06/19/2026
The standard divorce house buyout math looks clean on paper: home value, minus the mortgage, divided by two. Then the refinance gets underwritten, and the number that felt fair stops working.
Divorce Equity Solutions work with attorneys, mediators, and financial neutrals on exactly this gap. Four variables decide whether a buyout can actually be funded: how the refinance is structured (rate-and-term vs. cash-out, and the LTV ceiling), separate property contributions, closing costs and seasoning rules, and the standalone qualifying income of the spouse keeping the house.
Get them on the table before settlement, and the buyout holds. Miss them, and it can unravel months after the decree, when nobody did anything wrong.
I broke down how a CDLP® runs these numbers, with worked examples: https://divorcebriefings.com/4uJm581
If you have a case file that includes the house in question, I'm glad to run the analysis alongside you. Let’s talk.