Why Co-Ownership Disputes Are Rising in Southern California Three of the ten fastest-growing zip codes in the United States are in Southern California, according to a RentCafe analysis covering 2014 to 2023. That kind of growth doesn't just mean more homes and more neighbors. It means more people buying property together, often quickly, and...
Continue reading ›The monthly cost of owning a median-priced U.S. home, mortgage, insurance, and property taxes combined, now runs about $3,200 in today's dollars, according to Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. That's 46 percent higher than 2019 in real terms, and it exceeds what homeowners paid in 1990, when 30-year mortgage rates were above 10...
Continue reading ›Published in the California Real Property Journal, this article by California partition attorney Elijah Underwood explores California partition law reform, co-ownership disputes, appraisal rights, inherited property conflicts, partition sales, mortgage contribution issues, and proposed legislative updates affecting real estate owners and attorneys. Read the California Real Property Journal Article
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