Joint tenancy on a deed is a form of property ownership that enables two or more individuals to hold equal shares of a property, subject to specific rights and conditions. This kind of ownership is ...

You and your spouse are buying a home. You negotiated the sale price and terms. You successfully survived the mortgage maze. You are almost ready for the day you will sign all the papers and the house ...

Question: We want to sell our house and downsize to a townhouse in central Phoenix. In organizing our paperwork with our listing broker, we learned that our deed said that we owned our home as "joint ...

Two weeks ago, we began our discussion about deeds. First, we talked about the different types of deeds and then deed ownership interests. We also have been discussing how a small change in the words ...

If you are married, or are planning to get married, you probably wonder what is the best way to hold title to your house or condo. If you are a typical couple buying your first home, shortly before ...

Q: It looks like adding someone as a joint tenant on a home accomplishes the same thing as a Transfer on Death, or TOD, deed. Is there a reason that one is preferable to the other? A: I'm guessing ...

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 ...

When real property is owned by joint tenants and one of the joint tenants dies, the property passes automatically to the survivors. For instance, a mother may title her home in a joint tenancy with ...