How Can You Buy Out Your Spouse's Share of the Home's Equity?

The first step would be to see if the spouse who wants to keep the home can afford to buy-out the other spouse’s share of the equity in the home and then to refinance the mortgage so that the new mortgage is only in the name of the spouse who will remain in the home.

We can work with you to see if there are sufficient assets for one spouse to buy-out the interest in the home from the other spouse.

[basicprogrammer]

What if neither party wishes to sell, but one party does not want the other party living in the home after the divorce?

Will the judge force the sale of the home?

Or, does it become a police matter? For example, since both own the home, both have a right to the home, and so both can live in it. Then, if there is fighting, the police would be called.

[billr]

Can I not take out a home equity loan on top of my existing mortgage?