What is Fractional Ownership?

The easiest way to own a luxury vacation home.

“Fractional Ownership,” or “Co-ownership,” is a model of homeownership that has been around for decades. Maybe you have family or friends who have purchased a home together and split the cost and time equally amongst themselves – this is fractional ownership! Ancana has modernized the fractional ownership model and, for the first time, is making this opportunity available to anyone, not just those with family/friends who want to own a home together. We’ve used our decades of experience in real estate and technology to make the process of owning a share of a home as easy as booking an Airbnb. What does this mean?

Acquire your luxury fractionated vacation home and forget about:

• Searching for family or friends to go in on a place with you – our marketplace makes it easy to find your dream home, and we take care of finding and vetting all of your co-owners
• About using spreadsheets and calendars to figure out who gets to use the home when – our proprietary booking app makes it easy to find and schedule the dates that matter most to you, anywhere from 2 days to 2 years in advance.
• Haggling over how to split expenses – we handle all of the bills, from property taxes to maintenance to utilities, and split the cost amongst the co-owners. We pass fees directly through with no markup – simple and transparent. 
• Stressing over maintenance and upkeep – we furnish the property and manage all of the cleaning and repairs. And we do this for a flat 1% annual fee, cheaper than a property management company.
• Worrying about not using all of your allotted time – we will help you rent your unused days and maximize your income; all you have to do is tell us how many days you’d like us to rent on your behalf.
• Stressing overselling your fraction – your fraction appreciates as the home appreciates, and you are free to sell your fraction at any time, at the price you choose! We can help match you with a buyer, or you can use the broker/agent of your choice.

How does it work?

Now you can see how Ancana makes fractional ownership easy, but how does it work?  When Ancana purchases a home, we set up an investment trust with the home itself as the underlying asset. We divide the trust into 4 or 8 fractions so that each fraction represents a ¼ or ⅛ ownership of the property. 

Each co-owner buys one or more shares, which in turn gives them true ownership of that fractional share in the form of a deed. This guarantees that if the property appreciates, so do the shares, so when the time comes to sell, the gains belong to each owner. 

You can purchase the number of shares you want, which allows each co-owner to use a specific number of weeks per year, according to the number of shares owned. This also means that you can buy the time you will really use. 

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Ancana’s fractional ownership model makes it possible to own a luxury vacation home for a fraction of the price. You get all of the benefits of vacation home ownership without all of the hassles. Take a look through our listings; we have hand-selected each property based on our strict criteria, ensuring you are buying only the best properties with the highest likelihood to appreciate and provide you with years of memories. 

Owning a vacation home has never been this easy.