Here are the statistics for this July compared to the same month in 2012: Deeds were up 16%, rising from 510 to 667 Mortgages were up 3%,...

Fortunately the number of foreclosures we're seeing are down considerably but there are still plenty of them.  Someone recently asked in...

July 22, 2013 (Monday) 1070 Middlesex St for $215,000 607 Chelmsford St for $182,000 July 23, 2013 (Tuesday) 94 Carlisle St for $18...

An article in today's New York Times describes ongoing problems with the Federal home mortgage modification program.  Not only have far ...

The Registry of Deeds Modernization and Efficiency Commission that was established by Section 124 of Chapter 165 of the Acts of 2012 meets t...

July 15, 2013 (Monday) 16 Merrimack St Unit 4D for $90,000 (prior sale in 2009 for $75,000) 29 School St Unit 29 for $174,500 (prior in...

We've had some unusually busy days recently.  Last Friday and this Monday saw a lot of documents recorded and today had many closings ev...

The Middlesex Superior Couthouse in Lowell is an old building (1848 and 1894) but there are ample window air conditioners to keep the temper...

With 2013 half done, we'll take a day to look at statistics, particularly those related to electronic recording.  Of the 35,682 document...

Now that June is finished we can look at recording statistics for the month and for the first half of 2013 (comparing both to the same time ...

It was a busy week at the registry of deeds, especially for sales of property in Lowell: June 24, 2013 (Monday) 491 Dutton St, Unit 511...

New York Times columnist and former business writer Joe Nocera has a column about a bipartisan effort in the US Senate to dismantle Fannie ...

Although June is nearly at an end, here's a look back at our volume of electronic recording during the month of May.  We recorded from a...

The following properties in Lowell sold this week for the amounts indicated: June 17, 2013 (Monday) 491 Dutton St Unit 520 for $225,0...

The long talked-about sale of 305 Gorham Street, a portion of the lot where St. Peter's Church formerly stood, by Cooney Development LLC...

Although we don't see many here at Middlesex North, some of the other registries of deeds in Massachusetts report a fairly regular level...

District wide statistics for June 1 thru June 15 for 2012 and 2013: For the first half of June 2012 there were 266 deeds; for the first ha...

I just updated our foreclosure auction calendar which can be viewed HERE .  There are seven foreclosure auctions scheduled for this week. ...

June 10, 2013 (Monday) 40 Sayles St for $185,000 799 Chelmsford St for $231,700 581 Lakeview Ave for $150,000 June 11, 2013 (Tuesda...

The city of Lowell dropped off a big pile of tax takings to be recorded today - 227 in all, 218 on recorded land (document type TAKE) and 9 ...