Registry News and Notes
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in October 2024
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN OCTOBER 2024 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023 All figures are based on sales and mortgages over $10,000.00. 2023 total # of docs recorded: 669 2024 total # of docs recorded: 774 15.70% increase 2023 sales volume: 46 2024 sales volume: 64...
LifeLock Alerts
Our office is receiving calls from individuals, many identifying as LifeLock Identity Theft Protection members, who received a "New property detected" email/text notifications sent in error by LifeLock. These emails incorrectly linked them to property ownership in our...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in September 2024
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER 2024 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023 All figures are based on sales and mortgages over $10,000.00. 2023 total # of docs recorded: 617 2024 total # of docs recorded: 608 1.46% decrease 2023 sales volume: 47 2024 sales volume: 44...
FY’24 Year End Report
FY’24 demonstrated a continued decrease in overall real estate activity impacted by the higher interest rates along with a lack of inventory. The Registry experienced a 12% decrease in overall revenue in comparison to the previous fiscal year and a 46% decrease if...
Registered Land Seminar
On Friday, September 20th, 2024, we had the pleasure to have Honorable Judge Robert B. Foster, Chief Title Examiner Christina T. Geaney, and Chief Surveyor Stephen T. LaMonica on the island and hold a Registered Land Seminar for our Dukes County community. The seminar...
Increase In Massachusetts Homestead Exemption
In August of 2024 the Governor approved an Act that amends the Massachusetts declared homestead exemption from $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. See August 2024 Amendment here. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2024/Chapter150 On August 6, 2024, Session Law...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in August 2024
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN AUGUST 2024 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023 2023 total # of docs recorded: 676 2024 total # of docs recorded: 610 9.76% decrease 2023 sales volume: 50 2024 sales volume: 33 34.00% decrease 2023 total sales value: $79,820,931.55 2024...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in July 2024
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN JULY 2024 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2023 All figures are based on sales and mortgages over $10,000.00. 2023 total # of docs recorded: 591 2024 total # of docs recorded: 602 1.86% increase 2023 sales volume: 44 2024 sales volume: 36...
Registered Land Seminar
The Registry of Deeds will be offering a Registered Land Seminar on September 20th at the MV Museum with Land Court Judge Robert B. Foster, Chief Title Examiner Christina T. Geaney, and Chief Surveyor Stephen T. LaMonica. This event provides a unique opportunity to...
Outage 7-19
The worldwide software outage has affected our e-recording portals and the Mass Land Records website. The Registry of Deeds remains open for in person recordings and our public search terminals are operational.