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Show CONDITIONS HOST FAVOSABLE MKE -MARKET , BUOYANT Real Estate Dealers Report Increased Sales and Most Hopeful OutlooK. Btlv improvement with an in creased demand for all kinds' of real estate; mora inquiries thi weak than last', and more purchasers; money easier than it baa been for some moot ha. with the prospects for home building dur iog the -cummer better than it has been for more than a year. These are no me features of the local market a told by leading real estate dealers when asked regarding the present conditions aa1 hj .lwilr Four of the leading, dealers said this morning that they had not the lesst bit of reason for making any complaint. "Our business is growing better every week. We have made more sales 'this week than we made last week and last week was the best .that w have had for several months." waa a general gen-eral statement of conditions. One dealer declared that the demand for small farms near the city was keening up'with a""persI1encTthit-ie had never known during his experience as a real estate dealer. "It seems that manv of the people want to get out on the farm, with the result that we have a constant lemnl for this class of property. During the past week we have, sold two chicken ranches and one fruit farm, all of which are close to the eity. We had expected that with the coming of spring and the planting of trope there would be . little demand for farina of anv kind, but we find that the demand is not only keeping up but, if anything, is Increasing." The manager of another firm said: "We have done an excellent business busi-ness this week in building lota In van ous parts of the city. We have alsa had several 'inquiries for homes, of which we have sold two or three. In addition addi-tion to this we have had an increased demand . for business property ami hve every reason to believe that we will close a number of these deals within the next few day. ' While builifing is not as active as contractors and others would wish, a number of new homes were etarted during the week, with the prospects that several- more will be commenced within with-in a week or two. Work on the many homes now being erected in different parts of the eitv is being rushed with all possible speed, rh is the work on the several business blocks that are now in course of erection. erec-tion. - |