Selling a buy/down region

[Cherry Amore]

If I sell a buy/down region, does the buyer get the lower tier rate?

[Rolig Loon]

From Managing Private Regions

Some older regions have "grandfathered" or discounted pricing on their monthly maintenance fees.  In February 2010, it was announced that these grandfathered maintenance fees would no longer be offered and that changing ownership or converting a grandfathered region would change its maintenance fee to the current monthly rate for its region type.  As of November, 2015, you may now transfer grandfathered-priced Regions in accordance with the transfer pricing schedule.

We are unable to swap the price of a current grandfathered region with a non-grandfathered region. Grandfathered pricing stays with the region for the life of the region or until it is transferred or converted.

If a grandfathered region is abandoned and subsequently reactivated, its maintenance fee is updated to the current monthly rate for its region type.

 

[Lindal Kidd]

As Rolig and the Knowledge Base point out, a grandfathered region can be transferred either with or without its grandfathered pricing.  Either the buyer or the seller may pay the transfer fee, but I notice that a lot of region sellers are offering to absorb this cost as an incentive to buyers.