Used helicopter prices at bottom, meaning now is time to buy
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HeliValues (Booth No. 3401) president Sharon Desfor said on Sunday here at Heli-Expo 2010 that values of used helicopters may be nearing the bottom. “It could be the middle of this year,” she said, “depending on how much credit loosens up. That has been holding back the market more than any other single factor. If you can’t get money, you can’t buy anything, so the used inventory keeps escalating.”

Desfor said the market is close to returning to 2005 levels, which she characterized as normal. “I think we are so close to a normal market right now. People were simply spoiled. Between 2005 and 2008 we had an increasing market with ever-decreasing supply.”