Manufactured Housing News

The Manufactured Housing Industry of Arizona’s (MHIA) new recap video captures how a state association can turn workforce challenges into momentum. In mid‑May MHIA brought more than 100 licensed and prospective installers together for a two‑day “Authorized Installer Training”, pairing classroom sessions with live demonstrations on proper anchoring, skirting, utility hookups, and HUD‑code compliance. Hosted...

The Biloxi Manufactured Housing show in March hosted an industry finance panel moderated by Chris Nicely of ManufacturedHomes.com. The panelist-Teresa Payne, from HUD., Paul Reeves, from Land Home Financial Services and a representative for FHA, and MHI’s Leslie Gooch – came to a consensus on a variety of issues, notably that much progress has been...

Affordability is cited by 71% of residents as being the key driving force for choosing a manufactured home according to the Manufactured Housing Institute, (CMHI). Unfortunately. There are those that will not consider a manufactured home, mistakenly believing that a manufactured home must not be built as well as a site-built home, otherwise the sales...

(The following includes excerpts from a nationwide report by OpenPR Worldwide Public Relations).   Market  overview and growth insights: The North American manufactured housing market has emerged as a resilient and cost-effective housing solution amid rising construction costs, housing shortages, and an increasing demand for affordable homes. Manufactured home construction methods offer significant cost savings,...

Truism: “People don’t buy features, they buy benefits” Shoppers (walk-ons) visiting a manufactured home sales center display will often be initially reluctant to reveal information about their wants and needs in a new home. Sometimes the response when you ask them what they have in mind is, “we’re just looking” or perhaps “just getting ideas.”...

Cavco Industries, Inc. enters 2025 with momentum – celebrating 60 years of building high-quality, affordable homes and introducing its new tagline, “Where Exceptional Meets Affordable.” After decades of impressive growth and acquisitions, Cavco remains committed to providing its associates a safe and engaging workplace, developing innovative products, and solving the affordable housing crisis. Building on...

For many years there has been a common belief that one of the downsides to manufactured home ownership is that these factory- built homes do not appreciate in value.  A recent analysis of Federal Housing Financing Agency (FHFA) data by the Urban Institute dispels the myth that manufactured homes do not appreciate in value as...

Potential home buyers find it difficult to purchase a site-built home that meets their expectations at a price they can afford. Many are pleasantly surprised when they become aware of today’s modern manufactured homes that meet all of those expectations and wants at affordable prices. Why buy an existing home when you can get everything...

The most common form of financing available when purchasing a manufactured home that is not attached to real property is classified as a chattel loan, whereas a manufactured home attached to real property utilizing a permanent foundation system is considered as real estate and financed as real estate. The following contains excerpts from a report...

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...