Welcome
TheFractionalsMarket.com is your information source for the world of Fractional real estate and Condo Hotels. Have you ever dreamed of owning a luxury vacation home in Paradise or simply interested in learning more about owning a vacation property? Fractional ownership properties are typically luxury, high end villas and estates. With fractional home ownership, vacation homes around the world can become a reality. With Fractional properties the purchaser only owns the portion of the year in which they use it. They are not concerned, financially or otherwise about the remainder of the year.
How is that different from a Condo Hotel? Both are lifestyle investments where a purchaser only wants to use the property for fraction of the year. With Condo Hotels the property is owned outright by the purchaser. It is placed in the rental pool and is rented as a hotel room for the period of the year it is not in use by the purchaser.
There are pluses and minuses to both concepts-hence this website. Welcome to TheFractionalMarket.com, your source for Factional real estate and Condo Hotel ownership!
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... [more]
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Throughout the island countries of the Atlantic and Caribbean, one real estate company stands head and shoulders above the rest:
Coldwell Banker Island Affiliates
From Bermuda in the Atlantic, crossing over and including the Bahamian and the Turks & Caicos chain of islands continuing down to Grand Cayman and Aruba in the southern Caribbean, we have the islands covered. From St. Maarten and St. Kitts-Nevis in the eastern Caribbean, to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the US and... [more]
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Price and Value
The dollars involved is usually a factor, but different folks have different ways of looking at this. The most straightforward way is to equate the dollars you're spending with the amount of time that you'll spend in your property. Most people with second homes find they only spend 3 to 6 weeks a year at their second... [more]
So, smart buyers ask about the resale value and market for fractional ownership interests before they sign the papers.
And it's a good question. Not that I think you'll be displeased with a fractional arrangement soon after you buy it. But really, even in today's market, a piece of real estate should hold most of its value, no?
Most of you have been approached about buying a time-share. The sales pitch is... [more]
