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The three of you are separate legal entities. You can force a sale. In the meantime, your brother should be paying the both of you rent.
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You and your siblings own the home as tenants in common. You have a right to sell your undivided interests in the property to a stranger, but that sale would be at a discount because nobody wants to own an undivided half interest in a property with a stranger.
You can petition the court for partition of the property. The court can order the property sold and have each of you paid for your fractional interest.