A Carribean villa rental giant goes fractional with a handful of its residences. Read Full Article »

Realtor Paula Gold-Nocella of Global/Quarters answers questions about what real estate agents and buyers need to know about getting a loan for a fractional residence. Read Full Article »

Halogen Guides consulted financial legal experts Mel Weinberger and Danica Kubick to break down two popular luxury home ownership alternatives: fractionals and destination clubs. Both have benefits and pitfalls, read on to see what they found. Luxury fractionals and destination clubs ... Read Full Article »

Consumers in the market for a luxury second home can choose from destination clubs, fractional residences and wholly-owned homes. Halogen Guides has outlined the top five reasons for why a consumer would choose each option. We also ... Read Full Article »

Halogen Guides takes a look at some of the fractional real estate opportunities in one of the country’s great vacation playgrounds: the Carolinas. Read Full Article »

Paula Gold-Nocella of Global/Quarters answers questions about fractional real estate from the perspective of a real estate insider with more than twenty years of experience. Read Full Article »

Paula Gold-Nocella of Global/Quarters answers questions about fractional real estate from the perspective of a real estate insider with more than twenty years of experience. Read Full Article »

The Halogen Guides network of websites is growing fast, and to better serve our readers we’ve put together a short and confidential reader survey. Read Full Article »

With the domestic real estate market in a slowdown, how are fractional properties in tried and true tourist destinations like San Francisco weathering the storm? Read Full Article »

Fractional developers are galloping after an increasingly lucrative vacation home buyer, the equestrian. Read Full Article »

Halogen Guides adds Cabo San Lucas to its lineup of destination guides, featuring details on current and future developments and what you need to know about buying in Mexico. Read Full Article »

A new partnership will turn over real estate management of the Orchard at Carneros Inn to Timbers Resorts, with new projects in Colorado, Squaw Mountain and Mexico to come. Read Full Article »

Preferred Residences has launched a new, branded exchange program for fractional developments, but will it offer convenience and scope where others have fallen short? Read Full Article »

Halogen Guides visits this luxury resort fractional development on the southern edge of Napa Valley. Read Full Article »

Famed luxury hotel the Little Nell continues to expand its reach into vacation real estate, despite the larger real estate slowdown. Read Full Article »

Fairmont is taking its residences and fractional brand to the Caribbean with a new development in the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana region. Read Full Article »

Luxury developer Capella will offer whole and fractional ownership options at three of its upcoming resorts. Halogen Guides takes a look at what’s for sale and what you’ll pay. Read Full Article »

Hawaii has long been a second home destination for landlocked Midwesterners looking to escape frigid winters, and West Coast residents seeking a part-time escape. But for those looking to buy an island retreat there hasn’t been much choice beyond ... Read Full Article »

Some love the mountains, others crave the sun and sand of the beach. But for folks who choose to cruise, standard second home options like private residence clubs have not historically applied. Those looking for luxury at sea have ... Read Full Article »

Second home sales have taken a direct hit in the current real estate market slowdown, according the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) annual survey of investment and vacation home buyers. The realtors group, always eager to put a sunny spin on ... Read Full Article »

As the second installment of a two-part article on private residence clubs in Costa Rica, this piece will focus on clubs in the Southern regions of the country. Thanks in large part to its booming eco-tourism industry, Costa Rica—which is on ... Read Full Article »

Last week marked the eighth annual Ragatz Fractional Interest Conference, a yearly gathering of movers and shakers in the private residence club and destination club industries. First, the attendance numbers were impressive: over 700 people registered for the San Francisco conference, ... Read Full Article »

Bal Harbour was founded by Robert C. Graham sixty years ago as a “dream village,” and the community’s small size has never been exploited; developers have long adhered to a philosophy of “quality, not quantity” here, and the result is ... Read Full Article »

At the annual Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference this week, the expected sunny spin on the growth of the private residence club industry was shadowed by a grim reality. First Fractional Funding, a Greenwood Village, Colo.-based mortgage company that ... Read Full Article »

Destination clubs and fractional ownership properties are making the dream of turn-key living amid the rolling hills of Tuscany a reality for many vacation home seekers. From restored stone farmhouses in the Italian countryside to a 15th century palace ... Read Full Article »