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Understanding shared ownership rights, its pros and cons, how it's different from joint tenancy and tenancy by entirety. No ...
Discover how Joint Tenants With Right of Survivorship (JTWROS) protects co-owners by automatically transferring ownership ...
Joint Tenants vs. Tenants in Common “A joint tenancy is ownership of real property by two or more co-owners who take ownership simultaneously by the same instrument and with the same right of ...
Tenancy in common: Owners can have unequal share stakes and sell their share at any time. Additionally, the stake of a deceased owner passes down to their heirs. Joint tenancy: Each tenant has an ...
Tenancy in common is a form of joint ownership, where two or more individuals own an equal or unequal share of a property. Tenants in common do not have to be married (or even related) to one ...
In some cases, the joint tenants may decide to convert the agreement into a tenancy in common, which is done through a written contract. A joint tenant can also elect to sell or transfer their ...
A tenant in common’s stake can pass down to their heirs or estate. The other owners will not automatically assume the shares like in joint tenancy, as there is no right of survivorship benefits.
Joint tenancy mortgages require the agreement of both parties if the property is to be sold. By contrast, each party to a tenants in common mortgage is free to sell their share of the property.
Usually, when you make a simple change in the title from tenants in common to joint tenants, the taxing authorities will ignore that change.
Depending on exactly what the two of you want to accomplish, choose between joint tenancy and tenancy in common.
Unfortunately, the problem with joint tenancy with right of survivorship has always been that if one joint tenant transfers their interest in the home to a third party (e.g., to a child or a ...