How can I remove my brothers name from a deed, my name is on the loan and he refuses to pay his part anymore?

[darrick34]

I took out a 15yr home equity loan 4 yrs ago to buy some property, I put my brothers name on the deed. I want to pay him back his part and remove his name from the deed so I can use MY equity to buy another home but he refuses. Do I have any legal right to remove his name? Or am I outta luck?

[francisco]

I took out a 15yr home equity loan 4 yrs ago to buy some property, I put my brothers name on the deed. I want to pay him back his part and remove his name from the deed so I can use MY equity to buy another home but he refuses. Do I have any legal right to remove his name? Or am I outta luck?

sorry u shafted your self.
do contact r.e. lawyer to b
explained a "force sale" of
property then explain same
to bro. explain extra fees costs
that come out of sale.

as for equity take out to buy
other property - not good idea.
great way to lose both.

[devdutta58]

Your are, in general, screwed. However, you can get a deed of partition from the court to force a split.

[koltin]

you can't unless he agrees. This is the reason you don't put anyone elses name on the deed unless you 100% have to. You gave up all control when you added his name.

See if you can buy him off to remove the name.