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Who decides on price and offers if we disagree?

If more than one person holds title to a Saskatoon home, every registered owner has to consent to the listing price and to accepting an offer, since Information Services Corporation requires all titleholders to sign the transfer within the standard $800 to $1,500 legal file. There is no single decision-maker who can override a co-owner without their agreement.

In practice this comes up most with siblings selling an inherited home, or a couple splitting up, and the fix is the same either way: agree on a process before you list, such as pricing from a professional valuation rather than each person's own number, and set a rule in advance for how you will respond to offers.

The Family Property Act governs how a matrimonial home is divided between separating spouses, and a lawyer should be involved before listing whenever the parties are not fully aligned, so the sale itself does not become the venue for resolving the disagreement.

A neutral, hand-reviewed number often does more to settle a stuck negotiation between co-owners than another round of each side naming their own price. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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