What’s the difference between joint and tenants in common?
Q Can you explain the difference between being tenants in common and joint tenants? And does it have any bearing when it comes to making a Will or selling the property?
S Barnsworth, Leeds
Michele Wightman of solicitors Knights plc replies:
Holding a property as joint tenants means that each person holds the whole property and they do not have a specific share in the property. You would own the property equally with the person you are purchasing with. If a property is purchased as tenants in common, each person will hold a definite share in the property which
