Lowell Deeds

Now that the year has come to a close, we can look at the total numbers of various documents that were recorded here during 2007.

Total documents - 66192
Deeds - 6542
Mortgages - 15633
Discharges - 14868
Foreclosure Deeds - 434
Homestead - 3755
Plans - 405

In general, these numbers are way below our annual average for the period of 1990 to 2007. The only categories that exceed the average are Foreclosure Deeds (18 year average - 288 v 2007 total of 434) and Homesteads (18 year average - 2883 v 2007 total of 434). While the number of deeds recorded (6542) is within a couple of dozen of last year’s total (6576), it’s the fewest recorded since 1991 (5868). The 434 foreclosure deeds, up from 166 last year, are the most since 1994 (624).