Fractional Real Estate News

The explosive growth of real estate fractionals may suprise some of you considering the slowness of the normal residential real estate segment.  The growth rate exceeds double-digit growth and the trend is carried into some of the hottest real estate markets worldwide.  For instance, 

even Dubai, one of today’s hottest real estate markets and incredible luxury resort area is catching the massive wave of fractional real estate.

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange, and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), and VH Dubai have entered into an affiliation agreement whereby VH Dubai will offer prospective purchasers the opportunity to own a piece of the Palm Jumeirah.

Fractional real estate ownership is gaining momentum like the demand for global oil supply! There has been a rapid increase in demand for fractional properties in all parts of US. However, there are few of the places that have really been on top of the chart pertaining to fractional real estate ownership.

Las Vegas is one such city where the demand for fractional properties is really starting to pick up. We will be interviewing developers in Las Vegas who have invested heavily in fractional real estate offerings taking over one full year just in planning and development. Continue reading »

Fractional real estate ownership is an awakened real estate trend that has been around for generations. Remember friends that would head off for a couple weeks in the summer months to their grandparents cabin or lake house? It was ‘their time’. That was fractional real estate. It is a tried and true concept dressed up with a fresh new term. Continue reading »

The best way to answer that would be to say, do your research. Here’s a quick outline of some of the pros and cons.

First of all, the concept of fractional real estate has been around for many years, and has proven stability in the real estate market. In fact, fractional real estate is not only stable its popularity is soaring! In May 2006, real estate experts swarmed the Ragatz Symposium in Coronado, California to discuss this exciting new movement. According to Ragatz Associates (an internationally renowned market research organization), real estate developers reported a 218% increase in new fractional projects.

Interested in an exotic destination like Hawaii, or maybe even Europe? Or maybe something closer to home in the mountains of Colorado, the sunny shores of California or along the east coast, such as South Carolina or Florida? No matter where you would like your vacation home to be, there is a fractional option for you.

One of the few cons to this new and exciting vacation option is financing. Not all lenders are familiar with fractional mortgages. Should you find a property in a major resort area, lenders may already have a financing package available. For individual homes, you may need to speak with a mortgage broker to find a lender or consider a method kept secret by the rich and famous, the use of living Trusts to offer creative financing and asset protection.