Middlesex Register of Probate allegedly caught stealing money from office Aug 8, 2008
I want to thank the Secretary of State's Office, the Registry of Deeds, the Trial Court, and the Chief Justice for Administration and Management for their cooperation during this investigation. I also want to commend the members of the Massachusetts State Police in our PACT Unit for their comprehensive investigation and that investigation continues. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Middlesex official accused of stealing funds from machines Aug 7, 2008
Buonomo is accused of robbing copy and cash machines in the Registry of Deeds office at least 18 times since June, Leone said. The Registry of Deeds office is in the same Cambridge Street building as the Registry of Probate office ... Buonomo did not have authorization to access the cash machines in the Registry of Deeds office, but the keys to machines in his office matched keys for the machines at the Registry of Deeds, officials said. (Boston Globe)
The Boston Herald is reporting Aug 7, 2008
State police assigned to Leone s office planted hidden cameras in the Registry of Deeds - located in the same building as the register of probate - after employees noticed monthly shortages in money from their copy machines, he said. Over the last eight weeks, usually at the end of the work day, Buonomo was allegedly captured on video accessing the machines in the basement and on the second floor of the registry at least 18 times. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
County challengers aim to reform, dissolve institution Aug 6, 2008
The county oversees the sheriff s office and jail, the county courthouses, which are owned by the county but funded and run by the state, Presidents Golf Course in Quincy, the Agricultural High School in Walpole and the Registry of Deeds. Among its functions, the Norfolk County government also helps its 28 cities and towns with planning and traffic studies, resource sharing and building regional coalitions, said county Director Dan Matthews. (Medfield Press, MA)
Will Meet With Jindal... Jul 22, 2008
"Governor Romney...imposed a slew of fee hikes and tax 'loophole' closures....The largest of these was $259 million worth of fee hikes in FY 2004, the bulk of which came from higher Registry of Deeds fees. Smaller fee hikes, including higher charges for boaters and golfers, we imposed in FY 2003 and FY 2005. Romney also sought $128 million worth of so-called tax loophole closures for FY 2004; $70 million for FY 2005; and $170 million for FY 2006, which were later reduced to $85 million due to... (The Drudge Report)
New Harvard Square hotel to be called Veritas Jul 15, 2008
5 million in March 2007, according to Registry of Deeds records. Thomas O Connell, manager of Marina Bay Management Services and the new manager of Veritas, is the only listed borrower on the mortgage. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Letter: New era begins at Registry of Deeds Jul 13, 2008
On Friday, May 23, we closed on a chapter of history, when we recorded our final document at 36 Federal St., Salem, at the building that has housed the Registry of Deeds since 1913. This building has so much historic significance and so many wonderful memories for me and the many people who have worked here, including the legal community, title examiners and others. (Amesbury News, MA)
Made in the shade Jul 8, 2008
(The home actually sold to Gordon and Adele Binder of California, according to Berkshire Middle District Registry of Deeds. So for now, Governor Deval Patrick and his wife, Diane, will remain the town's most famous homeowners. (Boston Globe)
Arson Rate Surges Across U.S. for Foreclosed Homes Lost to Subprime Crisis Jul 4, 2008
The house has been empty since the subprime mortgage defaulted in August 2007, the same month the lender, GreenPoint Mortgage, went out of business after selling the loan to investors in a mortgage-backed security called BS ABS 2004-AC5 2300, according to documents at the Bristol County Registry of Deeds. For every , you have more empty homes and more people who may become homeless,'' said Hall, of the National Fire Protection Association. (Bloomberg)
County commissioners pay slashed Jun 23, 2008
8 million budget from fees collected by the Registry of Deeds, but that source has dried up during the housing slump. The sale of the old Registry building (to local businessman Kevin Craffey) might have balanced the fiscal 2009 budget (which kicks in July 1), using $600,000 of the $850,000 price tag. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
County a $28 million operation Jun 14, 2008
"For example, law enforcement, jail operation, prosecution, three courts, child support collection, a registry of deeds, a place where birth, death and marriage records are kept, someone who helps veterans access benefits that they're eligible for, probation services for those who are released from jail and state prison, not mention picking up stray dogs and cats, patrolling snowmobile trails, boat patrol on larger lakes, 4-H programs for kids, agricultural programs for farmers, mental health... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Union Cemetery needs your help May 28, 2008
That process took Knapp months researching historical records from the mid-1800s, eventually finding proof of the Union Cemetery Corporation s existence at the Salem Registry of Deeds. Volunteers reestablished the UCC in July 2006 creating a legal corporate entity that could issue permission to install a new fence at the site and then voluntarily turn over ownership of the Union Cemetery to the town of Georgetown. (Georgetown Record, MA)
The rich splurge on bargains May 20, 2008
