{"id":11916,"date":"2024-10-16T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=11916"},"modified":"2024-10-18T00:18:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:18:06","slug":"dividing-real-estate-in-a-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/dividing-real-estate-in-a-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Dividing Real Estate In a Divorce: 3 Ways to Deal with a House in the Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"

With roughly 700,000 divorces nationwide each year<\/a>, you\u2019re not alone in splitting from a partner \u2014 or in deciding how what once was \u201cours\u201d gets allocated into \u201cyours\u201d and \u201cmine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dividing real estate in a divorce adds stress to an already stressful life event<\/a> because property, especially purchased together, forms part of the foundation of a relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s stability. It\u2019s security, feeling like you\u2019re going to be OK because you have a roof over your head,\u201d said David Dorman<\/a>, a top real estate agent in the Orlando, Florida area<\/a>, who regularly helps divorcing clients with their property needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Although divorce laws vary by state<\/a>, real estate and financial experts say that there are three main ways property gets divided in a divorce:<\/p>\n