Am I suppose to be told I am buying a house on a Private Way?
Your title report, and then your title insurance policy would and should have disclosed that you did not front on a public street.
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Your title report, and then your title insurance policy would and should have disclosed that you did not front on a public street.
If the seller failed to satisfy a significant pre-condition to closing, then what prompted you to close without that condition first being satisfied?
Not if only you own the house as you said you do.
If your brother and your mother held title to the house as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and this status was created and she was...
If your father is listed on the deed as a life tenant then you are not in any position to remove him.
Your being awarded the house is only the courts directive. In order to properly convey title, you should first have him convey his interest in the...
You do not take your sons off the deed, they take themselves off the deed, but only if they voluntarily choose to be taken off the deed.
Read the contract to both parties signed, that will define your rights and obligations thereunder.
The deed on record at the County Clerk / Register's Office is actually considered the original.
What you can and cannot do should be specifically governed by the terms of your contract.