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REPORT OF
BARNSTABLE COUNTY REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2003
2003 BREAKS RECORDS FOR VOLUME!
2003 vs.
2002
2003 was by far the busiest year ever in the 300 year
history of the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds.
This past year saw a total of 200,049 documents and plans recorded
at the registry and in the
Land Court
. This number was a 21.2% increase over the year 2002, which saw 164,997
documents and plans recorded.
Incidentally, the year 2002 was the second busiest
year on record for real estate activity within
Barnstable
County
. 2002 is followed by 1998,
1999 and 2001 as the busiest years ever in our 300 year history.
In 1998, our third busiest year, 145,203 documents and plans were
recorded. 1999 saw 137,666 documents and plans recorded. 2001 saw 136,565
documents and plans.
For transactions between
$25,000 and $1,000,000 the volume of real estate sales for 2003 was down
5.2%. The total value of sales was up 8.6% from the previous year. The
average individual property sales value was up 14.5% from the previous
year. Mortgage activity rose a
solid 32.2% from the year 2002’s impressive levels.
John F. Meade
Barnstable Register of Deeds
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