Your home during separation
A clearer path forward
for your home.
Understand what your home could sell for, what a sale would involve, and which questions to discuss with your advisers—whether you are ready to act or still considering your options.
Real estate support in South Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Surrey, and Delta.
Three practical starting points.
You do not need every answer before reaching out. Start with the information that would help most.
Understand the value
Learn how comparable sales, competing listings, and your home’s condition inform a market assessment.
Explore the options
Consider the real estate questions involved in selling, exploring whether one person can keep the home, or gathering information first.
Plan a possible sale
Understand preparation, showings, offers, and the steps leading to completion.
What we can help you understand
Information can be put in writing, so it is easier to review and share with your advisers.
- Property market assessment
- A potential range with the reasoning behind it. The outline shows how one is structured.
- Selling-cost overview
- The categories of cost to expect, so you can ask your lender and lawyer for actual figures.
- Proposed sale plan
- Possible timing, marketing, and showing arrangements to discuss before anything is decided.
- Communication plan
- How updates, questions, and offers could be shared with each person involved.
Illustrative assessment outline
The structure a written assessment can follow.
Comparable sales
Review how location, size, layout, condition, and sale timing affect comparisons.
Current competition
Consider the other homes buyers could choose and how this property would be positioned.
Preparation priorities
Separate maintenance concerns from optional cosmetic work, considering cost, effort, and potential buyer response.
How a shared-home sale is organized.
Communication and instructions
For example, both owners receiving the same email updates at the same time, and confirming who gives instructions before any work begins.Market information and preparation
Reviewing comparable sales and competing listings, and deciding which repairs or cleaning are worth doing.Showing arrangements
Agreeing notice, regular showing windows, and plans for children, pets, and personal belongings.Offers and dates
Presenting offers to everyone with authority to decide, and coordinating completion and possession dates with your lawyers.
Making an inquiry does not commit you to anything. More detail in Planning a sale and Our approach.
Guides worth reading first.
Understanding your home’s value
How a market assessment, an appraisal, and BC assessed value differ, and when each is used.
Costs to consider before selling
Preparation, fees, mortgage payout, and moving costs to ask your lender and lawyer about.
Shared-home preparation worksheet
A printable page for property details, timing, and questions. Nothing is uploaded or saved.
Questions people often ask first.
What happens next
A reply using the method you chose
You will be contacted by email, phone, or text — whichever you selected — and at the times or in the way you described.
A short conversation about your questions
You can talk through what you would like to understand and what basic property information would help, such as the address, size, and general condition.
A proposed next step, explained first
If it would be useful to go further, the suggested next step is explained before anything happens. Nothing proceeds without your agreement.
Supporting someone through separation? Information for advisers.