Manufactured Housing News

The following are abbreviated samplings of news tidbits, over a short period of time, relative to tenant rent increases and investor sales of manufactured home communities (aka mobile home parks) across the U.S .   Washington New Laws Would Slow Rent Increases and Create Roadblocks To Selling Communities Washington state lawmakers are considering legislation to...

Source: National Mortgage News – Stacey Epperson first saw the possibility that manufactured housing held as a sustainable homeownership solution several years ago when working in a job that sent her to families in Appalachian Kentucky. “Their mobile homes were old. They were in bad repair, but they still owed money for them. They had...

After 50 years in the manufactured homes business, Dar Gardener of Kimball, Nebraska will be inducted into the RV/Manufactured Home Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana. After the first of the year, Dar received confirmation of her induction. The induction ceremony will be on August 21, when Dar will receive a traditional Green jacket. Elkhart,...

New state law puts tiny homes on the same regulatory foundation as other manufactured housing, opening the door to let people live in them long term. Source: VailDaily – The popular tiny home movement is growing bigger in Colorado thanks to a new law aimed at allowing factory-built homes of about 400 square feet or...

Manufactured homes – also known as factory-built homes – are an increasingly popular housing option that can be more affordable to buy and own than site-built homes. If you are thinking about buying a manufactured home, you should consider how your home will be titled. In contrast to a site-built home, a manufactured home is...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”   Mark Twain There are many reasons that manufactured homes remain the housing choice for senior retirees. Many healthy retirement age, low and middle income workers are living longer,and in many instances are delaying retirement plans, as a result of a...

Source–(Business Wire) – For the third consecutive year, Skyline Homes, a Champion Homes brand, is being recognized as America’s Most Trusted Manufactured Home Builder. The annual study conducted by Lifestory Research is based on the responses of over 40,000 consumers shopping for a manufactured home. Skyline received the highest score in the proprietary Lifestory Research...

The most difficult objection a salesperson will confront when interacting with a potential home shopper is the most often expressed belief: “A manufactured home is a poor investment, because they depreciate.” That belief is a lingering myth, not only prevalent with manufactured home shoppers, but more importantly there are many potential home buyers that will...

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore is leading a bipartisan Alabama Congressional delegation pushing back on “burdensome energy updates” on manufactured homes. All seven of Alabama’s congressional representatives, Republican and Democrat, signed a joint letter to the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Energy (DOE), requesting those departments rectify what the delegation refers to “as...

The Belle Meadow community includes 74 home sites and is less than 5 miles from downtown Asheville, North Carolina Source: BUILDER – In a collaboration between two providers of sustainable off-site built homes, Champion Homes and Quartz Properties have announced development of a modular build-to-rent community in Asheville, North Carolina. The community, named Belle Meadows, will...