Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 17

REAL ESTATE THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO: ~ HOME BUYERS Weekly Reports of House Sales in Greater Washington. J. T. Edwards has purchased the brick yesidence at 1613 Varnum street. The .house, which contains nine rooms and| A ‘was acquired from Lawrence us through the office of N. L. Sans- bury Co., Inc. ] Joseph H. Neely has purchased his m?dmu the dwelling at 822 Galla- tin street from the Cafritz Construction Co. The house contains eight rooms, & covered concrete front porch and mod- ern conveniences. * Ok k% 3 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Sellers have hased the dwelling at 9 Sherman fi, it is reported by the Cafritz ruction Co., the builder and for- mer owner. * ok ok X | Anna Heltzman has bought the Colo- nial brick dwelling at 813 Decatur street, Petworth, it is announced b, Bhannon & Luchs, Inc., which handl the transaction. The pmreny WaS ac- quired from Henry Russell. * K k% Brs. E. Jackson Jarvis has purchased | the Massachusetts Avenue Park home site formerly owned by Dr. Daniel L. Borden, it is reported by Shannon & Luchs. | E ! . Mr. and Mrs. 8. C. Davis have taken ssion of the Dutch Colonial dwell- at the corner of Twenty-sixth and Perry streets, Woodridge, D. C., it is an- nounced by the Woodridge Realty Co. The dwelling has a stucco exterior and contains four bedrooms, solarium and buflt-in garage. It was built by John M. King. * ok ok | Mrs. Mary W. Groomes has purchased the large house at 3016 Courtland place, Woodley Park, it is announced by the ‘Wardman Construction Co. * koK x Elmer H. Catlin has bought the new group house located at 1373 Rittenhouse street, in the new. Sheridan Park resi- dential development, it is reportd by the Wardman Construction Co. The house contains six rooms and has a double-deck rear porch. *hx Cecil Westover has purchased the six- room bungalow at 3808 Twelfth street northeast, it is announced by the office of L. V. Thacker. The house has a lot 51 by 136 feet. i g G. Rogers Hyde has purchased the two-story frame detached dwelling at 3318 Fourteenth street northeast, Brook- land. The property was acquired from Nicholas Miles through the agency of V. Thacker. S ®. L. Boteler, connected with a tabu- lating machine company here, has pur- chased the dwelling at 1006 Shepherd street northeast, it is reported by M. & R. B. Warren. * * ok x Jacob Weitzen has purchased from the Cafritz Construction Co. the dwell- ing at 5028 Illinols avenue. This house contajns eight main rcoms and has a buflt-in garage. The lot has a wide frontege. * ok ok x Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McCarthy have purchased the newly-completed Pet- worth house at 820 Gallatin street from the Cafritz Construction Co. The house contains eight main rooms and has a built-in garage. o AT William S. Raba has purchased the detached brick residence at 708 Mont- gomery avenue, Silver Spring, Md. The gvperty was acquired from. Rachel L. avis through the office of Shannon & chs, Inc. * ok k% Walter A. Broadhus has pngchased the six-room semi-detached dw¥ling at 6409 Seventh street, Fort Stevens, it is reported by the Wardman Construction Co. Purchase of the following other Fort Stevens houses also is announced by the Wardman concern: E. Adam- son, 812 Underwood street; Marvin La- masure, 605 Tuckerman street; Maj. A. Gray, 607 Tuckerman street; H. H. Cor- coran, 613 Tuckerman street; Paul R. Fletcher, 519 Tuckerman street; Neil M. Stewart, 6420 Seventh street, and L. J. Wul(ecgmz. 525 Tuckerman street. * % x R.:C. Searles has purchased the bun- galow at 1023 Kearney street northeast, Brookland, from Willlam Hunley, it is fipomd by L. V. Thacker, who acted the transaction. | * K ok Kk | Ralph Bettles has purchased the dwelling now under construction at 4403 | Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md., from the | firm of M. & R. B. Warren, builders, it | Venerable Georgetown, grown old gracefully with its background of his- toric interest as the starting point of the National Capital's now far-flung de- velopment, is feeling the modernizing touch of current building projects. Reputed to be 125 years or more old. the brick building at 1511 Thirty-third street has been modernized and ex- tensively remodeled, with the original architectural lines retained. Recently the house was purchased as the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. Court- land Parker, who acquired the property from Guthrie & Will: COST OF MORTGAGES SHOWN BY SURVEY Report on Zxpense of -Negotiating That Class of Securities Ready for Bankers’' Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La. October 26.