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Divorce & Real Estate
Real estate tied to a divorce follows different rules and deserves careful handling. Karen holds the Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS®) designation and works in coordination with family law counsel across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. These guides cover the questions divorcing homeowners ask most.
11 guides
- What Happens When a Court Orders the Sale of Your House in a Pennsylvania Divorce? What a court-ordered home sale in a Pennsylvania divorce involves: what the order controls, how the agent and price are chosen, what happens if a spouse will not cooperate, and how to protect the sale price.
- What to Do When Your Ex Won't Cooperate With Selling the House What to do when a divorcing spouse refuses to sign the listing, blocks showings, rejects every offer, or will not leave the home, with the legal options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and how to keep the sale on track.
- Can I Keep the House and Our Low Mortgage Rate in a Divorce? How divorcing couples can keep the house and the low mortgage rate they locked in years ago: loan assumption, the federal due-on-sale exception for divorce, release of liability, and when a refinance is unavoidable.
- Selling a House During a Divorce When Interest Rates Are High How high mortgage rates change a divorce home sale in the Philadelphia suburbs: a smaller buyer pool, why waiting for rates to fall usually costs more, pricing discipline, and seller credits that close deals.
- Who Pays the Mortgage During a Divorce in Pennsylvania? Who pays the mortgage, taxes, and insurance on the marital home during a Pennsylvania divorce, why both spouses' credit is at risk, how payments are credited at distribution, and how to protect the home until it sells.
- How to Remove a Name From a Deed in Pennsylvania How to remove a name from a property deed in Pennsylvania: quitclaim vs. special warranty deeds, divorce and death scenarios, and why removing a name from the deed does not remove it from the mortgage.
- What Is a Partition Action in Pennsylvania? What a partition action is in Pennsylvania: how co-owners who can't agree can force the sale of a jointly owned property, how the process works, what it costs, and why a negotiated sale is almost always better.
- What Happens to the House in a Divorce in New Jersey? What happens to the marital home in a NJ divorce: equitable distribution, title authority, three resolution paths, NJ Superior Court Family Part, attorney review period, and Realty Transfer Fee on net proceeds.
- How to Sell a House During a Divorce in New Jersey NJ-specific guide for divorcing couples selling a marital home: attorney review period, Realty Transfer Fee, equitable distribution, and coordinating with a CDS® agent in Camden and Burlington Counties.
- What Happens to the House in a Divorce in Pennsylvania? What happens to the marital home in a PA divorce: equitable distribution, title authority, three resolution paths, court-ordered partition sale, and valuation for asset division.
- How to Sell a House During a Divorce in Pennsylvania A direct guide to selling the marital home in Pennsylvania: title authority, court-defensible valuations, co-listings, buyouts, and working with a CDS®-credentialed agent.