Expand your referral network through second-home sales

One second-home client can turn into many, without resorting to all the tips and tricks you might need to secure referrals among primary homebuyers. Continue reading

Bienvenida! Pacaso enters luxury second-home market in Spain

Aspiring owners in Marbella, Spain can now take advantage of the unique ownership model devised by co-founders Austin Allison, who developed dotloop and sold it to Zillow, and former Zillow CEO, Spencer Rascoff. Continue reading

Luxury platform Pacaso lifts off in Colorado’s iconic ski towns

Buyer agents who sell a Pacaso home share now received a bonus of 500 restricted stock options in addition to a 3 percent commission. Continue reading

Eager to buck timeshare label, Pacaso hails new RESO designation

The new “co-ownership” category may get Pacaso one step closer to effectively fighting off critics who want to peg the company as selling “timeshares.” Continue reading

The top things we learned about luxury at ICLV 2021

From where the market is headed to how to succeed with authenticity in marketing and branding, this year’s Luxury Connect packed a punch. Inman unpacks the event. Continue reading

First American bets big on next-generation proptech investments 

The nation’s second-largest title insurer has invested in 16 venture-funded companies valued at $669 million after gains on Offerpad, Orchard, Sundae and Pacaso. Continue reading

Second home market trends: What agents need to know

This new report looks at transaction volume, as measured by second home mortgage rate locks, and median purchase prices for the top 50 2nd home markets across the U.S. Continue reading

Pacaso now accepting cryptocurrency for luxury home shares

Luxury home investment platform Pacaso announced it will now allow its investors to use multiple forms of cryptocurrency. Property investors can partition their investment as well, using a digital currency as a down payment and traditional financing fo… Continue reading

Pacaso launches second-home co-ownership in Park City, Utah

Pacaso, the fast-growing platform facilitating co-ownership in vacation homes, announced its expansion into the ski community of Park City, Utah. Continue reading

Tap into the red-hot second home market

Today’s second home buyers are passing on condos, meaning competition and prices for single-family vacation homes in hot markets are way up. Buyers also want to spend more time in their second homes and aren’t interested in renting them out.
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