2011 Recording Statistics

With 2011 now at an end, we can look at recording statistics for the year and compare them to the numbers from 2010.

The total number of documents recorded in 2011 was down 6% from the number in 2010, sliding from 63,122 in 2010 to 59,563 in 2011;

The number of deeds recorded was down 4%, going from 5390 in 2010 to 5158 in 2011;

The number of mortgages was down 14%, going from 13,675 in 2010 to 11,818 in 2011;

The number of orders of notice was down 37%, dropping from 1143 in 2010 to 720 in 2011;

The number of foreclosure deeds was down 27%, dropping from 1143 to 720.

The 59,563 documents recorded in 2011 was the lowest annual total since 2008 when only 56,011 were recorded.  The previous low occurred in 1991 with 52,019.  The peak of recording came in 2003 when we handled 146,956 documents.