There was no City Council meeting last week so today I’ll write about something other than Lowell politics. While at work at the registry of deeds recently, I fielded a call from a gentleman who had paid off his mortgage a while ago. He wanted to know why we had not sent him his title. I explained that’s not how real estate works and then we had a long discussion about our system of land ownership. The conversation ended with him asking, “Why aren’t people better educated about this stuff?” That seems like a good writing prompt for this week’s newsletter. So here are some basics that everyone who owns a home in Massachusetts, or aspires to own a home, should know:
July 24, 2022
July 24, 2022
July 24, 2022
There was no City Council meeting last week so today I’ll write about something other than Lowell politics. While at work at the registry of deeds recently, I fielded a call from a gentleman who had paid off his mortgage a while ago. He wanted to know why we had not sent him his title. I explained that’s not how real estate works and then we had a long discussion about our system of land ownership. The conversation ended with him asking, “Why aren’t people better educated about this stuff?” That seems like a good writing prompt for this week’s newsletter. So here are some basics that everyone who owns a home in Massachusetts, or aspires to own a home, should know: