Compass rolls out second-home-focused network for agents

Compass Resort aims to provide referrals, collaboration and other resources to agents who work with clients focused on vacation properties and secondary homes. Continue reading

Pacaso’s Marnie Blanco on why co-ownership is poised for a big 2024

Pacaso’s senior vice president of industry relations sat down with Inman ahead of Inman Connect New York next week to share the vacation-home platform’s big expansion plans for the new year. Continue reading

NFX leads $80M round for Overmoon’s vacation home fintech

Overmoon, a company in the increasingly popular vacation rental market, is off to a stellar start in 2024, having secured $80 million in debt and equity funding to launch their tech-enabled solution for owners of vacation rentals, or those who inspire … Continue reading

Vacasa gives Matterport multi-year marketing deal

Matterport and Vacasa will be traveling a lot together in the near future. The vacation home company hired the digital twin creator in a multi-year contract to help market its global portfolio of vacation homes under management. Continue reading

Vacation home solution Summer weathers autumn with $18M

Vacation home investment and management company Summer is marching through autumn a bit more secure about how they’ll handle winter. The company closed a fundraising round of $18 million. Continue reading

Vacation home demand near 7-year low due to costs, employer policies

Mortgage-rate locks on second homes were down 47 percent from their pre-pandemic levels in Aug. 2023 as market factors have made owning a second home more costly and complicated in the last year, Redfin reported. Continue reading

Far Homes new financing tool helps Mexico seem much closer

The marketplace for properties south of the border will now offer the value of linking aspiring owners with the people and processes involved with financing homes in the very popular U.S. second-home destination, the company said. 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

Pacaso firms up co-ownership union with HomeServices of America

Pacaso’s model gives luxury agents something new to offer clients, as well as opens their representation services to buyers who were once shutout of the traditional second-home market. Continue reading