Divorce Housing Insights
Housing decisions during divorce often involve the intersection of legal agreements, financial restructuring, and mortgage feasibility. Divorce Housing Insights provides educational articles designed to help individuals better understand how housing, mortgage responsibility, and financial structure interact during the divorce process. These insights explore common questions surrounding refinancing, property division, settlement timing, and long-term housing sustainability.
Last reviewed August 2026 by Jody Bruns, CDLP®, founder of the Divorce Lending Association.
The short answer
No. A quitclaim deed does not remove you from the mortgage, and believing otherwi...
A Divorce Decree Can Award You the Home. It Cannot Guarantee You Will Qualify for the Mortgage.
If you are planning to keep the marital home after a divorce in South Carolina, it is natural to belie...
Last reviewed August 2026 by Jody Bruns, CDLP®, founder of the Divorce Lending Association.
The short answer
There is no correct number of days. There is only the number of days that works f...
A Divorce Decree Can Award You the Home. It Cannot Guarantee You Will Qualify for the Mortgage.
If you are planning to keep the marital home after a divorce in Texas, it is easy to believe that once...
Last reviewed August 2026 by Jody Bruns, CDLP®, founder of the Divorce Lending Association.
The short answer
It is almost never about you. It is about how your settlement was structured, and...
Last reviewed August 2026 by Jody Bruns, CDLP®, founder of the Divorce Lending Association.
The short answer
Yes, it can. But there are conditions, and this is where files quietly fall apart...
