You're Dealing With Enough. Your Home Shouldn't Feel Like Another Battle
When a marriage ends, the family home becomes one of the most complicated decisions you'll face. Here's how to navigate it with clarity, dignity, and your financial future protected.
You didn't expect to be here.
And yet here you are, trying to figure out what happens to the home you shared while managing lawyers, emotions, children, and a life that's being rebuilt from the ground up.
Should you sell? Can one of you buy the other out? What is the home actually worth right now? Who pays the mortgage in the meantime? What does a fair split of the proceeds actually look like once all the costs come out?
These aren't small questions. And getting them wrong or making decisions under pressure without the right information can cost you tens of thousands of dollars and months of unnecessary conflict at the worst possible time.
You deserve better than that.
What Nobody Tells You About Real Estate and Divorce
The home is usually the largest asset in the settlement. Which means it's also where the most can go wrong.
Pricing it incorrectly. Misunderstanding what the net proceeds will actually be after commissions, mortgage discharge penalties, legal fees, and taxes. Not knowing whether a buyout is financially feasible before agreeing to one. Missing BC-specific disclosure obligations that create legal exposure. Making decisions on an emotional timeline instead of a strategic one.
These mistakes happen every day to people who were simply never given the information they needed before they had to decide.
This guide gives you that information before you need to decide.
There Is a Way Through This
Whether you're selling and splitting the proceeds, one spouse is buying the other out, or you're still trying to figure out which path makes the most sense this guide walks you through every option, every cost, and every step of the process in plain language.
No pressure. No judgment. Just clear, honest information from a Fraser Valley REALTOR® who has helped families navigate this before, who understands that this isn't just a transaction, and who will treat both parties with discretion and respect throughout.
What's Inside
Your four real options: sell, buyout, delayed sale, or co-ownership post-divorce are all explained clearly so you can evaluate what actually fits your situation. A complete breakdown of selling costs so there are no surprises when calculating what each party walks away with, including a Proceeds of Sale Worksheet and a Buyout Scenario Worksheet you can fill in with your own numbers. Fraser Valley market insights by community, including realistic timelines for Chilliwack, Langley, Abbotsford, Mission, Hope, and Agassiz. The tax considerations you need to be aware of, including the Principal Residence Exemption and timing factors that can affect your obligations. How the real estate process works when two parties need to be kept informed, treated fairly, and coordinated with their respective legal teams. A complete eight-phase checklist; from initial decisions through post-closing matters so nothing falls through the cracks during an already overwhelming time.
Written by a REALTOR® who specializes in exactly this kind of transaction. Sensitive, discreet, and focused entirely on protecting your interests and your financial fresh start.
This Guide Is For You If...
You're going through a separation or divorce and have a shared property you need to deal with and you're not sure where to start. You want to understand your options before you're sitting across a table from lawyers being asked to make decisions on the spot. You need clear numbers like what the home is worth, what a sale will net, and what a buyout will actually cost before you can negotiate fairly. Or you simply need someone in your corner who will handle this part of your life professionally, compassionately, and without adding to the conflict.
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You don't have to figure this out alone.