Property

Information about your home and property rights during divorce proceedings. Articles explain ownership options, buyouts, occupation orders, and dealing with mortgage lenders.

Buying Your Ex Out of the Family Home

How to buy out your ex's share of the family home after divorce and what you need to know about equity and mortgages.

Dividing Your Assets Before Divorce

Work out who gets what in a divorce, from your home to furniture and personal items, without going to court.

Getting Help with Property

Sort out what happens to your home during divorce and explore your housing options for what comes next.

Occupation Orders and What They Mean

An occupation order is a court injunction that determines who can stay in a shared home and protects people from abusive partners or relatives.

Talking to Your Mortgage Lender About Your Divorce

Your mortgage lender needs to know about your divorce early on, and they're usually willing to help you work out your options for the home.

The Family Home

Work out what happens to the family home in a divorce, from reaching agreement with your partner to how courts decide.

What to Do with the Family Home?

Handle the family home during divorce by considering whether one person can stay, buy out their ex's share, or sell.

Who Stays and Who Goes from the Matrimonial Home?

Work out who keeps the family home in divorce by weighing mortgage costs, equity, and what you can actually afford.