LowellDeeds
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Revenue

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Besides maintaining official copies of land records for land located in the registry district, the registry of deeds also collects revenue f...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012

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An attorney who was recording documents this afternoon volunteered that new flood insurance rules and policies that are just now going into ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Northeast Association of Realtors annual meeting

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Yesterday I was the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Northeast Association of Realtors at their Westford headquarters.  Advertise...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Northern Middlesex Council of Governments celebrates 50 years

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Last night the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG) celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Westford Regency Hotel.  Consisting ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

News about planned Lowell Judicial Center

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Yesterday afternoon Harry Spence, the Court Administrator of the Massachusetts Trial Court, visited Lowell tour the Superior and District C...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Development in downtown Worcester

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Today's Globe has a story about the challenges facing the city of Worcester as it tries to revive its downtown.  Much of the activity i...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Electronic recording since 2005

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Year # of efiles % of all docs Total Recordings 2005 1057 1% 87...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Columbus Day and remaining 2013 holidays

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This coming Monday, October 14, 2013, is Columbus Day so the registry of deeds will be closed.  The office will also be closed on Monday, ...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

E-filing stats for September

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Electronic recording continues to be a big part of our overall volume of document recording.  In September, we recorded a total of 5089 docu...
Monday, October 07, 2013

Homestead seminar in Billerica this morning

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Today I traveled to the Billerica Council on Aging to talk about the homestead.  More than 30 people attended and we had a lively discussion...
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013

September recording statistics

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Here are the recording statistics for September 2013 compared to September 2012: There was a 24% increase in the number of deeds recorded,...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mid-month statistics

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The number of key documents we recorded in August was down from both August of last year and from July of this year, so we're keeping cl...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Revenue

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The registry of deeds collects a variety of recording fees, surcharges and taxes and passes them all along to the general fund of the Common...
Monday, September 09, 2013

Banning cell phones in courthouses

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The Globe yesterday reported on a growing trend in Massachusetts of courthouses imposing outright bans on the carrying of cell phones withi...
Friday, September 06, 2013

Electronic recording stats for August

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Electronic recording continues to be a growing part of registry operations, accounting for 37% of all documents recorded in August (of 5785 ...
Tuesday, September 03, 2013

August recording statistics

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Here are some recording statistics from the month of August and year-to-date, both compared to the same period in 2012. For August: The ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Some Registry of Deeds history

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At yesterday's meeting of the Massachusetts Registries of Deeds Modernization and Efficiency Commission meeting held in Springfield, Mar...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Restrictions on electronic devices in courthouse next week

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Because of a high profile case (Commonwealth v Walter Shelley) that is to be tried in the Middlesex Superior Courthouse in Lowell next week,...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Median sales price in Lowell: 2000 to 2012

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The documents recorded here at the Registry of Deeds don't identify the use of the property (residential, retail, industrial, etc) but d...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Blackberry and Wang

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New York Times columnist wrote yesterday about the troubles of Blackberry, comparing the communications device manufacture formerly known a...
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