Pacaso, Serena & Lily offer luxury listing along Florida’s ’30A’

Second home solution Pacaso has shares available in a new luxury six-bedroom home along Florida’s sought-after 30A corridor. Continue reading

Co-ownership trends offer an affordability solution: Pacaso

Second-home solution Pacaso studied 10 of the most active counties in the country for co-ownership and found the trend grew by 21 percent in 2023. The pace of co-owned closings correlates with a rise in Housing Price Index (HPI) in those counties. Continue reading

Pacaso chooses Paris as its 4th international destination

Pacaso has properties in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain and now France, as the second home marketplace has acquired its first property in Paris’ 7th arrondissement, according to a January 10 press release sent to Inman.  Continue reading

Pacaso to stuff stockings with 2nd-home shares

On Black Friday and the subsequent Cyber Monday annual shopping holidays this year, second home co-ownership solution Pacaso will offer zero percent interest on shares in select homes within its marketplace for the first three years of ownership. Continue reading

Institutional investors warming up to home equity agreements

DBRS Morningstar’s rating of $224M securitization by Unlock and Saluda could boost investor appetite for agreements that let homeowners cash out equity in exchange for a stake in their home. Continue reading

Splitero no longer accepting shared equity applications

In a separate announcement, San Diego-based fintech announces launch of new real estate brokerage, Splitero Homes, to help homeowners in four states “sell for the highest price.” Continue reading

Pacaso surging through summer on 2nd-home demand

Co-ownership company Pacaso has rebounded from a slow start to 2023 with a bevy of new luxury-home acquisitions and its fastest ever sell-out: A four-bedroom, four-bathroom home in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Continue reading

Newport Beach officially calls Pacaso a dirty word: ‘Timeshare’

The California coastal town of 85,000 voted unanimously to relegate co-owned homes — like those sold by Pacaso and Ember — to areas that typically don’t have luxury homes in them. Continue reading

Miami Beach formally recognizes Pacaso’s co-ownership model

Miami Beach officials passed an ordinance that approves co-ownership but requires the presence of a local property manager as well as adherence to a code of conduct, it was announced in April. Continue reading

Pacaso launches luxury home fund for accredited real estate investors

The co-ownership platform is now offering a two-year, 10 percent annualized promissory note backed by luxury real estate with investors receiving quarterly interest payments, according to Pacaso. Continue reading