Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As wealth inequality remains stark, fueled in part by racial differences in homeownership rates, attention is increasingly turning ...

Inheriting land can feel like a gift, but using it in a different way than others expect can stir up trouble. One heir thought building a house on their acres would be simple, but the cows, and their ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Center announced on April 6. The grant money, dispersed over the next two years, will support ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Dorchester County is investing $20,000 in a fund that they believe will help more than 100 county families get their heirs’ property paperwork in order. Heirs’ ...

For people inheriting properties from their family members, the transfer of a home or a piece of land represents an opportunity to provide housing stability and preserve generational wealth. But not ...

The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (the Heirs Act) was originally enacted in New York in December 2019 to protect heirs of real property from being forced to sell their property at auction.

Landowners should review titles and communicate with heirs about how their land titles impact stepped-up basis calculations.

As wealth inequality remains stark, fueled in part by racial differences in homeownership rates, attention is increasingly turning to a lesser-known area of property ownership - heirs' property. Heirs ...