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Lien on the Property

  Can I sell my house if it has a lien against the property?
 
  You could if someone agreed to take it with that lien against it, but a buyer probably wouldn't agree unless you reduced your price to account for it.  A lien can be paid off at the time you receive the purchase money, at the closing.  That's often done when the lien is an existing mortgage -- it's paid off at the last minute, at the closing.  Same thing with judgments.  YOu'd just have to be sure you received enough for the house to cover those payments.
    Edith
Originally published on August 28, 2007
 
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