Due to the volume of sales in FY’21, Deeds Excise was about 77% higher than the previous fiscal year, and set a new record high. The highest sale of the fiscal year was the 304-acre Aquinnah property owned by the estate of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis which was purchased by the Martha’s Land Bank and Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation for $27 million.
In the following pages please find visual representations of Registry data including a 4-year comparison of revenues, deeds recorded, total documents recorded, and deeds excise, as well as a breakdown of the deeds excise between the Registry, the Commonwealth, and the County.