Giving Home to Relatives
REM # F596
By Ilyce R. Glink
Summary: A ThinkGlink reader gives a home (and deed) to relatives without transferring the mortgage. Ilyce suggests the person work with relatives to refinance the loan.
Q: I gave a house to some relatives but I have not been able to get the loan into their name.
Now the mortgage company tells me the loan I have is not assumable. What am I supposed to do? The deed is registered in their name and I need the loan to be in their name as well.
This has been going on for almost a year. Can you help?
A: You've gotten yourself into quite a pickle: You've signed away ownership to your home, but you're actually still on the hook for the mortgage.
What you should have done was to have your relatives apply for a mortgage first (or found out if your loan was assumable) and then transfer the deed to your relatives after they secured financing.
I’m not surprised your relatives haven’t been exactly helpful. They have no incentive to do anything. They own a house and could sell it at a moment's notice. You, on the other hand, owe thousands of dollars but have no ownership in the asset.
What you need to do now is work with your relatives to either refinance the mortgage, so it goes in their name, or transfer back ownership of the house into your name
Consulting with an experienced real estate attorney would be a good idea. You've got a lot at stake right now.
NOTE: This column is distributed by Real Estate Matters Syndicate, PO Box 366, Glencoe, Illinois, 60022. This column may not be resold, reprinted, resyndicated or redistributed without written permission from the publisher.
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