In a recently issued report, the town of Aspen, Colorado says that its fractional and private residence club units see higher occupancy than traditional hospitality lodging.

Let's say you're a fractional real estate developer. You have investors supplying seed capital. You've tied up the property you want to develop. You have your permits and architect's plans. Your development team is assembled and raring to go. Only one more vital piece of the puzzle still needs to fall into place: You need to find equity and debt financing and consumer financing.

The Palms Private Residence Club has just signed a sponsorship agreement with the international second home exchange firm, 3RD HOME. This partnership will enable The Palms owners to exchange their properties with other second homeowners throughout the world from Costa Rica, Palm Beach, St. Barts to Paris and Thailand.

Supporting the resurgence of the private residence club market, The Reefs Club just announced the sale of more than 40 memberships of its luxurious fractional resort real estate product in just two weeks. With these sales The Club welcomes 37 new members and 3 existing owners who have purchased an additional interest in The Club.

The private residence club in Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco reached the significant 200th-sale milestone in March, capping its best month of sales activity since 2007, when the property opened on San Francisco’s historic northern waterfront. Finalizing three sales during the month of March, the Fairmont-branded private residence club built in one of the City’s most iconic landmarks has shown a remarkable recent pace in sales of its unique fractional opportunity.