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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Old grantor/grantee indexes online

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A short time ago we finally added the scanned images of our old Grantor and Grantee Indexes to our website. They're available to everyo...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Electrical Issues

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For the past few months several of our computers have exploded while being plugged in. At the time we rationalized the situation with variou...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

More culpability for the mortgage meltdown

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Clayton Holdings is a company that analyzed mortgage pools for rating agencies such as Moody's and Standard and Poor's and many of t...
Monday, September 27, 2010

The Looms at Boott Mill Lowell

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This video was originally post on YouTube by lala412 Here is the video description: The looms in the museum at Boott Mill in Lowell, MA. ht...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Techie Shorts

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Thursday a software glitch crashed the popular social networking site Facebook. For two hours and millions of Facebookers found themse...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

"Reinstating" a mortgage

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A major national lender contacted us with a question about "reinstating" a mortgage. The lender had erroneously recorded a discha...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

You've Got Mail...From Steve Jobs

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This story is almost unbelievable, if it is true. Let me ask you this...Can you image any circumstances under which the CEO of a mega-compa...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

GMAC halts foreclosures

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GMAC announced that it would immediately halt all foreclosure related activity in 23 states (including Massachusetts, I believe) to complete...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Redfin v Zillow

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Two years ago a website called Zillow.com burst upon the scene providing extensive information about homes for sale. Last week, someone tol...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Trailer for "The Figther"

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The trailer for The Fighter filmed right here in Lowell hit YouTube yesterday with as bang. After just one day, over 126,000 people have vi...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

September 2010: mid-month statistics

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With September half done (that's hard to believe) I decided to take a mid-month glimpse at our recording stats. Here are the number of ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Apple's Almost Jacket

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I finally bought the new iPhone 4G. I’ve had it for about two weeks now and yes, I like it. Sure, I was a little nervous about purchasing th...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Foreclosures and home values

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I'm researching the long-term consequences of all the foreclosures we've experienced during the last few years and have some prelimi...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Registered Land Doc Check

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Last month we began to quality check our Registered Land Documents. In Massachusetts the Registry of Deeds is required to keep all original ...
Friday, September 10, 2010

Mortgage fraud indictments

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Today's Globe reports that a Massachusetts attorney has been indicted by the US Attorney for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme which ...
Thursday, September 09, 2010

Electronic Recording Stats

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During the last few days of August, it seemed like we were processing a never-ending stream of electronic recordings, certainly more than wo...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Google TV is Coming

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Google TV is coming this Fall and if it lives up to the hype it will change our television viewing experience forever. Google TV will run Go...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Let the market fall?

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Over the weekend an article in the New York Times suggested that some economists and housing analysts are coming to the conclusion that the...
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Friday, September 03, 2010

Hurricane Earl

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A quick glance at online weather radar shows that the leading edge of the rain accompanying Hurricane Earl has reached Nantucket and Martha...
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Registry records on Google Books?

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This past Monday I attended a meeting in Boston with most of my register of deeds colleagues to discuss technology. Electronic recording an...
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