It looks like the real estate market continues to flatten out. There is still a shortage of houses for sale, so if you’re selling you will probably be successful and get a good price, but overall the market has slowed, especially for mortgage refinancings. As the following monthly numbers show, there was a boom that began last May and continued through December, but the deceleration began at the start of 2017 and continues. So here are the monthly totals of deeds and mortgages recorded in the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds, which includes the city of Lowell and the towns of Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford and Wilmington.

DEEDS

Jan 2016 – 490
Feb 2016 – 437
Mar 2016 – 580
Apr 2016 – 592
May 2016 – 635
Jun 2016 – 786
Jul 2016 – 722
Aug 2016 -823
Sep 2016 – 712
Oct 2016 – 629
Nov 2016 – 673
Dec 2016 – 697
Jan 2017 – 518
Feb 2017 – 444
Mar 2017 – 523
Apr 2017 – 521

MORTGAGES

Jan 2016 – 713
Feb 2016 – 720
Mar 2016 – 886
Apr 2016 – 996
May 2016 – 1,031
Jun 2016 – 1,159
Jul 2016 – 1,028
Aug 2016 – 1,304
Sep 2016 – 1,263
Oct 2016 – 1,178
Nov 2016 – 1,216
Dec 2016 – 1,145
Jan 2017 – 855
Feb 2017 – 617
Mar 2017 – 794
Apr 2017 – 704