— The results of a survey of what it costs bankers to negotiate mortgages will be a feature of the annual con- vention of the Mortgage Bankers' Association of America that will open here next Tuesday. “Know your costs” will be the key- note of the meeting that will draw 500 of the leading mortgage bankers from every section of the country. Members of the association have been engaged for the past year in making a unit survey of the overhead on all types of loans which will furnish data that will be new to st of the bankers and: which will be analyzed from the convention platform with a view to some formal plea that unprofitable classes of business be eliminated or made to pay their way. E. E. Murrey, president of the as- sociation, asserts that a clearer knowl- edge of costs will not only make the negotiating companies more profitable, but also result in an improvement of service to the owing and investing public. Mr. Murrey's annual address at the opening session of the convention will sound the keynote “Know Your Costs,” and Ben E. Young, vice chairman of the cost accounting committee will speak on October 30 on “Costs and Profits in the Mortgage Business,” analyzing the data secured from the cost survey. ‘BUSINESS PROPERTY LEASES is announced by that company. * ok ok ok Leonard Marbury has purchased the | detached stucco dwelling at 115 Prim- | rose street, Chevy Chase, Md, it is| announced by Schwab, Valk & Canby. ‘The house, bullt by George R. Mikkel- | son, contains six rooms and two baths. * Mrs. Harriet M. Girard has purchased the dwelling at 2810 Military road, it is reported by the Wardman Construction Co. ‘The same announces that has purchased the —_— We Specialize in Finding the Right Location D CONSULT MR. BRENT ROsszPH Estab. 1907 Cooksey t 5543 Thirtieth pl 5330 NEBRASKA AVENUE . $12,950-00 NEW BRICK AND SHINGLE A’XTRACTIVELY situated on large WOODED and land- scaped lot in a fine and convenient section is found this BRAND-NEW home of all LATEST FEATURES with TWO COVERED model DRAINS; CONCRETE PORCHES, outside pantry, tchen with built-in unit and DOUBLE TILE full TILE BATH with SHOWER, hflt-'ll'elg;;;é hardwood floors, OPEN FIREPLACE and DETA! GARAGE. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY Drive east from Conn. Ave. on Military Road to Nebraska Ave., then right one-half block to home. J. €. Bouglass € * Realtors 1621 K St. N.W. Metropolitan 5678 Residencé at 1511 Thirty-third street, purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Courtland Parker. ‘The kitchen, as under the original plan, is at the front of the first story, with the dining room located at the rear of thls floor, with exit connecting with a garden in the rear lot. On the main floor are the living room at the front and a den and sun porch at the rear overlooking the garden. There are four bedrcoms and three baths in the upper story. ‘The remodeling was done by the real estate firm from plans by George Williams. . ON REALTY ROW Reports and _Observations Concerning Business and D. C. Agents. M. J. Luchs to Speak. Morton J. Luchs, vice president of Shanmon & Luchs, Inc., will address the luncheon meeting of the sales man- agers’ section of the Washington Real Estate Board at the Hamilton Hotel next Thursday, it is announced by J. Wesley Buchanan, newly elected chair- man of ‘the section. Mr. Buchanan stated that “increased acquaintanceship with competitors pro- motes mutual .confidence and respect, leads to more co-operative deals, and frequently results in informal adjust- ments of unfortunate misunderstandings that sometimes arise. The exchange of | ideas, discussions and analysis of meth. ods and policies increases knowledge and efficiency and results in more and better business. Frank and united ap- proach, supported by the combined judgment of this group of sales execu- tives, results in the intelligent solution of problems and advancement of sound principles.” Plans are