Massachusetts law imposes an excise tax on the sale of real estate.  The tax is based on the sales price of the property and is assessed at ...

The Registry of Deeds collects revenue for the Commonwealth through recording fees, excise tax stamps and surcharges for the Community Prese...

Again in August 40% of the documents recorded at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds came to us electronically.  That's the third mont...

Here's a look at the total number of various types of documents that were recorded in August compared to the same month in 2013: DEEDS...

We haven't heard much about foreclosures recently.  Most likely that's because the volume of foreclosure activity is down.  By forec...

The Middlesex North Registry of Deeds recorded 5028 documents.  Of them, 2013 (40%) were recorded electronically.  This percentage is on the...

I've written several posts recently (on July 30 and on August 12 ) about Senate Bill 1987, "An Act clearing titles to foreclosed p...

The practice of securitizing mortgages was one of the key drivers of the real estate bubble of a decade ago.  By bundling thousands of mortg...

As this year's session of the state legislature came to a close at the end of July, it seemed that Senate Bill 1987, An Act clearing tit...

One of the leading Massachusetts real estate lawyers of the second half of the twentieth century, Lowell-native Arthur L. Eno, Jr., passed...

Here are the number of various document types recorded in July 2014 compared to the number from July 2013. For the entire registry distric...

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...