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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!

2010-07-23 16:56:32 by
The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) 2010 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in the U.S. in 2009, shows vacation home sales rose 7.9% to 553,000 last year from 513,000 in 2008.

According to a recent article in RISMedia.com, "Many U.S. buyers are looking outside the US to... [more]
2010-07-20 15:08:20 by
This from Guardian.co.uk/money:

"Timeshare salesmen have new tactics and are enticing unwary tourists into investing in resorts, with promises of part-ownership. British consumers about to set off on their summer holidays are being warned to be on their guard against a potential new problem in the timeshare market: the hard-selling of "fractional ownership" of resorts.

"The consumer group, UK European Consumer Centre, is concerned that timeshare salesmen – a long-time nightmare for UK... [more]
2010-07-16 14:48:00 by
Midwest Fractional Consultants, LLC is a Minneapolis, MN based firm specializing in Fractional real estate. The company provides consulting services, education and training to buyers and sellers interested in capitalizing on the benefits offered by fractional ownership, including:
*The vast increase in affordability for vacation or second homes
*Radical expansion of the pool of potential buyers
*Ability (unlike timeshares) for any owner to re-sell his fractional share through the MLS
*Spreading out the property's maintenance, property... [more]
2010-07-13 09:18:11 by
The second edition of Fractional Ownership was created for Fractional Life to give consumers the lowdown on how and where to buy into the luxury lifestyle.

It features a three-step formula outlining the purchase process and selection of the ideal destination introduced by writer and presenter Chelsey Baker, host of the Fractional Life Expo 2010 taking place from September 13 to 15 at the Broadgate Arena in London.

Visit RCI... [more]
2010-07-07 17:10:49 by Jim Reed
The International Academy of the Visual Arts has named Coldwell Banker On Location, the brand’s YouTube channel, a recipient of this year’s Communicator Awards for Creative Excellence in the real estate website category. The category honors the best site for the sale or rental of residential or commercial property.

“We were the first national real estate brand to add streaming video to our website. Today, our agents across the globe have posted more than 15,000 videos to our On Location channel,” said Mike Fischer, chief marketing officer for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. “The most exciting... [more]
2010-07-05 13:50:27 by
FractionalLife reports, "Dominican Republic agent Golden Treasures has teamed up with Casa Linda in the resort of Sosua to offer fractional real estate ownership of new-buld villas.

"The four-bedroom Villa Ultima models will be configured with the rooms surrounding a swimming pool area and positioned so each villa will face the ocean without covering the neighbors`s line of sight.

"The villas are less than ten minutes from Sosua beach, and the same time from... [more]


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