With July wrapping up in a few minutes, I took a quick look at the total number of documents recorded this year from January 1 until July 31...

Ever since the Ibanez decision by the Supreme Judicial Court several years ago, the validity of the title to homes that have a foreclosure i...

Almost every day a customer comes to the registry of deeds and announces "I want to add a name to my deed."  When we reply "y...

Governor Patrick signed a new law yesterday that provides some potential relief to people who own homes in flood zones.  Previously, lenders...

This August the traffic pattern in downtown Lowell will undergo a big change.  The web of one way streets that have been in place for a half...

Today's Globe business page has a story about a bill pending in the legislature that would create financial incentives for condominium ...

Electronic recording continues to be a major part of our operations.  Here's a month-by-month breakdown of the number of documents recor...

With the month of June in the past we can now look at statistics for the first six months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.  The ...

For a couple of weeks I've refrained from posting here.  It started as only a day or two that was missed but then grew.  Future posts mi...

A recent email caused me to dust off my recollection of the distinction between “old” and “new” tenancies by the entirety.   Here’s t...

With all Registries of Deeds in Massachusetts expected to begin offering electronic recording as an option by July 1, 2014 or shortly therea...

The statistical malaise in the real estate market continued through April with the overall number of documents recorded down by 30% from Apr...

Someone from a local bank just emailed with a request that I send the registry's holiday schedule for the remainder of 2014.  If one per...

Earlier this week the Massachusetts Registers of Deeds Association met in Worcester and agreed to begin the process of updating the Massachu...

The stagnant real estate market continued through March.  No doubt the nasty weather was a factor but things slowed down as far back as Sept...

The Gallagher Terminal on Thorndike Street, just across the South Common from the Superior Courthouse and the Registry of Deeds, begins a ma...

Today's Globe has a story about how new Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has added a couple of big screen computer monitors to the mayor's ...

Recording stats for the first half of March show that mortgage activity is still extremely sluggish.  For the first two weeks of March in 20...

March 17 is still recognized as a holiday in Suffolk County, I believe, and that holiday is Evacuation Day which has nothing (directly) to d...

The percentage of documents being recorded electronically is down from the same time last year.  I don't think the decline is related to...