http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog The latest on real estate recordings and new technology from the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in Lowell Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:00:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On the day that the American League Championship Series is about to start, some might argue that the Boston Red Sox have been the most successful major league team of the Twenty-First Century. As evidence, here’s a review of the past five years: 2003 – The “Cowboy Up” season. ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/10/the-greatest-team-of-the-century/ Besides the Homestead issues mentioned in yesterday’s post, Ed Williams discussed a number of other policy positions of the Land Court. UCC financing statements have been a controversial topic. Although the governing statute was amended a number of years ago to dispense with the requirement that the debtor ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/09/updates-from-land-court-part-ii/ I was on the road yesterday, so we’re doubling up our blog postings for today. Land Court Chief Justice Karyn Scheier and Chief Title Examiner Edmund Williams recently met with the Massachusetts Registers of Deeds Association to provide a preview of several policy memos that will be forthcoming from the court ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/08/updates-from-land-court/ Two years ago when Google paid $1.65 million for YouTube I thought…are they crazy. First, I had no idea how significant and popular YouTube would become. Why do I say significant? Consider this…if you missed the Tina Fey/ Sarah Palin Saturday Night Live skits, all you have to do is ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/08/hotspotting/ There is an Internet battle going on that may effect the future of Apple’s iTunes. The world’s two biggest social networking sites are slugging it out for your loyalty. Its Facebook Vs MySpace and the financial stakes are high. MySpace, the older of the sites practically invented the ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/07/imyspace/ Last week Register Howe revealed our intention to open a self-service recoring kiosk. I like his explanation. He compared it to the self-serve check out line at Home Depot. Now that the conceptual plan is in place, this week I am putting the physical piece in motion. As always ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/06/kiosk-prep/ If you searched our records for the most prolific lender in this district, you would conclude that it was Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems. Unfortunately, that entity, more commonly referred to as MERS, is only an agent for a wide variety of banks and mortgage companies. When MERS first ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/03/mers/ Here’s a comparison of the number of key documents recorded for the city of Lowell in September 2007 and September 2008: Deeds - in Sept 2007, 157 deeds were recorded. In Sept 2008, there were 144 - an 8% decline Mortgages - in Sept 2007, 268 mortgages were recorded. In ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/02/september-recording-stats/ You may remember that we purchase a new Kodak Archive Writer several weeks ago. This machine makes microfilm from digital images. It is going to save the registry both time and money. Since the installation is somewhat complicated, we waited until after Labor Day to take on the task. ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/01/kodak-archive-writer/ Anytime I go to Home Depot or Shaw’s Supermarket, I usually end up in the self-service checkout line. For a long time I avoided the self-serve lines because I didn’t want to make a fool of myself by not knowing what I was doing. One day I had ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/01/self-service-recording-kiosk/ This morning the NFL announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will provide this year’s Superbowl entertainment. Even though our Brady-less Patriots are unlike to be there, I thought it might be fun to look back at some past Superbowl entertainment…So in reverse order, here are the ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/29/its-the-boss/ This blog was created on December 23, 2003. Almost from the beginning, one of our regular topics has been the rise and fall of the housing market. Revisionists will say that no one could see the current financial crisis coming, but a review of our posts on the ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/26/the-foreseeability-of-the-bursting-bubble/ A story in today’s Globe reports that the country’s financial crisis is creating numerous challenges for state government. Tax collections are down and the cost of borrowing is up. There is now some question whether the $1.3 billion in local aid payments due to cities and towns next ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/25/fiscal-woes-around-the-corner/ The Middlesex South Registry of Deeds is opening a terminal that record Middlesex North documents in Cambridge. Right now details are still being work out so there is no set date for the “opening”. But officials expect it will be in the near future. The concept of a reciprocal satellite ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/24/north-in-south/ Earlier this year, much attention was paid to so-called “multifunction documents.” Such a document would consist of a single paper that performed multiple functions. The most common example is probably a single document that discharges a mortgage, an assignment of leases and rents and a UCC financing statement. ... http://www.lowelldeeds.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/23/multiple-documents-2/