. plug meen that was less ntinued on Twentieth Page.) nails, The electric fixture is the WASHINGTON, SATURDAY. JANUARY REAL. ESTATE. T e | wncr ok 1L Brr orncer Becomncre Awemmrer @ats" on hoth sides of | “Zenethern™ | walks to | | earlv American oil type lamp electri- | breakfast room and t ire enameled in Pri Thix room also has a small balceny to the south and b from one of the side | kitchen through a panti ix placed an elec v necessary storag < ave finished with Keene cement and are white enam The drexser and window shelves < are used to | ings in thix room are K ges due to hold the flooring in place instead of Land open fo give the effect Yopen porch in the Summer (Continued on Eighteenth Page.) 'WIDER BASIS FOR TAXATION ~ URGED ON STATES BY REALTORS | for Legislation That Will Take Some of Brir- den Off Real Estate. A comprehensive progiam of adjuei- | possible 1o the ment for State taxiti which would widen 1he | tion so ) permit th wealth tted Dy changes <houlder of the cost of zo pportionment ¢ ' te & move nearly equitable States in v force that these liws he ch 1o permit. in mortgages 1o Study of Problem Leads to Comprehensive Progzram Massachusetts Parl: Washington’s most beautiful residential section homes. Containing seven million feet of forest-co ¢ with six miles of improved streets. Includes vhat 1 The Triangle of Increasing Values —Dbetween Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cat Over 200 homvs from $15,000 to $200,000 t struction. Actual improvements and 1 $8,000,000. Wooded villa sites. lots, cen homes, with lots from 30 to 115 feet front. St. and Cathedral Ave. Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1899 Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200 North 847-848—That Gets Us Put it down wherr you won’t forget— | N the emergency about your roof give us a ring —and we'll go ar it quickly. 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