Resale market during different seasons

[Stinger5]

Has anyone noticed if there is a significant amount of contracts put out for sale during different times of the year?

I was looking on the websites of resale companies and haven't noticed an overwhelming amount of contracts. Are there certain times of year things pick up in the resale market?

 

[Paging Tom Morrow]

As annual maintenance fees come due in Jan/Feb, you generally see a relative increase in early December. Other than than, it's rather steady the rest of the year, although there are more contracts for sale now than I have ever seen. That can be contributed to two main factors:

1. There are more members than ever, so more resales are possible.
2. The economic downturn has caused members to reevaluate their luxury holdings.

 

[robert@dvcstore]

Mr. Tom Morrow is correct. The Timeshare Store, Inc.® usually sees an increase of new listings the first part of the year. Currently we have 267 DVC listings for sale. We have had 300+ listings earlier this year.

Robert

 

[disneynutz]

I know that Disney forecloses on contracts in April/May. I was told that they let Fidelity resell some of them.

Bill

 

[NewDCLGuy]

There tends to be an uptick in HHI and VB listing after the summer season.