Q: What happens if you and your wife own a home through a quitclaim deed, and the spouse dies? We live in Maine. A: A quitclaim deed transfers any interest that the seller owns in a property to the ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

When buying a house, you might hear the seller or your real estate agent discussing the property's deed or title. While the two sound similar, there are key differences. The property deed shows the ...