Property will be a big chunk of the great wealth transfer. Older Americans need to plan properly to pass on real estate, ...

The Center for Heirs' Property (CHP), a national leader in advancing practical solutions for heirs' property owners, today announced the launch of the East Texas Heirs' Property Initiative (ETHPi)—an ...

As the years pass, many older Americans begin to consider how to best transfer property to the next generation. The ...

The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Center announced on April 6. The grant money, dispersed over the next two years, will support ...

It was a hot July afternoon, and Saul Blair stood at the edge of a forest in northern Georgia, watching a pickup truck bounce along a rutted dirt road. Blair is a retired health care executive who ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...

A Michigan family found their late parents’ mortgage still being paid. Experts explain how—and why it can happen to anyone.

The farmland of North Carolina cradles not only agricultural abundance but also a significant legal challenge: heirs property (also commonly known as "heirs' property" or "heir property"). This ...

Heirs’ property is usually defined as land handed down without clear, official documentation. Over the course of the 20th century, Black Americans lost roughly 80% of the property they owned at the ...