being laid by a special pro- gram committee to insure increased at- tendance at meetings and of results in specific problems in sales organizations. * K ok ¥ Realfor Grows Poetic. One realtor so believes in real estate as an investment that during these days of stock market breaks, has set down his thoughts in poetic form, according to a communication to the editor of the Realty Row column. This realtor writes: “Kings and nations are amazed at the extravagances of Americans. There seems no limit to their self indulgences, or to the money at their command. ‘They have— “Money for drinks and money for shows, Money for feasting and ngoney for clothes, M:ney for pleasure and money for rips, Money for autos and money for ships. M(:ney for chance at the roulette's urn, Money for everything, money to N, “Some of the wise ones,” he con- cludes, “ars saving their money and in- vesting in desirable real estate. After while, they will own the earth and all that’s in it.” Sl % T 01d Houses Discussed. Disagreeing with the popular opinion that Americans want next year’s models YOU ARE INVITED .m Inspec Our Sample House! 512 Peabody Street NW Open to 9:00 P.M. Daily + At the price and terms offered we consider this the most attractive bargain in “MARIETTA PARK" 7 large rooms (4 bedrooms). Large kitchen. Built-out Built-in bath_and shower. pantry. Electric Refrigeration. Abundance of large closets, Cold storage and coal-bin under cement front porch. Built-in garage. High elevation. Convenient to 2 Car Lines, Graded and Junior High Schools and Government parlz{ Drive Out 5th Street N\W. to Peabody Street, Turn Left to Sample House McCONCHIE & HOLMES Ouwners and Builders Adams 2096 00000000000 0000 See Them 'Today! Big 20-Ft. New Homes In Highest N.W. Section NEAR GRANT CIRCLE 6 ROOMS—3 PORCHES GARAGE—FRIGIDAIRE 4427 3rd Street N.W. A new Colonial tapestry brick home 20 ft. wide by 32 ft. deep, with covered concrete front porch, on-a beautifully landscaped lot with gabled-roof garage, convenient to schools, stores and transportation facilities, on a high elevation near Grant Circle and close to Sol- diers’ Home. . . . Reception hall with spacious coat closet and mirror door, large living room, attractive dining room, bright kitchen, fully equipped; concrete cellar with laundry trays and toilet. . . . Three large bedrooms, with master bedroom across entire front of house, commodious wardrobe closets, black and white tile bath with built-in tub and shower, 2 cov- ered screened porches. . . . Hardwood floors, natural trim, paneled wall paper designs, artis. tic electric fixtures, screens, hot-water heat, automatic hot-water heater. onty 39 250 Terms - A FEW 8-ROOM HOMES AT $9,950 - Owners and Builders of Communiti; OVER 2,000 HOMES BUILT AND SOLD caad in everything they buy, a broker mem- ber of the National Association of Real Estate Boards says that 1 person out of every 10 prefers old houses to new ones. Many women, who follow fashions cabled from Paris, buy houses built a decade or two ago, says Harry A. Tay- lor, East Orange, N. J., writing in the association’s series of weekly articles of interest to property owners. Mr. Tay- lor says he does not refer to “historic” houses when he discusses the demand for old houses. He does not mean houses where George Washington tied his horse, but structures erected in the past 25 years. “Old houses have a charm that can never be achieved by new ones,” says Mr. Taylor. “The new house can be dazzling and desirable. It can glitter with new paint and glass doorknobs, but it only becomes a home when the breath of life has passed through it. “Now most people want new houses. The great demand is for thel But D. 'C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929. there is an interesting class of people that find the new house cold. These people prefer to forgo kitchen of the new structus indescribable something thal the long-occupied dwelling.” TWO VISITORS IN PULPIT. The pulpit at the Temple Baptist Church will be occupled tomorrow by visitors at both services. In the morn- ing Lloyd J. Relyea, superintendent of the Market Street Mission, Morristown, N. J., will be the speaker. In the eve- ning Rev. J. W. O'Hara, superintendent of the mountain mission schools of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, will bring the mes- sage. ‘The board of deacons will meet Tues- lurks in day night and the board of trustees will | hold their conference Wednesday night. This attractive corner property is offered by a naval officer who has left the city perma- nently. The grounds have a combined frontage of 192 feet - CENTER HALL BRICK HOME OVERLOOKING THE CATHEDRA —%21,500— Wide center entrance hall, large living and dining rooms, 4 bedrooms, maid’s room and bath, large concrete living porch, two-car <built-in garage on two improved streets, and all conveniences. 