1 million, according to the Middlesex Registry of Deeds records. Bush, a cousin of President Bush, said he's not a car guy, and has no immediate plans to purchase other big-ticket luxury items. (Boston Globe)
Framingham State working toward land deals May 18, 2008
The college is working on deals for 14 Adams Road, owned by Mark and Lizabeth Glynn, and 22 Adams Road, owned by David O'Brien, according to the Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Dale Hamel, college vice president of administration, finance and institutional advancement, wouldn't comment on the price the school would pay for the properties, as negotiations are ongoing with the owners. (Framingham TAB, MA)
What To Do When Your Landlord Goes Bust May 12, 2008
Check with your state's Registry of Deeds, either online or at a local courthouse. To find out your rights, check with your state's housing agency. (Forbes)
Last Town Meeting session includes money for Ventress May 8, 2008
The state contributes to the fund through a $20 filing fee at the Registry of Deeds across the state, and communities contribute locally through a 3 percent surcharge on real estate tax. The state has matched our contributions dollar for dollar for the last seven years, said Carreiro. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Community Notes May 3, 2008
In an effort to prevent any homeowner from paying such an exorbitant fee for a service that is readily available locally, O Donnell wants all residents of Norfolk County to know that a certified copy of their deed may be obtained from the Registry of Deeds at 649 High St. in Dedham from Monday through Friday during regular business hours of 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at a cost of $1 per page. If you can t come to the office, you can send a request by mail to the Norfolk Registry of Deeds at P.O. Box 69,... (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
The fiscal year in review Apr 16, 2008
Richard Howe, register of deeds from the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds, reported on various customer services available. For example, the department has a Web site featuring documents online that date to the 1600s. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
County OKs lease for Old County Road property Apr 1, 2008
Last month, a deed transfer was filed in the Registry of Deeds from Jane Edmunds, Walter Hight II and Louis Hight to Louis and Walter Hights. Blue Griffin filed a purchase and sales agreement for the property with the city in its application for a 75-foot communications tower. (Courier Publications, ME)
Facing foreclosure Feb 15, 2008
A foreclosure deed is filed with the registry of deeds when the property is sold at auction. Recent foreclosure findings. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Patrick's gambit: Governor pushes revenue plan Jan 25, 2008
Needham Selectman and Norfolk County Registry of Deeds Executive Assistant Dan Matthews asked the governor if a general tax increase was in the works, suggesting the state was out of money. Patrick said it was his responsibility to squeeze out as much money as he could from the budget before increasing taxes. (Canton Journal, MA)
Billionaire sold $14 million site to archdiocese for under $100 Jan 21, 2008
The Globe pieced together a picture of the transaction from filings with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds, the secretary of state's office, and the Braintree assessor's office. According to the documents, a company controlled by Flatley sold the property in November for less than $100 to a company established that same day by the archdiocesan chancellor, James P. McDonough. (Boston Globe)
State workers would see hikes in health costs under Patrick plan Jan 13, 2008
Those offices, which have 3,000 employees and are funded by counties through fees paid to the registry of deeds, would become part of the state's Executive Office of Public Safety. The maneuver would do little to boost the state's bottom line next year, but would save about $10 million annually for the counties where the sheriffs serve - Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk. (Boston Globe)
Alpha Omega files for bankruptcy protection Jan 3, 2008
In November, he pledged his $2 million home in Lexington as collateral for business financing that the Alpha Omega parent company, Lexington Jewelers Exchange, had signed with LaSalle Business Credit, according to the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Middlesex County records show Handa remortgaged his house and a second piece of property he owned about a dozen times in the last 11 years, often for million-dollar-plus sums. (Boston Globe)
Long trail of debt at shuttered Alpha Omega Dec 21, 2007
Last month, he pledged his $2 million home in Lexington as collateral for business financing that the Alpha Omega parent company, Lexington Jewelers Exchange, had signed with LaSalle Business Credit, according to the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Raman's house was empty on Wednesday, with snow-covered luxury cars parked outside, and calls to him and other family members at home and in their Cambridge corporate office were not returned yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Framingham State eyes Marlborough Conference Center purchase Dec 19, 2007
8 million, according to records at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds. Officials at GHP Office Realty could not be reached for comment. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Tracing the towns geological history Dec 6, 2007
One of the thrilling moments in retracing this history was finding her x on the land sale document in Cambridge s Registry of Deeds, he said. When Sarah died in 1736, it was the end of 10,000 years of a singular culture, Mitchell stated. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Years later, West Roxbury section to flip to right ZIP Dec 3, 2007
