Used Caravan market.!

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Yes Axle. The lots near me are packed with vans for sale and have been so for some time. I guess that many people abandoned overseas holidays during Covid days and instead bought a van. They then became disenchanted with van-life and put it up for sale. A neighbour who manufactures a national brand of vans and campers told me during the crisis that he could not keep up supply but he has not been so chirpy lately.
I suspect that most of those used vans on display are on consignment and the owners have unrealistic ideas of their value.

This is an interesting topic and one that I have followed for a while. The Covid factor evolved as many predicted and mass purchases resulted in the inevitable saturation of the 2nd hand market when the shine wore off. My take on it is that this position has now settled down and what we are seeing is a little more complex. The 2nd hand market is indeed saturated and from my observations is slow moving. One dealer told me that the "typical buyer" is now much younger than I would have expected. The country is swarming with 40 y/o vanners (including 2 of mine) at present and 2nd hand is not their thing.

There is definitely an expectation amongst sellers that the original purchase price will hold up when they come to sell and there is some consideration that the delay in getting a new one against the immediacy of 2nd hand is worth a premium.

I bought a 2 y/o van recently that had barely been used and was only 60% of its purchase price.

Kenell

As a caravanner, I have recently noticed that there is an increase of "special deals" from caravan chains like NRMA G'day etc which leads me to think that bookings are down for the coming summer period.
Popular parks like Halifax at Nelson Bay seem pretty full all the time as I was there just last week.
Maybe because you can walk to shoal Bay and Nelson Bay easily and not pay the extortionate parking charges in the whole area.
I bet a lot of trade ins are those Chinese cross overs (assembled by a string of brands in one street in Northern Brisbane) that seem so attractive until you find that there is almost no sitting room inside. Friends recently traded theirs on a conventional van. And the weight! They are made of lead.