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Sell My Timeshare NOW releases their First Quarter 2007 Hot Properties List, showing which timeshare resales are receiving the most offers at www.sellmytimesharenow.com

Sell My Timeshare NOW has just released their 2007 Hot Properties List. The entire list includes 1,360 different timeshare resort properties, and ranks them from first to last by the number of buyer offers received, based on the records of Sell My Timeshare NOW, LLC. The top 25 timeshare resales properties for the first quarter of 2007 are:

1. Sunterra Resorts Ka’anapali Beach Club
2. Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas
3. Orange Lake’s West Village
4. WorldMark by Wyndham – Multi-Destination
5. Manhattan Club
6. Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club
7. Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club
8. Marriott’s Newport Coast Villas
9. Sheraton Vistana Resort
10. Harborside Resort at Atlantis
11. Marriott’s Grande Vista
12. Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club
13. Pueblo Bonito Rose Spa and Resort
14. Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa Phase I
15. Mayan Palace Riviera Maya Cancun
16. Pueblo Bonito Resort at Sunset Beach
17. Mystic Dunes Resort and Golf Club
18. Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
19. Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Hilton Hawaiian Village
20. Villa del Palmar, Cabo San Lucas
21. Hilton Grand Vacations Club on International Drive Orlando
22. Point at Poipu
23. Westgate Vacation Villas
24. Hilton Grand Vacations Club at the Flamingo
25. Palace Resort at Moon Palace

Like all statistics, there are several ways to look at the Hot List. If you are a timeshare owner with a property to sell, this list will help you assess the demand for a timeshare unit at your resort. And if you are interested in buying timeshare, the Hot List will help you see which properties are popular with other timeshare vacationers and which timeshares probably offer high-demand timeshare exchange opportunities. But just because you own a timeshare or are thinking of buying timeshare that does not rank at the top of the list, don’t assume there’s a problem with that resort or that it is unpopular. In fact, the opposite could be true. A limited number of timeshare resales at a resort could simply mean that all the current owners are highly satisfied with their timeshares and few timeshare units at that resort ever show up on the resale timeshare market. Other factors, like the week you own and the number of bedrooms in your timeshare unit also affect timeshare resale.

Over the next few months, I am going to be profiling one location each week from the top-25 timeshare resorts on the Hot Properties 2007 List. On Saturday, I will take an in-depth look at number 18 on the list, Disney BoardWalk Villas, and then each week, I’ll focus on more properties from the list.

To obtain a free list of how 1,360 timeshare properties ranked on the resales offers list, contact Sell My Timeshare Now, toll free at 877-815-4227 or send an email to [email protected] and ask for the free Hot Properties List.

Before you buy vacation property, learn the facts.

According to statistics recently released by the National Association of Realtors, four out of every ten homes sold are purchased either as investment properties or as a second home. As today’s baby boomer generation enters their peak income earning years, as well as comes into inherited money from previous generations, this trend is expected to escalate.

The vacation home market it thriving and with it comes new options for ownership beyond the traditional cabin in the woods or condo on the beach. Fractionals and private residence clubs are choices for people looking to buy deeded property to use on a part time basis. Destination clubs are another option in which owners do not acquire a deed to a specific property but instead gain the right to use a portfolio of homes.

Condo hotels or condotels are actual operating hotel properties that offer some or all of their suites for sale to individuals. While the hotel units may be privately owned, the condo hotel management assumes responsibility for running the hotel and providing contracted management of the units to be rented like regular hotel rooms. Owners can schedule the units at any time for their personal use.

And of course, there are timeshares and vacation club memberships which offer a variety of products from deeded ownerships, to right-to-use, to points-based programs. Timeshares enable you to buy vacation property yet pay for only the days and nights you actually schedule to use. While new timeshare in 2005 sold for an average price of more than $17,000 per week or interval, resale timeshare is available at much lower prices. If you are among the many people who are looking for vacation ownership, ARDA, the American Resort Development Association, has developed the following questionnaire to help you decide which option is best for your lifestyle and your budget:

1. How much time will we be using the vacation home?
2. Is the destination choice difficult to purchase in, or seem over-valued due to location popularity?
3. Are we looking at this second home as an investment and/or family legacy, or perhaps primarily as an annual ‘go to’ vacation spot?
4. How much time and money are we willing to invest in home maintenance or decor?
5. Is it important to be in the same vacation home every time we visit the area, or do we prefer variety?
6. What level of luxury are we seeking, and are we realistically able to achieve it in a second home?
7. Is it important for the vacation home to be deeded?
8. What is our annual vacation budget?

