Joint tenancy is a type of shared property ownership. In a joint tenancy agreement, two or more people share an equal amount of ownership in the home. There are no limits to who can own the property ...

In a recent decision handed down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Grant v. Grant, the court dealt with the effect of a self-conveyance of real property where a mother sought to sever a joint ...

Can you play nice and share a piece of real estate? Sharing is hard enough, but imagine jointly owning an investment property with your brother when he decides that he would like to sell and then ...

Tenancy in common allows each owner to sell, use, or mortgage their real estate share independently. Investors need agreements to manage risks when co-owning property in tenancy in common. REITs can ...

QMy friend and I signed a contract to buy a condominium, with settlement scheduled for the end of July. We are both putting up equal amounts of money for the purchase and have agreed to share all ...

Q: Why is it better for married people to own real estate as husband and wife rather than as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Aren’t they the same thing? A: First, I wrote about this topic a ...

West Virginia is one of many states that does not recognize tenancy by the entirety as a property ownership structure. Married couples in the state can hold property as joint tenants with rights of ...

Dear Mrs Macaulay, My mother, a married woman, would like to add my name to a property that her husband has no financial interest in. Her husband’s name is not registered on the deed. Will she be able ...

In today’s day and age many couples choose not to, but live together like they are, married. Unmarried couples do not have the same legal rights married couples have just because of their married ...