Guides for executors and families

These guides are written in plain language for people handling an estate in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. They are general information, not legal advice.

• How to sell a house in probate in Pennsylvania

  A plain-language overview of how executors sell a house in probate in Pennsylvania: authority to sell, when a court order may be needed, and how Philadelphia-area estates usually proceed. General information, not legal advice.

• What is a probate real estate agent?

  What a probate real estate agent does for an executor in Pennsylvania, what they don't do, and what the Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist (CPRES) designation does and doesn't mean.

• How to choose a probate agent

  Practical, no-pressure questions for executors choosing a probate real estate agent in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, or Chester County.

• Probate process in Pennsylvania for real estate: a general timeline

  A general, non-legal overview of the Pennsylvania probate process as it affects a house, with the few deadlines set by statute or the Department of Revenue and links to each county's Register of Wills.