{"id":9496,"date":"2016-12-12T18:11:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T18:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2017-06-23T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:40:38","slug":"used-van-values-hold-firm-in-november-as-courier-buyers-provide-seasonal-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9496","title":{"rendered":"Used van values hold firm in November as courier buyers provide seasonal boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

The average price of a used van sold in December\u00a0at auctioneer BCA was \u00a36,376, virtually unchanged on\u00a0October’s figure of \u00a36,378<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"BCA<\/p>\n

The latest figures from remarketing specialists BCA shows that used van values are now 10% higher than they were twelve months ago — an increase that equates to an average rise of \u00a3599.\u00a0As\u00a0we’ve seen for many months now, the trend towards younger, lower mileage vans continued in November — one reason why prices are remaining firm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
All vans<\/strong><\/td>\nAvg Age (mnths)<\/strong><\/td>\nAvg Mileage<\/strong><\/td>\nAvg Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 2015<\/strong><\/td>\n55.75<\/td>\n75,764<\/td>\n\u00a35,777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 2016<\/strong><\/td>\n54.27<\/td>\n71,203<\/td>\n\u00a36,376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: BCA<\/em><\/p>\n

Duncan Ward,\u00a0BCA’s Head of Commercial Vehicles, says that\u00a0demand remains strong for quality used vans. He says that demand was also strong from non-trade buyers ahead of the festive season:<\/p>\n

\u201cNon-trade buyers have also been active in recent weeks and this has had a notable effect on performance in the dealer part-exchange sector where values have been climbing since the onset of autumn.\u00a0 There is continued demand for vehicles to go straight to work in the parcel delivery and courier sectors to meet the needs of the online retailers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a snapshot of how ex-fleet\/lease and dealer part-exchange prices have changed over the last year:<\/p>\n

\"BCA

BCA Used LCV prices Nov 2015-16 (source: BCA)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demand was firm and used van prices remained flat in November 2016, according to remarketing group BCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[624,1885],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9500,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions\/9500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}