Tag: tenants in common
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What does it mean to own property as joint tenants or as tenants in common?
With a joint tenancy, the co-owners own 100% of the property simultaneously. And if, for example, a property were to be owned by two joint tenants and one of those owners were to die, the surviving owner would become the sole owner: this is known as the ‘right of survivorship’. With a joint tenancy, the…