I've been watching closely the last three years and have not seen an increase when the MF bills come out. Pretty even all year long and right now, rock bottom prices.
There seem to be some on eBay that are sold below zero (seller provides free $200 gift card or something). Hope that doesn't get worse.
Yep! PCC guys are astute enough to recognize it is better to get rid of vs getting stuck with MF and taking chance it will never sell.
Common sense would tell me when MF notices go out (I'm assuming the fall).
Or is it pretty much the same market year-round?
One factor that others have failed to mention is the issue of making reservations when buying an EOY. It typically takes a couple of months to close. It is best to be able to get the close and title transfer over with before the reservations open for the next year.
I have seen people sell an EOY timeshare at the end of the year, where the reservations have already been open for perhaps 11 months.
Cost was more important to me than time of year when I cleaned Developer Managed Resorts out of my portfolio and replaced them with carefully selected Weeks at HOA controlled Resorts. I shot for Weeks costing less than $1,000 with MFs in the $400 - $500 range. I ended up with 6 great Weeks where I wouldn't suffer much of a loss when I decided to get rid of them.
George
What is an HOY?
You have to pay someone to take it off your hands.