April 2009

What do you do if your second home or partially-used property is costing you a fortune in these tough economic times? And if you want a holiday home or need a flat in the City Monday to Friday, does the economic downturn mean an end to these dreams?

February 2008

Advertisers on original website yours2share have been delighted with the response to early ads for fractional rental of second homes. Some people dream of owning a traditional holiday home as a means of regular escapism. But if this is too expensive, fractional rental provides an attractive alternative.

October 2008

Keen golfers often dream of owning the perfect villa within putting distance of the clubhouse of their favourite golf course, but many have difficulty justifying the cost of buying exactly what they want. Sharing a property with other like-minded golfers makes a great deal of sense and new website yours2share.com enables people to find compatible partners.

July 2007

yours2share urges people to be careful about buying property with friends. yours2share is an innovative new website which goes live this week, with a service to enable owners of property and other valuable assets to find like-minded people with whom to share.

This detailed article covers many issues relating to fractional ownership of property or real estate. Although some aspects are very specific to the USA, particularly the sections on finance and taxation, it gives an excellent all round view of fractional ownership and the issues you need to consider.  Here are the current fractional property or real estate listings.

If you lose money as a result of attempting to set up or entering into a sharing agreement or syndicate, yours2share has no liability for your costs. yours2share is simply the "matchmaker".

You need to see the sharer's proof of ownership of the asset and clear evidence of genuine full title to the asset so that you know about any outstanding loans secured against the asset.

• This spreadsheet (yours2share-estimated-costs.xls) is specifically designed to give an ESTIMATE of the financial values to be considered when purchasing any valuable asset. It deliberately simplifies some aspects of the financing in order to give ball-park values that can be easily understood.