Manufactured Housing News

The following are 5 of the top “justifications” for savings derived from modern manufactured home production processes that create value, allowing more Americans to realize quality affordable home ownership, even in the face of an ever-widening housing affordability gap versus traditional site-built homes. In all respects of quality of construction and all other measurements, as...

Often those that have not explored today’s modern manufactured housing will assume that a “mobile home” is one-in-the-same, exposing myths that have been handed down through generations, such as  – “They are not well-built,” – “They are not safe,” – “They don’t appreciate, – “they are not energy efficient,”- “They don’t last, etc, etc..etc. Today’s...

Many American lower and middle income families are being forced to forego or delay the uniquely American dream of homeownership due the the cost and dearth of affordable homes … .at least in the traditional sense. However, there are those who have discovered that there is another way to realize that dream of possessing a...

Source: The following (MHI) Manufactured Housing Institute consumer research with findings conducted by Linda Mackenzie of Trifecta Research. Key findings from that survey are noted below.  The research, while also expanding on the original study from 2018, includes not only those who live in manufactured homes and communities, but also those consumers purchasing a manufactured...

The following are the top 5 “justifications” for savings derived from modern manufactured home production processes that create value, allowing more American families to realize quality affordable home ownership, even in the face of an ever-widening housing affordability gap versus traditional site-built homes. In all respects of quality of construction and all other measurements, as...

“If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you’re active in your community, there’s nothing more empowering.” Julia Louis -Dreyfus All consumer studies and surveys indicate that Americans who are renting overwhelmingly still hold on to the belief that someday, somehow, someway their dream of homeownership will eventually be realized. It has also...

TROY, Mich.- Champion Homes, Inc (NYSE:SKY) on Monday (OCT.28) announced financial results for its second quarter ended Sept. 28, 2024. Second Quarter 2025 Highlights (compared to Second Quarter Fiscal 2024) Net sales increased 32.9% to $616.9 million U.S. homes sold increased 31.3% to 6,357 Total backlog increased 5.6% to $427 million from the sequential first...

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 would-be homeowners who have never considered that the American...

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 offer a wide variety of models and floor plans that...

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, built to HUD Code standards, undergo rigorous quality control and must pass independent inspections before they...