Tobin is talking with the Suffolk Registry of Deeds to clear up any confusion about the neighborhood name. Nora Greally moved to West Roxbury last year after 20 years in Roslindale. (Boston Globe)
As Middlesex North Register of Deeds, Richard P. Howe Jr. has witnessed the drama of the volatile housing market Oct 22, 2007
He was at the Registry of Deeds when housing prices tripled, and he is there now, as overextended homeowners are losing the roofs over their heads ... One day this summer, the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds recorded 12 foreclosure deeds, and in every case the owners had borrowed every cent of the purchase price. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Area home auctions hit the roof Oct 21, 2007
The numbers show the actual number of foreclosure deeds filed at registry of deeds offices in Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties. A deed is recorded once a property has been auctioned. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Lowell Sun editor purchases Meehan house Oct 18, 2007
According to records filed with the Middlesex North County Registry of Deeds, Campanini purchased Meehan's 3,000-square-foot house for $585,000 ... Nine months later, according to documents filed with the registry of deeds, the bank issued Campanini a $200,000 mortgage on his new house. (Boston Globe)
Chamber hosts breakfast with local legislators Oct 13, 2007
He has to run his department like a business, he said, and the arcane formula for allocating state funds is dependent on everything from fluctuations in the real estate market (due to Registry of Deeds revenue) to the number of prisoners from different government agencies held in the county jail, which is now one of the 100 largest prisons in the country. We generate more revenue than all of the other county sheriffs combined, McDonald said. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Illegal immigrants own homes with help of bank loans Sep 18, 2007
He spoke on condition that his name not be published because it is easily found in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, and he fears immigration officials would track him down. "They have houses because the banks gave them a loan.". (Boston Globe)
Former buildings and grounds chief admits knowing about illegal activity Sep 5, 2007
The registry of deeds is now operated by the state. The county schools are run by the state now. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Office park units sold Aug 31, 2007
According to the Rockingham County Registry of Deeds, the combined selling price of the 16 units was $4,331,492, which represents "the shells" only. Buyers then contracted for custom fit-up at additional cost. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
On Nantucket, $26.5m is fair trade for solitude Aug 30, 2007
Records in the Registry of Deeds and at the Nantucket Land Bank showed no higher sale price for a piece of residential land. The plot stretches from the road to Nantucket Sound in low, undulating dunes thick with grasses, rockrose plants, and bluestem flowers. (Boston Globe -- Local)
John Henry on base with his bid for McCourt mansion Aug 25, 2007
Records filed at the Norfolk Country Registry of Deeds confirmed the sale price and disclosed the buyer as Summera Realty Trust. Celebrities and other wealthy buyers often use trusts or other legal entities for real estate transactions to help ensure their privacy. (Boston Globe)
Tribe gets option to purchase more land Aug 15, 2007
The options on the land will be recorded at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, and no further action is expected to be taken on them for more than a year, as the tribe negotiates with state and federal officials on building the casino. The tribe intends to place the entire 531 acres in federal trust, a status that exempts the site from state and local control. (Boston Globe)
Fidelity settling in at Danvers branch Aug 12, 2007
Columbia Massachusetts Centennial Industrial LLC officially bought the property from RFP Juniper Centennial LLC on July 25, according to filings at the Registry of Deeds in Salem. RFP bought the building from Saucony Inc. for $ 7. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Reports U.S. Attorney: Three People Indicted on Fraud Charges in Connection with Bogus 'Sale' of Dorchester Property Jul 12, 2007
The Indictment alleges that from December 2006 until they were arrested at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds on January 23, 2007, LAMERIQUE, BONAS and LASSEGUE attempted to obtain more than $420,000 from a mortgage company by creating a fictitious "sale" of a residence in Dorchester, MA without the owner's knowledge ... The defendants were arrested on January 23, 2007, at the Registry of Deeds when the closing was conducted by an undercover Massachusetts state trooper acting as the closing... (PR Newswire)
Penthouse view Jun 25, 2007
4 million, according to the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds. The four-bedroom condo has two private decks, three balconies, and two fireplaces, according to city records. (Boston Globe)
Daystar coming to town Jun 22, 2007
According to the Rockingham County Registry of Deeds, the combined selling price of the three units was $829,770. Great Bay Commons was developed by Astoria Properties LLC and was designed and constructed by Opechee Construction, both of Belmont. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Pitchin' on the Ritz Jun 11, 2007
The Office star Steve Carell and his actress wife, Nancy Walls, purchased a four-bedroom house in the seaside South Shore town of Marshfield for $700,000, according to the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds. The Acton-bred Carell stars in Evan Almighty, which opens June 22, and filmed Dan in Real Life in Rhode Island last fall. (Boston Globe)
