Manufactured and Modular Home News

Relentless continuing escalation of home prices and high mortgage interest rates, combined with a multitude of other inflationary pressure is forcing many would-be buyers to put their dreams on hold as the cost of homeownership slips out of their financial reach. However, there are also many [...]

It’s a fact:  Today’s modern high quality new manufactured home is at least equal or superior to a comparable site-built home in construction quality, design, materials, safety, features and amenities and will cost the homebuyer up to 50% less! There’s more:  Most manufactured home producers [...]

Source: excerpts from newsletter NISKANEN…Manufactured homes currently provide 8.4 million affordable, unsubsidized homes across the United States, with an additional 100,000 new units entering the housing market each year. Unlike the mobile homes of the past, today’s manufactured homes, [...]

The following overview snapshot provides statistical verification confirming how manufactured homes are at the forefront in satisfying the need for quality, affordable housing, at a time when that need has never been greater. Today’s manufactured homes can deliver outstanding quality and [...]

On October 9, FHFA introduced a new Manufactured House Price Index to provide quarterly data on price trends for manufactured homes, a market segment which is noted as an affordable option for homebuyers. The new data series includes both purchase-only and all- transactions house price indexes, [...]

The Tomorrow’s Housing Innovation Showcase in North Corktown, Detroit, was a significant event hosted by the North Corktown Neighborhood Association and the Gilbert Family Foundation. In October, 2024, this showcase spotlighted seven highly energy-efficient, factory-built homes designed [...]

HUD announced on September 11 an extensive update to its “Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards” (HUD Code). The update is meant to improve the efficiency of new home production and ensure that consumers have better access to commonly sought-after home features. “Manufactured [...]

U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development West Virginia Director Ryan Thorn announced that Rural Development is extending a pilot program for people in West Virginia seeking homeownership. The pilot program allows families and individuals to access affordable financing to locate [...]

Skyline Corp’s shares have reached an unprecedented peak, touching an all-time high of $94.03. This milestone underscores a period of robust growth for the company, reflecting a significant 1-year change with an impressive 27.73%  increase. Investors have shown increased confidence in Skyline’s [...]

HUD’s recent update to the manufacture home building code makes several critical regulatory updates, aligning with NIskanen’s recommendation to increase the cap for multi-unit manufactured homes from three to four units. This update is significant for two reasons. First, allowing more than one [...]

Source: Lexington Ky. (WKYT) – “It’s not your grandmother’s mobile home anymore,” said Logan Hanes. The Executive Director of the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute. Hanes was referencing a new 1700 square-foot home heading to Versailles, where the community will be welcomed to [...]

Tim Scott versus the Chassis Requirement Recently, a group of Republican senators led by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act. which proposes a grab bag of reforms to federal housing programs. Unlike the slew of federal YIMBY [...]

As housing prices and mortgage rates continue to rise across the United States, manufactured housing has emerged as a key option to help alleviate the housing affordability crisis. A new study released by Construction Coverage highlights that West Virginia ranks among the top states investing [...]

Source: Concord Monitor (excerpts)  –  New Hampshire is known for many firsts: the first to declare independence from England, and its first-in-the-nation primary. New Hampshire is also the first state where residents of a manufactured home community purchased their park, forming a cooperative [...]

Source: Institute for Building Technology and Safety (May 2022) via MHI Manufactured Housing Institute. The following overview snapshot provides statistical verification confirming how manufactured homes are at the forefront in satisfying the need for quality, affordable housing, at a time when [...]