Here’s one more important addition to the list: Before you buy any vacation property, visit www.sellmytimesharenow.com and look into your opportunity to buy resale timeshare at excellent prices.

If you are a true-blue fan of college basketball, isn’t it madness that you don’t use your timeshare to put you courtside for the action?

It’s NCAA hoops time, and again this year, the nail biting excitement of college basketball teams in competition for the title of national champs, will cause millions—that’s right—millions of us to be parked in front of our televisions.

Each year, some fans cheer for schools with storied basketball traditions, like Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, or North Carolina. Other fans watch with the hope that this year a Wichita State, George Mason, or Valparaiso will write a Cinderella story. They call it March Madness for a reason and true fans know that when it comes to college basketball, on any given day, any single team can beat any other team and become the winner.

Typically, audiences for the televised coverage of NCAA tournament competition are record breakers for CBS Sports. In 2006, CBS also set, or came very close to setting, (depending on whose statistics you trust) the record for the largest online simultaneous streaming audience, with “March Madness on Demand.”

If you don’t already have tickets for this year’s games beginning March 13, you can plan to be back on the couch again. Even if you have tickets, don’t expect to be able to book a hotel room or make a timeshare deal to see the Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia or even most of the cities hosting the regional rounds.

Accommodations have long been sold out to people who planned to be sitting in the stands, viewing the action first hand, and bought their tickets and reserved their hotel rooms or timeshare condos far in advance. But as all true basketball fans know, “there’s always next year.” So next year, or the year after, why not plan to be at the games in person?

Here’s a partial schedule of future dates and sites. Mark it on your calendar, buy your tickets, and schedule your timeshare condo to put you at the right place at the right time.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Dayton Ohio.

Thursday and Saturday, March 20 and 22, 2008 Anaheim, California; Omaha, Nebraska; Washington, D.C.

Friday and Sunday, March 21 and 23, 2008 Birmingham, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas; Raleigh, North Carolina; Tampa, Florida

Thursday and Saturday, March 27 and 29, 2008 Charlotte, North Carolina; Phoenix, Arizona

Friday and Sunday, March 28 and 30, 2008 Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas

Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 San Antonio, Texas

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Opening round: Dayton, Ohio Thursday and Saturday, March 19 and 21, 2009 Greensboro, North Carolina; Kansas City, Missouri; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon

Friday and Sunday, March 20 and 22, 2009 Boise, Idaho; Dayton, Ohio; Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota

Thursday and Saturday, March 26 and 28, 2009 Boston, Massachusetts; Glendale, Arizona

Friday and Sunday, March 27 and 29, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee

Final Four: Saturday and Monday, April 4 and 6, 2009 Detroit, Michigan

You may be surprised to learn who is buying timeshare today

If you are interested in reselling your timeshare, your timing couldn’t be better. According to a recent article published by Hotel Interactive (http://www.hotelinteractive.com/) entitled, “FutureTimeshare Buyers: Market Profile 2006,” more than 9 million households in the US expressed interest in buying a timeshare within the next two years.

Not only is the overall percentage of Americans interested in timesharing on the increase, but the demographic is expanding as well. While the majority of timeshare owners still fall into the category of middle age and middle income, research shows a high degree of interest in timesharing by the Generation X crowd (age 28 to 41) and even the under 27 age group sometimes referred to as the Echo Boomers because they are typically the offspring of the Baby Boom generation.

Where once primarily households with annual incomes greater than $50,000 made timeshare purchases, today’s purchaser may have an annual household income in the $30,000 and up range. Timeshare purchases by African-Americans and by Indian-Americans (first and second generation American citizens of Asian Indian heritage) are also increasing at a significant rate.

Perhaps more people are realizing that timeshares can offer incredible opportunities for easy-to-plan travel and vacation ownership. Data from the National Leisure Travel Monitor^sm (developed by Yesawich, Pepperdine & Brown/Yankelovich Partners) also shows that among the average American’s personal goals, family time ranks higher than earning money ranks. Issues of political and economic uncertainty and prevailing global unrest have influenced public perceptions and values. In 2000, 26 percent of adults took their children with them on vacations. By 2005, that figure had seen a 10 percent increase, including 61 percent of parents who said they would take their children out of school in order to enjoy a family holiday or vacation time.

Statistics such as these should be reaffirming for the timeshare industry as a whole, whether viewed from the perspective of the seller or the buyer. If you have timeshare that you wish to sell, take heart because everything points to an ever-growing market of potential buyers. And if you are considering timeshare property to buy, then the news is all good for you too, as research clearly shows, this is an industry in a positive growth trend. Industry standards, new and diverse vacation products, and your own opportunity to someday resell, only look better and better all the time.