3311 CATHEDRAL AVE. Corner 34th St. Reached via Mass. Ave. to 34th St., them morth to Cathedral Ave,, or take Conn. Ave. to Cathdral Ave., then west to property. OPEN SUNDAY ALL DAY HEDGES & MIDDLETON, INC. 1412 Eye St. N, Realtors Franklin 9503 8 Morningside Drive NW. Noflt;ng Forma] About This Invitation Want to see tables you'd like in your home? Want to see how ador able your breakfast nook can be— what is proper for bedroom settings— or how to arrange your draperies— or the latest display of lamps and fx= tures? Come, then, to see Our Au- tumn Model Home of Colonial design, perfectly situated on a com-" manding elevation that towers above the entire City of Washington—in Shebhond Disk. ... Todagrortasinoon as you can. Drive out—and nearly i scorer o AR T Al e Biscoriilll gresiiyoi W icarieiilli: Noke you'll see this () home. Autumn 1929 Furnished representative Washington firms, an expert in its line. —b eac Furniture by— . S. Pool . 729 11th St. N.W. Draperies by— mos 1211 F S¢. N.W. Pictures by— S. J. Venable . 1307 H St. NW. Lamps and Fixtures by— C. R. Evans & Bro., Inc. 1328 I St. N.W. I To reach—drive out 16th St. to Alaska Ave. to Morningside Drive, turn left 2 blocks to this home. Jreuninger S Sons Incorporated 211 Investment Bldg.” National 2040 Washington's Oldest Established Builders REAL ESTATE. HOMECOMING PLANNE.D. Dinner to Be Served at Congrega- the annual homecoming. Rev. R.4W. Brooks will speak from ‘the subls “The Tragedy of Looking Dinner will be served at the church. hurch T TTOW. The Junior C. E. Society will meet b e at 4 pm, The Senior Sociely will pr:; At Lincoln Congregational Temple to- | sent a musical and literary v;:nm morrow morning there will be ‘oeleprated | 8:45 pm. The public is invited. BEAUTIFUL DETACHED HOME Just Off 16th—9 Rooms, 2 Baths 16,950 1418 MONTAGUE ST. rd 'HIS exclusively situated residence in the select Upper 16th section, near the 16th St. entrance to Rock Creek Park, has, through unusual circumstances, been priced at a figure several thousand dollars under reproduction cost to insure its IMMEDIATE sale. : Nine LARGE rooms, 2 baths, hollow tile construction, slate roof—heautifully landscaped grounds. Garage to match. Open Sunday 10 AM. to 9 P.M. 1418 Eye St. N.W. Exclusive. Agents 4331 Garfield St. Wesley PHeights - Convenience ‘and Beauty ESLEY HEIGHTS combines the two par- amount considerations in the selection I " of a home—convenience of location and . beauty of envirenment. In the midst of this nature's wonder- _land where the din of town never intrudes, one can hardly believe that in the short span of ten minutes you are in the heart of the busy city. Nowhere else is suburban beauty so conveniently linked to urban activity. Truly-in the city but not of it—nearer to its center than the Bureau of Sandards: .clofler even 'han the Soldiflrg‘ Home lias this Garden Spot of Waehington'—reached over the magnificent _Mauachusetts Avenue Boulevard that steadily climbs to the towering crests of Wesley Heights. The natural beauties are forever se- cure by Government parkways which form a barrier to disfiguring encroach- ment, and provide the superb scenery into which the artistically designed homes have been set—creating unusual effects that add to the charming picturesqueness. The musical ripple of natural springs mingling with the soft notes of chirping birds and the gende rustle of leafy bougha play a symphony of peace and content- ment. Exhibit Home 4331 Garfieid Street Completely Furnished by Dulin & Martin Open for inspection every day and evening, including Sunday, from 10 AM. to 9 PM. Motor out Massa- chusetts Avenue, crossing Wisconsin Avenue and turning left into Cathe- dray Avenue. W.C. & A.N. Miller - Owners and Developers 1119 Seventeenth Street Decatur 0610 i