New $500 Resale DVC Transfer Fee

[Sandisw]

And I have sent a message to them. I also watched the DVC Q&A and was really just wondering if others understood what they said the same way I did.

The information provided to DVC Resale Market came directly from DVC Management.

The fee will only apply to contracts signed January first and later.

So, since you signed your contract to purpose prior to Jan 1st, you won’t have the fee.

 

[Genie+]

And I have sent a message to them. I also watched the DVC Q&A and was really just wondering if others understood what they said the same way I did.

My understanding is that DVD is only going to start charging this fee to contracts sent to them 1/1/26 and beyond.

As long as the fully executed contract (complete, correct, signed by all the appropriate parties) is sent to wdw.dvc.dvd.resales@disney.com by Dec 31, 2025 for review, then this new fee will be avoided.

Rofr and the closing date doesn’t really seem to matter - just getting the fully executed contract over to them for review before 1/1/26 is what matters in regard to whether or not this fee applies.

From DVC site:

 

[#1Disfann]

The information provided to DVC Resale Market came directly from DVC Management.

The fee will only apply to contracts signed January first and later.

So, since you signed your contract to purpose prior to Jan 1st, you won’t have the fee.

And I guess that is where I am trying to make it more complicated than it needs to be by determining if they meant the "contract" to purchase (which doesn't actually mean it will close) or the actual "closing" paperwork when money has officially changed hands.

 

[Sandisw]

And I guess that is where I am trying to make it more complicated than it needs to be by determining if they meant the "contract" to purchase (which doesn't actually mean it will close) or the actual "closing" paperwork when money has officially changed hands.

I think they used the word closing in the FAQ because this is going to be a closing cost.

But, in order for them to charge it, the intial contract would need to have included it and contracts that have already been submitted would not have had it.

It makes sense why it is a little confusing but glad they clarified it officially!

 

[#1Disfann]

I think they used the word closing in the FAQ because this is going to be a closing cost.

But, in order for them to charge it, the intial contract would need to have included it and contracts that have already been submitted would not have had it.

It makes sense why it is a little confusing but glad they clarified it officially!

Thanks for the input while my brain got it all sorted!

 

[Chili327]

As far as the CAF fee goes, while I have made peace with the concept that it’s to recoup time spent by staff doing a task that was not initially budgeted to be repeated over the life of the contract, and many other timeshares also charge for it, I still can’t but help feeling that it’s a total money grab. It simply doesn’t cost them anywhere near $500 per transaction to accomplish this purely clerical function. Charging any large number is simply a deterrent to resale. It should be based on cost not on what other timeshares charge.

Yea, I’m all for paying cast members for their time, but does this mean anyone that is actually doing the work is getting a raise or a bonus from this fee?

The information provided to DVC Resale Market came directly from DVC Management.

The fee will only apply to contracts signed January first and later.

So, since you signed your contract to purpose prior to Jan 1st, you won’t have the fee.

I thought I quoted someone that was asking, but yes agreed this is the answer..
Signed and sent, means signed and sent, not passed, closed or anything else.

 

[Cfabar1]

Yet another reason to never do a delayed closing... You never know what is around the corner!!

 

[oswald1927]

Very glad I was able to get one last contract buy in!

 

[Sandisw]

Yet another reason to never do a delayed closing... You never know what is around the corner!!

Legally, they had to grandfather contracts that were already in play. FL 721 mentions that a fee like this must be part of the contract from the start.

But, you are correct, you just never know what might change!

 

[Chili327]

Yet another reason to never do a delayed closing... You never know what is around the corner!!

I sold a contract 3+ months ago that doesn’t close until end of January, but will not be paying the fee, so again, closing doesn’t affect whatsoever. Only “signed and sent”.