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  • Aug 3, 2009, 11:37 AM
    SHOWSHOWNY
    Can you be on a deed but not the loan
    In the state of va. Can you bee on a deed to a house but not the loan?
  • Aug 3, 2009, 11:41 AM
    AK lawyer

    It's colnceivable under certain circumstances. Why?
  • Aug 3, 2009, 11:41 AM
    jenniepepsi

    The way I understand it, if you are on the loan, you are responsible to the bank for the money owed.

    The deed is simply a statement of who owns the house.


    For example, if I wanted to buy a house, but didn't qualify for a loan, I cuold get a co signer, like my brother. He would be on the LOAN. But I would be the only owner on the DEED.

    I hope I got that right. ;) that's how it was explained to me when I applied for a home loan and got turned down
  • Aug 3, 2009, 12:04 PM
    SHOWSHOWNY
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ak lawyer View Post
    it's colnceivable under certain circumstances. Why?

    I was told by my boyfriend that I putt 5000.00 down on the house because I wasn't on the loan(my credit was not as good as his so the itrest rate would have been higher). That my name could not be on the deed even thoe I pay half the mortgage every month.
  • Aug 3, 2009, 12:13 PM
    AK lawyer
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SHOWSHOWNY View Post
    i was told by my boyfriend that i putt 5000.00 down on the house because i wasnt on the loan(my credit was not as good as his so the itrest rate would have been higher). That my name could not be on the deed even thoe i pay half the morgage every month.

    When your relationship is over you essentially will have a very questionable claim to what you have paid. At the very least you need a contract to specify what he will owe you.

    That's one reason for marriage: if it doesn't work out a divorce court will adjust the equities.

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