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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether you're single, coupled up or married, deciding how to hold title is one of the most important decisions home buyers make. The ramifications of that decision might not be apparent for years.

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 ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South ...

Q: My wife and I purchased a home over 40 years ago. The original deed is titled as John Smith and Sally Smith. This defaults to tenants in common in Georgia. Sally is my wife of over 50 years. We are ...

Q: My brother and I bought a rental house with the understanding that if one of us died, the other would get his half. We had the property titled as “joint tenants with right of survivorship.” Now my ...