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Can you refinance your home if you have a Revocable Living Trust?

January 27, 2014 by Morris Hall, PLLC Leave a Comment

The simple answer is yes.

The more complicated answer is that it is crucial that you consult with your estate planning attorney to discuss how the process must be completed from beginning to end to ensure proper titling of the real property.

During an estate plan review, one of the critical elements of the review is to ensure that there is proper funding of all of the assets to the Trust. In other words, all of the assets must be properly titled to the Trust.

It is possible to refinance property that is titled to the Trust; however, most lending institutions require that the property be titled in the individual name(s) of the owners, rather than titled to the Trust to proceed with the refinance. In order to accomplish this requirement, a deed must be prepared removing the property from the Trust and titling the property into the name of the individual owner(s). Once the refinance is completed, another deed must be prepared titling the property from the individual owner(s) back to the Trust.

I often refer to this deed work as the “volleyball game”, because the titling of the property is essentially going back and forth during the refinance process. Unfortunately, it is the second deed getting the property back over the volleyball net (titled to the Trust) that is often forgotten during the refinance process.

Please see one of our experienced estate planning attorneys to review your estate plan to ensure all of your assets are on the right side of the net.

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