The most common mechanism is simple disagreement. When a house passes to two or more heirs under the Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan's probate process and they cannot agree on a price, a timeline, or whether to sell at all, the estate can sit in limbo for months while carrying costs keep accruing, and in the worst cases one heir forces a sale on terms nobody actually wanted.
A vacant inherited home is its own risk. City of Saskatoon property tax does not pause for probate, insurance on an unoccupied house can lapse or get more expensive, and basic maintenance like snow clearing and pipe protection through a prairie winter still has to happen while ownership is unresolved.
Joel Dyck helps executors move quickly on a valuation so heirs are deciding from real numbers instead of guesses, which resolves more disagreements than people expect, and a lawyer handling the estate side typically charges $800 to $1,500. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.