I recently came across a list I made in 2014 titled "Future Capabilities of Registry of Deeds." Here is what it said: Make all s...

The Massachusetts Registers of Deeds Association will release a new version of the Deed Indexing Standards on January 1, 2018. The current 2...

Recently someone asked me if we see many deeds of distribution here at the registry of deeds. We don't. I scrolled through nearly 1500 d...

As September comes to an end, a few holidays start popping up on our calendar. Here is how they will affect hours of operation at the Middle...

The September 2017 edition of the Merrimack Valley Housing Report was just delivered to subscribers by email. This monthly electronic n...

A Boston Globe op-ed this morning speculated that when Congress takes up tax reform this fall, one of the deductions that may be eliminated...

Each month I prepare and distribute by email the Lowell Real Estate Report. This document shows all property sales in Lowell during the prev...

Each month at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds, we post a sales report for each of the ten towns in the district. Sorted by property ad...

Here are the numbers of major document types recorded at the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in August 2017 compared to August 2016, first...

Overnight I received an email asking if a promissory note is recorded where land is used as collateral. Here's how I responded: P...

Since 2011, homeowners in Massachusetts have an automatic homestead that protects up to $125,000 in the equity of the family residence. If t...

The Merrimack Valley Housing Report is a monthly electronic newsletter on housing issues and trends in the Merrimack Valley. It is pr...

There's an interesting story in today's Globe about efforts by people in the state's legal community to get the Massachusetts Tr...

Recently I received an email from a homeowner asking if Massachusetts law requires that a mortgage that “is transferred from one compan...