Registry News and Notes
Closing early Friday Sept. 21, 2018.
The Registry of Deeds will be closing at 3:30pm Friday September 21, 2018. We will be working on some office upgrades starting Friday and into the weekend. The carpets will be replaced and we will be switching our phone and Internet provider. Unfortunately, this...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in August 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN AUGUST 2018 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2017 All figures are based on sales or mortgages over $10,000.00 and it does not include time share transfers. 2017 sales volume: 55 2018 sales volume: 45 18.18% decrease 2017 total sales value:...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in July 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN JULY 2018 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2017 All figures are based on sales or mortgages over $10,000.00 and it does not include time share transfers. 2017 sales volume: 41 2018 sales volume: 39 4.88% decrease 2017 total sales value:...
Land Records Conservation
This past April we sent four of the land records books from the late 1800’s to be preserved by Kofile Technologies in Vermont. The pages were found to have Chlorophenol Red, which is acidic. Acidity is a major cause of paper deterioration and must be dealt...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in June 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN JUNE 2018 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2017 All figures are based on sales or mortgages over $10,000.00 and it does not include time share transfers. 2017 sales volume: 53 2018 sales volume: 57 2017 total sales value: $74,196,900.00 2018...
Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending Seminar
On June 12 at the Southern Essex Registry of Deeds, the MAAPL staff presented an informative seminar on how to spot common violations in Foreclosure-related documents recorded in Registries of Deeds. Thank you to Register O'Brien and the crew from MAAPL this important...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in May 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN MAY 2018 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2017All figures are based on sales or mortgages over $10,000.00 and it does not include time share transfers.2017 sales volume: 58 2018 sales volume: 57 1.7% decrease 2017 total sales value:...
Register’s Association Meeting in Plymouth County
On Wednesday May 19, 2018 the Massachusetts Registers and Assistant Registers of Deeds Association met in Plymouth County to discuss technological advancements and pending legislation affecting Registries of Deeds throughout Massachusetts. This was also one of a...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in April 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN APRIL 2018 AS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2017 All figures are based on sales or mortgages over $10,000.00 and it does not include time share transfers. 2017 sales volume: 44 2018 sales volume: 55 (25% increase) 2017 total sales value:...
Bill H.4000 – An Act relative to deeds excise receipts
Bill H.4000 was reported favorably by Committee on Revenue and referred to the Committee on House Ways and Means in November of 2017. This bill would amend Chapter 64D of the General Laws allowing the counties of Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth to...