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8wks and counting for Title Transfer

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is anyone still waiting past the 8wk mark?
 

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Geez, I heard it was slow. Good luck!
 

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I'm at 5 weeks now.. no luck. Not sure what can be done, if anything. Just wait and hope it appears before my reservation in January. lol
 

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it seems that the transfer time has almost doubled since early last year. I wonder what is causing this. Has MVC reduced the number of people in that department? Has the number of transfers increased significantly? Is the process itself more complex than a year ago?
 

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it seems that the transfer time has almost doubled since early last year. I wonder what is causing this. Has MVC reduced the number of people in that department? Has the number of transfers increased significantly? Is the process itself more complex than a year ago?
We wrote to them as points will be in LCup soon. They replyed, will get back to you in a few days. There was no number to call.Its been about a month.
 

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We wrote to them as points will be in LCup soon. They replyed, will get back to you in a few days. There was no number to call.Its been about a month.

Eeek!
 

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Finally appeared today for non mandatory. Now waiting for Mandatory to show up.
 

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I am glad for you. Congratulations!
 

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At 5 weeks right now on three deeds

Just curious how you are measuring?

Assume it has to mean the time a valid and complete new deed along with the transfer documents is received by Vistana to the time you get access from VSE to the on-line account?

The "pre-work" time is ridiculous with the closing companies, a total farce IMO. But in the context of this thread, this time is not relevant(?)...

BTW - the title companies tend to quote and have some understanding with VSE it could take up to 8 weeks once the deed and transfer document is received by VSE. So 5-8 weeks is not outside of expectations, albeit many may get much faster turnaround.
 

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Just curious how you are measuring?

Assume it has to mean the time a valid and complete new deed along with the transfer documents is received by Vistana to the time you get access from VSE to the on-line account?

The "pre-work" time is ridiculous with the closing companies, a total farce IMO. But in the context of this thread, this time is not relevant(?)...

The paperwork went to Vistana 5 weeks ago
 

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We are at almost 7 weeks from when the Resort was sent the recorded Deed for the property. The closing company said it could take up to 90 days. The Seller just told me that the contract and reservation he had made for me no longer appears in his account. But I don't see it in my account yet either, so we are still waiting. The Deed is at WKV for what it matters and we already own two other weeks there, so they shouldn't have to set up a new account for us or anything.
 

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Since I am waiting for a mandatory account, will a new account be setup?
 

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Still waiting for WKORVN OF to appear on my mandatory account. Was told document sent to Westin 2 weeks ago and haven’t heard anything back yet.
 

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Just over 4 weeks for Vistana Villages voluntary. Have another about a week behind that one that has 2019 usage and the seller is AWOL so no reservation for me as of yet. Was hoping for 4th of July but will settle for New Year's week if I can get either.
 

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I had one that recently took 10 weeks to transfer, from the date I mailed the check for the transfer fee (with the new, recorded deed) to the date SVE added it to my account. They said they had been backed up, and they expected it not to take so long in the future.

How are folks here handling payment of annual fees for the upcoming year? I expected my week to transfer much earlier in the year, and VSE kept demanding I pay the fees, even though the deed was no longer in my name.
 

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My most recent (impulsive) Kierland 37000 purchase was confirmed by Vistana today -- about seven weeks after the deed was recorded.

However, my corporate Interval account got totally messed up and neither of my Kierland 37000 units now appears. I don't know if it is related although the timing certainly suggests that it is.
 

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Just over 4 weeks for Vistana Villages voluntary. Have another about a week behind that one that has 2019 usage and the seller is AWOL so no reservation for me as of yet. Was hoping for 4th of July but will settle for New Year's week if I can get either.

Curious about your AWOL seller - did the closing company send the deed to be recorded and the transfer form to VSE and then immediately declare it "closed"? This appears to be standard practice. I would prefer if closed meant VSE had fully completed the transfer. How it appears to work is that the closing company sends the deed and transfer form, disperses all the money, and there is a period of several weeks where the buyer is high and dry, a leap of faith the transfer will complete. No?
 

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I have a SVV Keywest closed at 4/12 and the contract showed up in my account around the Memorial weekend so that is like 5-6 weeks for the transfer. Sometimes the closing company (like Redw**k) didn’t send out deeds immediately. For example my WLR was closed last November but Vistana didn’t receive it until mid January, then 6-8 weeks from there :bawl:
 

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I am waiting for an impulsive WKV buy as well. My first corporate account.
 

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Curious about your AWOL seller - did the closing company send the deed to be recorded and the transfer form to VSE and then immediately declare it "closed"? This appears to be standard practice. I would prefer if closed meant VSE had fully completed the transfer. How it appears to work is that the closing company sends the deed and transfer form, disperses all the money, and there is a period of several weeks where the buyer is high and dry, a leap of faith the transfer will complete. No?

Yep - that's the process. I've bought 4 resale weeks from 3 different closing agents and all were the same process. Different lengths of time from contact to deed transfer completion has been the big wild card.

I don't see what else a closing company can do for a buyer once it is in the hands of the resort anyway. Marriott took 10-14 days and it appears VSE is going to be at least triple that.
 

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Yep - that's the process. I've bought 4 resale weeks from 3 different closing agents and all were the same process. Different lengths of time from contact to deed transfer completion has been the big wild card.

I don't see what else a closing company can do for a buyer once it is in the hands of the resort anyway. Marriott took 10-14 days and it appears VSE is going to be at least triple that.
This is how we know the systems are different because Marriott updates in 2wks while it’s closer to 8wks for Vistana.
 

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My KORV finally appeared in my Vistana this morning! 7 weeks after title was sent by closing company. However, the reservation made using this account doesn't show in my vacations.. I'll give it a couple days before I call..
 

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My KORV finally appeared in my Vistana this morning! 7 weeks after title was sent by closing company. However, the reservation made using this account doesn't show in my vacations.. I'll give it a couple days before I call..
Congratulations!
IMO you should give Vistana a call right away. I checked my correspondence from last year, we bought 2 separate contracts with reservations that had to be transferred. One reservation showed in our account as soon as the contract was in our names. The other one never actually showed and we rebooked it, fortunately that week was still available.
 

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Congratulations!
IMO you should give Vistana a call right away. I checked my correspondence from last year, we bought 2 separate contracts with reservations that had to be transferred. One reservation showed in our account as soon as the contract was in our names. The other one never actually showed and we rebooked it, fortunately that week was still available.


I verified the reservation was in my name a couple of weeks ago, so I feel okay about that. Unless something changed with the transfer. I'll still give them a day or so since the data on the vistana site already updated twice, they may still be working on it. Good advice, tho! Never trust a reservation you didn;t make!
 
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