Manufactured Home Tips

The housing market has been doing some funky stuff these past few years. The pandemic spiked a never-ending housing shortage, triggering outrageous bidding wars with astronomical numbers. Then [...]

(The following narrative contains excerpts from a comprehensive report titled “Mobilizing Energy Efficiency in the Manufactured Housing Sector” by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient [...]

The high cost and dearth of affordable homes have forced many middle and lower-income families to forego the uniquely American dream of homeownership….at least in the traditional (site-built) [...]

There are in excess of 22 million people in the U.S. that reside in manufactured homes. A large portion of that population lives in land lease communities throughout every state in the union. A [...]

“Don’t knock manufactured homes on their value to America,” proclaimed Suzanne Anarde in an Op-ed published in the opinion section of U.S.Today on Friday, November 24, 2017, titled “I Celebrated [...]

Nationwide, there’s an estimated shortage of about 3.8 million housing units. The shortfall has many causes, but it stems largely from a construction slowdown that began in 2008 during the Great [...]

The decision to purchase a first home is probably the most important life-changing decision any of us will ever make. Understanding key factors in how to buy a new modern manufactured home and [...]

When applying for financing to purchase a manufactured home, a lender will consider your debt to income-ratio and other stability factors such as length of employment and how long you have lived [...]

The correct terminology referencing manufactured housing, as opposed to site-built housing, has long been confusing for home buyers, the media, bureaucrats, the public at large, and to some [...]

The following is an overview of manufactured housing industry facts compiled by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), supporting the high quality and affordability of today’s manufactured [...]