The Serial Home-Seeker of Walla Walla
After four years of flipping properties to find the perfect residence, a local man believes he has finally landed on the right patch of ground.
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William Muncy enjoys the unique distinction of having purchased and disposed of eight distinct pieces of Walla Walla county property within the past four years in an effort to secure himself a suitable home. At last, he believes he has found it in the B. L. Sharpstein place, one mile east of the city limits, on the Moore road. The 11-acre tract was sold to Mr. Muncy by the Woodruff Company for $5,800. The property includes a chicken farm previously leased by G. W. Phelps, and Mr. Muncy plans to build a new residence on the site. He estimates he is nearly $5,000 ahead from his real estate transactions. In a separate deal, the old John Manion place west of the city was sold to C. Cowan, a wealthy Iowa farmer, for $3,000.
“Mr. Muncy declares he is nearly $5,000 to the good by his speculations in real estate.”
Walla Walla's real estate market has long been a place of high turnover and investment, though the ease with which individuals could move between 'eight distinct pieces of property' in four years highlights a vastly different era of land speculation compared to today's restricted housing supply.
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