There are titleholders in beauty pageants, spelling bees and boxing matches. But only one title matters when buying a home. Before a sale is complete, both the bank and the borrower want to be sure ...

QUESTION: My uncle owns some rural land that he is willing to give to me and my wife. We’ll build a weekend home on it. He prepared a quitclaim deed and had his signature notarized. If we record this, ...

Q: My mom passed away this year. She left her condo to my sister and me. The mortgage has been paid off for over 10 years. The only expenses are the condo fees and taxes. I am the executor of her ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Question: I have another question about quitclaim deeds. I’ve read your columns in the past where you talked about a fiance wanting to file a quitclaim deed to separate himself from his future wife’s ...

Ooooo, terrible things can happen. The latest, as you can hear on radio ads and other venues, is that no-good-niks can steal your home out from under you. But you can buy insurance against such a fate ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...