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What Happens to a House in Probate? 3 Common Paths for Estate Property

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A house can avoid probate if it’s automatically passed on to survivors via a living trust , joint ownership , community property law , or transfer-on-death deed. So what happens to a house in probate? Other times the personal representative of the estate (also known as the executor) will need to sell the house with probate oversight.