Treasured Hunt May 27, 2007
Belkin had done research at the Essex County Registry of Deeds, where she learned that Jacob Haskell, who had hired Hunt to design the house, lived on Beacon Street in Boston. One of Hunt's other Massachusetts works was also on Beacon Street, a since-demolished double house owned by Martin Brimmer, a founder of the Museum of Fine Arts. (Boston Globe)
Lawsuits swell doctor's woes Mar 27, 2007
Speech Realty Corp. None of that money has been paid and last October the court placed a lien on Chaturvedi's properties that now includes $42,829 in post-judgment interest, according to Barnstable County Registry of Deeds documents. Chaturvedi carries a $750,000 mortgage on the Yarmouthport house, registry of deeds records indicate. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
FOR SALE BY OWNER Mar 25, 2007
To fi nd out who used to own your home and what they paid for it, visit your county's registry of deeds. Investigate past owners through newspaper obituaries at your local library and on (access to this website, which allows you to search such things as city directories and war records, is free at some libraries). (Boston Globe)
Cooling housing market chills city revenue Mar 22, 2007
real estate activity in the local market because they must be paid every time a new mortgage, or the refinancing of an existing one, is recorded in the registry of deeds, said Payeur. "Not that long ago it used to be if we didn t have 20 or 25 mortgages or refinancings a day, we didn t have one," she said. (Woonsocket Call, RI)
Subprime lending under fire Mar 18, 2007
The Barnstable County Registry of Deeds recorded nearly 50,000 mortgages in 2003 - the most ever. Last year, as home sales slowed, the registry recorded just over 22,000 mortgages. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Your right to know Mar 11, 2007
Bowden said she can find a lot of the same records online that she used to request in writing, such as information from the state Department of Education, the registry of deeds and other state agencies. You can do all this under the Massachusetts public record law,'' she said. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Homeless bear brunt of cuts Mar 2, 2007
Because the county relies on money from a registry of deeds tax to pay for such programs, the recent slump in real estate sales has a direct effect on spending for human services, Assemblyman Mark Boardman said. In the proposed 2008 county budget, the estimated revenue from the registry of deeds tax for the coming year is more than $1 million less than this year ... County commissioners have to contain spending to contend with the weak revenue from the registry of deeds, commissioner Mary... (Cape Cod Times, MA)
The Admiral's quarters Feb 18, 2007
Marie Ames Byrd got the house from her father in 1927, according to the Suffolk Country Registry of Deeds, and was listed as the owner all the years the couple lived there. "He would be away for two to three years at a time, and she needed help with the kids," said William French, the listing agent at broker Hammond Residential. (Boston Globe)
A bid to better honor the dead Feb 18, 2007
In search of the elusive proof, Knapp combed through stacks of town meeting records and piles of dog-eared papers at the Salem Registry of Deeds. Finally, he stumbled across old corporation records and deeds that documented the cemetery's expansion in the 1890s, proving the Union Cemetery Corp. had existed at the turn of the 20th century. (Boston Globe -- Local)
A young city's photo album Jan 30, 2007
CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES Modern curves of New City Hall under construction dwarf the neo-classical shell of the old Registry of Deeds and Land Titles Building in this photo taken June 22, 1964 ... The beautiful neo-classical shell of the old Registry of Deeds and Land Titles Building still stands even as Viljo Revell's masterpiece goes up behind it. (Toronto Star)
Fairhaven Mills deal dies as developer skips deed closing Jan 23, 2007
Philip N. Beauregard, attorney for principal mill owner John J. Meldon, said the Springfield developer did not attend scheduled closings at the Bristol County Registry of Deeds. The developer which has built retail and other establishments at several New England locations in the past year apparently has decided not to go forward with a project in New Bedford, Mr. Beauregard said. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Many more are losing their homes Jan 22, 2007
But that worst-case scenario played out 379 times last year in Plymouth County, where the Registry of Deeds recorded more than twice as many foreclosure deeds as it did in 2005, when there were 136. "Given the amount of attention paid to foreclosures, this may not seem like a large number to some people," said Plymouth County Register of Deeds John R. Buckley Jr. (Boston Globe -- Local)
More of this story Jan 7, 2007
Filing a lien at the Registry of Deeds is the first step in the tax title process. If the owner still doesn't pay, the next step is a Land Court petition to foreclose on the property. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Real estate slump easing? Jan 3, 2007
By CHRISTIE SMYTHE Staff WriterProperty sales on Cape Cod slowed considerably in 2006 compared with 2005, according to statistics released yesterday by the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds. Related. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Cape's numbers in depth Jan 3, 2007
Barnstable County Registry of Deeds 2006 sales statistics. Total number of sales. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
