Hugh Fitzpatrick's (hughfitzpatrick) Blog

Recently, I had a client who wanted to go short on the sale of their home. After an initial discussion, I told them that we needed to negotiate a release of the outstanding contractual obligation (the note) with the lender. After explaining what that meant, I would suggest that if you are working...

Tewksbury, Massachusetts top real estate attorney provides home buyers tips on buying an REO property. http://www.netitle.net

Tewksbury, MA real estate attorney talks about how to handle appliances when buying your new home. http://www.netitle.net

Massachusetts State Senator Richard Tisei stops by the NE Title office in Tewksbury, MA to discuss real estate.

According to a report published by the associated press, foreclosure activity is up in 154 of the 206 metropolitan areas. On information from Realty Trak, " about 1.7 million homeowners received a foreclosure related warning between January, 2010 to June 2010". With the unemployment problem, i ca...

From the Associated Press:   CONFERENCE SCHEDULED: The Obama administration will hold a conference Aug. 17 to discuss the future of government-sponsored mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which almost collapsed nearly two years ago. NO PLAN SO FAR: The financial overhaul signed by Presi...

Yesterday was an interesting day because New England Title  realized how much that we did not know about internet marketing and SEO. We have a lot of material to get through today. Thanks Ben and activerain for the information. 

We are hopeful that Bill Galvin, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will open up other registries for electronic recording for 2010. Currently, under the ACS system, which is the state run registries, you can only record electronically in a few counties in the Commonwealth. ...

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If you are refinancing or purchasing a home, please remember that you have the choice to pick the settlement provider. If you have an attorney, he/she can close the loan for you. You don't have to use the "banks attorney".