how would i go about researching on line the history of the house i just bought?

Answer 1

check and see if your recorder of deeds office has a website. If you live in a large county--they usually have a nice interactive website. The county where I live has a great website--but they charge to look up deeds and stuff--it isn't expensive just annoying.

Answer 2

If you just passed papers- you should know 2 key things- 1) When the house was built and 2) Who last held the deed before you.
a) Researching the Owners
From there you need to start documenting the chronolgy of owners- this may be easy or not, it'll depend on how much of the county's Registry of Deeds is online, but if that doesn't work- try the websites of local papers (as mortgage transactions are often posted) -but once again- this may or may not be limited.
Once you get an idea of some or all fo the owners- you can start googling them and/ or check Police / Fire Department logs and blotters for incidents involving your, house, neighborhood- etc.

b) Researching the Property and Nearby properties- Same type of logic apples- Same as above- but look into foreclosure listings, etc.

You may not find allot- but at a minimum you should find enough to plan out a fruitful concentrated visit to Registry of Deeds, Police Department, local library etc- if you are able to get there.

Answer 3

Most title info is not available on-line to the general public. But instead of having to go down to the county courthouse and have records pulled up, a title company representative can run a preliminary title search. They would probably charge you if you went to the title company directly for this service; however, they will probably offer to provide this free or for a nominal charge to your lender if they asked for you. So I recommend asking your lender get a preliminary title report from a title rep. Good luck.

Answer 4

Your realstate person should have all the information about the house