Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-13 | Page 26 | Demand for Houses Exceeds the Supply

DEMAND FOB HOUSES ' EKCEE08JHE SUPPLY Few Unoccupied Places and for Each Vacant One There Are . Many Applicants. "Show me a house of any kind for rent and I will show you a dozen men who want It." said a local rental agent Saturday. Sat-urday. "I lore we are with spring moving mov-ing time only a few weeks away and there Is not a single house on our list, modern or ancient, close in or suburban. This Is a condition that indicates prosperity pros-perity for every one excepting the house-bolder house-bolder who Is unfortunate enough to be in urgent need for a home. "One of our clients has been calling at the office two or three times a. day for the last month, trying vto get a house and. In the meantime, we havo been watching for one, without success. Yq-terday Yq-terday she placed her order for a vacant lot, which she wants to rent, aud put up a tent for temporary use until, she can find a bouse." The condition of the rental market in Salt Iakc at the present gives assurance to the many builders of fiats and apartments apart-ments that their buildings will be filled n.s soon as they can be completed and. despite the large amount of building planned for the .spring and summer, local real estate men say thcro is no danger of overdoing In the matter of providing homes for tho thousands of families who aro adding to the population of Salt J.akc chcIi year. The growth of the residence part of the city Is rapidly assuming a wider range. Inasmuch as practically all of the citv within "walking distance" Is now built up and the. home hunters obliged to go farther out from the business dis-. trict arc taking tho position that so long as they must spend money for car fare regularly they might as well get out to the benches and get their money's worth In car rides and pleasant surroundings.