Registry News and Notes
Courthouse Closure Thursday 11/8/18
Please be aware that the Dukes County Courthouse (including the Registry of Deeds) will be closed to the public Thursday November 8th for emergency repairs to the heating system. The building is expected to reopen again Friday November 9th. If you have a closing...
Dukes County Real Estate Activity in September 2018
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER 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: 71 2018 sales volume: 56 21.13% decrease 2017 total sales value:...
Evolution of the US Land Registry Webinar
The Property Records Industry Association, commonly known as PRIA announced the “Evolution of the US Land Registry” webinar which is happening Thursday, October 25 at 3 p.m., ET presented by Zach Zaharek, Sr. corporate counsel, Data Trace. This webinar is...
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:...