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Carbon County property transfers

Revenue from deeds

Carbon County Recorder of Deeds Emmett P. McCall reported his office recorded 164 deeds, 233 mortgages and 465 other writs during the month of March.As a result of those transactions, McCall turned over to the Carbon County General Fund the sum of $30,114.85. A breakdown of that revenue includes: transfer fees, $25,072; data processing fees, $1,659.54 notaries, $140; commission on transfers and writs, $2,123.31; and Affordable Housing administrative fee, $1,120.McCall remitted $431 in state writ taxes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, while Carbon County municipalities and school districts shared realty transfer tax disbursements totaling $105,307.57, the same amount that was forwarded to the state in realty transfer taxes.McCall deposited $2,556 in the Recorder of Deeds Record Improvement Fund and $1,704 in the Carbon County Records Improvement Fund, these being fees assessed by state law on each transaction for records management needs. An additional $18,165.50 was collected and remitted to the state for its Judicial Computer System program.Also, $6,347.80 was collected last month for the Affordable Housing Program in Carbon County.In all, funds collected in the Recorder's office last month amounted to $269,934.29.Deeds recordedKidder TownshipCharlotte S. Mitchell to Mitchell Revocable Trust, Wilmington, Del., property at 12 Maplewood Road, Lake Harmony, $1.Peter Ginopolas to Peter Ginopolas, P.O. Box 197, Lake Harmony, property at 165 N. Lake Drive, Lake Harmony, $1.Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Shawn Gold, Manalapan, N.J., property at 402 (a/k/a 499) Longview Drive, Lake Harmony, $210,000.Donald W. Weaver to Louis Viola Jr., Philadelphia, property at 16 Fawn Court, Lake Harmony, $148,400.Penn Forest TownshipDeutsche Bank National Trust Company to Eviy A. Romero, New York, N.Y., property ast 2614 Oneida Trail, Albrightsville, $110,000.Voletta Wallace to Melva Thompson, 65 Buck Hill Road, Albrightsville, property at 65 Buck Hill Road, $99,000.Alexander Goldenberg to George J. Hollingsworth, P.O. Box 1027, Albrightsville, Lot V1912, Section V, Towamensing Trails, $14,500.Mitchell Ross to Falcon Crest Homes, Inc., 2281 Rt. 115, Effort, two transactions, Lot 1123A, Section N-I, Indian Mountain Lakes, $18,000 and Lot 902, Section N-I, Indian Mountain Lakes, $5,500.Fannie Mae to Bruce Smith, Hatboro, Pa., property at 1215 North Shore Drive, Albrightsville, $33,075.Jeanette Quinones Pugh to Jeanette Quinones, P.O. Box 1461, Albrightsville, property at 298 Towamensing Trail, Albrightsville, $1.