Show r 7 REAL ESTATE EST DEALERS OPTIMISTIC FOR 1934 Property Survey in Salt take Lake Shows Decrease in Vacant Va- Va Vacant Vacant cant Dwellings By BLAIR RICHARDSON President of the Ithe Salt Lake Real Estate Board Boud Everyone expects a real estate man manto manto manto to be an optimist Because they are arc optimists many discount statements realtors may make I This year even een a real estate man does not need to be on nn optimist to know that conditions are ere better or orto orto orto to know that the outlook o in the realty field is bright for the thc coming year Facts speak for themselves Believing that the real estate busness business bus busi ness should be built around concrete facts arts eight years ago the Salt Lake Real Estate board conducted its iti first survey In our city Each year since then a survey has has been made so that Realtors realtors know the exact vacancies vacancies cies cies in in homes stores and apartments Change hange In population from one part ot of the city to another is followed Progress in home building In various I. I sections and nd trends of every nature are ire shown in statistics secured During the past year improvements I have save been general In our city at I the present time lime are arc 1702 usable wable Vacant vacant va Va- cant habitations consisting of houses two and thre three family dwellings and 1 In In 1932 the vacancies totaled 2343 l places laces or more unoccupied habitations habitations than this year and this in spite of the fact that more families are doubled up with friends and relatives rel sd- than a year ago aso One doesn't need to be an optimist to realize what will happen to real estate values and rentals when 1148 families now doubled up begin to look for home homes or apartments of their own Rentals Go Hither Higher Compared with a year ago rentals are higher and demand has in creased All metal prices have advanced advanced ad ad- greatly Farm products prices are h are Savin Savings gs accounts have Increased Automobile sales are greater Theater attendance is jg larger Collections have improved Wool prices are up But above all else the mental attitude of everyone is different Even those who were pessimistic a year ago are now hopeful of the future and those who a year ago had confidence in the future are now confident that nothing today offers such good chances for future profits as real estate at today's prices |