A quitclaim deed transfers property without guaranteeing ownership, making it useful for family or trust transfers but risky for recipients. Learn when it's safe.

Part of planning for the future involves getting your estate in order, and determining who you want your assets to pass to when you die. If you have real estate property, and want it to transfer to ...

The vast majority of real property deeds are warranty deeds, which warrant—or assure—that no one else can register a claim on the given property. The title search and title insurance requirements for ...

Q: Your column a few weeks ago stated that the Transfer on Death Deed has been repealed effective Sept. 1. Will there be any effect on a previously filed deed recorded last year? Also, at that time I ...

About half of all states now let real estate owners transfer properties at death using beneficiary/transfer on death deeds. The deeds are less costly to draft than living trusts. They're also flexible ...

In some but not all states, if you own real estate when you die, the property will pass to your heirs through the probate process. More than 20 states, however, allow deeds to be registered in ...

My mother and her sister inherited their father’s property. My mother intends to buy her sister’s rights at market value. Does she have to show this as a sale or make a release deed for consideration ...