Selling the house in a divorce

A traditional listing asks two people who are separating to cooperate on repairs, pricing, showings, and negotiation — for two or three months, while carrying costs keep accruing against the marital estate. It works, but it's often the most contentious part of the whole process.

What a direct sale changes

• A fixed number and a fixed closing date, so both attorneys can draft around a certainty instead of a projection
• No repairs to argue about and no money to advance for them
• No showings, no staging, no keeping the house presentable through a difficult period
• Proceeds split at closing by the title company according to the decree or agreement — not passed through either party's hands

We'll work through your attorneys

If it's easier, neither of you needs to talk to the other about the house at all. We'll communicate with counsel on both sides, provide the offer in writing so it can go in the file, and hold the closing date while the paperwork catches up. We've done this enough to know the goal is usually to remove one source of friction, not add another.

If one of you wants to keep it

That's a refinance and a buyout, not a sale, and we're not the right people for it. We'll tell you that on the first call rather than letting you spend time on the wrong path.