Real Estate and Divorce

The matrimonial home is usually the largest asset in any divorce, and the most emotionally charged. This article covers the three main paths — sell, buy out, or hold jointly — and the tax, mortgage, and family-law factors that should drive the choice.

Whichever path you take, get a real estate professional, a mortgage specialist, and your lawyer talking to each other early. The cost of fixing a poorly coordinated decision later is many multiples of doing it well the first time.