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On November 2, the FHA released a mortgage letter (ML) updating the sales comparison approach for manufactured homes. The update to the FHA’s rule affects how real estate appraisers will now [...]

Creating and preserving quality affordable housing is notoriously difficult, with the number of available units declining each year as landlords raise rents ever higher. An underappreciated tool [...]

Some Americans who have been priced out of the tight residential real estate market are turning to manufactured homes, helping to power a nascent recovery in sales of far less expensive [...]

Numerous cities in the U.S. have an abundance of city-owned land that is ideal for home construction. However, site built home construction is expensive. Recently we reported about the [...]

Well,  it has been a rough time around the ManufacturedHomes.com office these days.  I am deeply saddened that my friend and colleague – Bryan Czajkowski – has passed away.     Bryan “Chico” [...]

Brookfield Fund Sells $325 Million of Manufactured Home Sites (Source: Bloomberg) – A Brookfield Asset Management LTD. property fund sold a large chunk of a manufactured housing portifolio [...]

Source: MHI Housing Alert – Earlier today (October 26, 2023) the House of Representatives passed an amendment offered by Represenative  Ralph Norman (SC-5) to prohibit Department of Energy [...]

A solution to rural New York’s housing problems could lie in manufactured homes. A 2023 report found manufactured homes only comprise around 2.5% of New York’s housing stock. In rural counties, [...]

Updated requirements for valuation of manufactured homes contribute to FHA’s efforts to increase the availability and affordability of manufactured housing as part of the Biden-Harris Housing [...]

Living in a mobile home or trailer probably doesn’t always have a positive connotation among the wealthiest class. But, that perception apparently didn’t stop “Shark Tank” businesswoman and real [...]