Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

can you buy a house and put the title in your name and the loan on someone elses name


Asked on 12/12/11, 7:02 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Anthony Roach Law Office of Anthony A. Roach

I doubt it. The lender will want a deed of trust securing the loan, signed by the person who is acquiring title in the purchase.

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Answered on 12/12/11, 10:07 pm

Not with any lender I've ever heard of. What lender in their right mind would make a real estate loan on property that the named borrower doesn't own? That's just an unsecured loan, not a real estate purchase loan.

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Answered on 12/12/11, 10:09 pm


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