Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Pennsylvania

In the state of Pa can your name be on the deed to a home but not the mortgage


Asked on 4/22/11, 1:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Miriam Jacobson Retired from practice of law

No. The mortgage doesn't give the lender security in the property if all legal owners do not sign the mortgage.

You may be thinking that one person whose name is on the deed does not have to sign the Note [the promise/obligation to pay the mortgage], because the only person[s] to sign the Note is/are the one on whose credit the loan is based.

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Answered on 4/22/11, 3:13 pm


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