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It’s camping season and U.S buyers are choosing used RVs over new this spring. Sales of used RVs rose 6% year over year, according to a recent market report. New, on the other hand, is down nearly 17%.
But if you have a big Class A motor coach that’s getting up in years, you could be waiting a while to sell it. Industry analysts say the average sales cycle for an older motor home is six to nine months from the buyer’s first look. In the current economy, though, fewer consumer leisure dollars and higher fuel prices are adding up to a lot of older rigs on the sales lot.
A refurbished 1988-vintage motor coach that Lindsey and Blake Walters bought used in 2024 has served its purpose. The couple and their two boys lived the RV life while building a house in Fairhope, Alabama. The motor home offered all the comforts of home, including a full-size jacuzzi tub.
The plan was to save on rent, then resell the rig to someone else who might want to do the same. In January, the Walters scrubbed their RV inside and out, then listed it online with social media videos.
“There’s been a lot of interest requests for those videos, questions about those videos, but no follow-ups,” Blake Walters said.
While the Walters’ RV is older than most, the time it’s taking to sell is in line with Class A motor coaches built before 2016.
Class A RVs are the big bus-like ones. Those 10 years and older make up roughly 40% of the used Class A motor homes listed on RV Trader, a leading online marketplace for new and used RVs. And they’re expensive, with some prices reaching more than half a million dollars.
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