For prospective buyers, I think there are several strategies that make sense right now.
- For a prospective buyer who is committed to purchasing direct no matter what, the debate over the rumors is irrelevant.
- For a prospective buyer who is considering resale vs. direct, if you believe existing owners will be grandfathered in (which I think is very reasonable...if anything at all happens), consider your options and make whatever decision you think benefits your family. Now is obviously the advantageous time to buy resale.
- For a prospective buyer who is considering resale vs. direct and is fearful that the rumors will apply to existing resale owners (i.e. NO grandfathering), the best strategy is to do nothing until mid-January or so. There's no advantage to buying direct now, and there is an advantage to waiting until you know whether there is any shred of truth in the rumors.
Obviously, anyone who believes any of the rumors should carefully consider if, in fact, any of the rumored changes would have any
actual practical effect on their DVC ownership. I haven't seen anything yet that would affect me, but I bought DVC to use at DVC resorts.