Top 5 Driving Forces Behind Manufactured Home Affordability
More than 21 million people live in approximately 8-12 million “mobile homes” or manufactured homes in the U.S. It is not easily determined how many of those homes are “mobile homes,” built before 1976, or today’s high quality manufactured homes built to high quality standards mandated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development aka the HUD Code. Following are some of those standards that are the driving forces that embolden ownership of America’s only truly quality-built affordable homes.
TOP 5 Driving Forces Behind Manufactured Home Affordability
(1) Measurable Savings in Reduced Completion Expediency – “Time is money.” Greater flexibility and efficiency of the manufacturing process allows for customization of each home to meet a buyer’s lifestyle and needs and are planned before the home begins the construction phase and does not delay completion. Typically, a customized new manufactured home can be built and ready for occupancy on site within weeks, as compared to months for a home built on site. This expediency accounts for much of the savings in becoming a manufactured home owner.
(2) Controlled Environment and Assembly Line Techniques – The controlled construction environment and assembly line techniques remove many of the problems encountered during traditional construction, such as weather, theft, vandalism, damage to building products and materials and unskilled labor. Manufactured home factory employees are well trained and managed more efficiently than the system of contract labor employed by the site-built home construction industry.
(3) Benefits From The Economies Of Scale – Much like other assembly line operations, manufactured homes benefit from the economies of scale resulting from purchasing large quantities of material, products and appliances. Manufactured home builders can negotiate substantial savings on many components used in building a home, with these large savings passed on directly to the homebuyer.
(4) Evolution of The Factory Building Technology – Today’s manufactured homes have experienced an evolution in the types and quality of homes available to buyers. Technological advances allow manufactured home builders to offer a variety of architectural styles and exterior finishes that were not available off-site, that will suit most any buyer’s dreams, while allowing the home to blend in seamlessly into most any neighborhood.
(5) Efficiencies Of The Factory Building Process – The affordability gap in comparison to traditional site-built homes is primarily due to the efficiencies of the factory – building process. Manufactured homes are constructed with standard home building materials, and are built almost entirely off-site in a factory. A homebuyer who recognizes and understands the features, benefits and value generated by the construction process of a manufactured home will appeal to manufactured home ownership.
