From my previous posting in 2008 and the property market going belly up I never followed up on this item, but I was talking to someone recently about it and they said that for my brother to buy me out of the house we would have to get the house valued and then he would have to give me half the value. Surely this couldnt be right as for example the house was valued at 200K, he gave me 100K for my share and he now takes over the 190K mortgage and has given me 100K which he wouldnt be able to afford anyway...thus giving him a mortgage of 290K to pay off and the house only worth 200K..Any suggestions?