Boulder County company bets on fractional homeownership 

NIWOT — With home prices remaining stubbornly high and interest rates ticking ever-upward, homeownership may feel increasingly out of reach for Millennials and members of Generation Z.

Quarter Inc., a Niwot-based startup, is placing a bet that a fractional-ownership model will help renters achieve their dreams of owning a house. 

The company, which touts itself as the “the nation’s first fractional equity home funding program and technology platform,” is emerging from three years in stealth mode to help would-be owners who “can’t get out of the renting cycle that a lot of people are stuck in,” Quarter’s newly appointed CEO Shannon Diesch…