You have a serious problem and need to seek the advice of an attorney. If you co-signed the mortgage and the other co-signer refuses to pay then the bank will expect you to pay. You should place the property for sale but you will need the other owner's signature on any agreement and on the deed if a buyer is found. In the meantime, you need to keep up the mortgage payments so your credit won't be destroyed by a default.
You cannot sever a joint mortgage. It must be paid off.You cannot sever a joint mortgage. It must be paid off.You cannot sever a joint mortgage. It must be paid off.You cannot sever a joint mortgage. It must be paid off.
No, both parties on a joint mortgage do not need to file bankruptcy. They can file a joint bankruptcy or a single bankruptcy.
The joint person is still responsible until the loan is paid off or refinanced out of the person's joint name.
Sure, as long as your resulting monthly payment and downpayment are within the lending instiutitions acceptable guidelines for "loan to value" and "debt to income" ratios and your credit rating is good, you can qualify for any type of new loan, including a mortgage.
No.
yes
contact a real estate attorney in your state to assist you
no
The names on a mortgage are not what decides ownership, the deed to the house is the determining factor. Married couples generally own a house by Joint Tenancy With Surviviorship Rights, Joint Tenancy or in a few states Tenancy By The Entirety. Even if one spouse leaves the residence he/she does not lose their rights of ownership.
You own the land subject to the mortgage.
Yes.
Not necisarily. If you are married and the house was bought after the marriage then no. If you are married and the house was bought before the marriage and the person that did not originaly buy the house made one payment on it or you had a joint account that the payments came out of, then they are half owner. If you are just living together with no marriage, then the house it the person's that bought it, but you have to be carful of common law marriage.