Manufactured Housing News

The following comments are submitted on behalf of the Niskanen Center. The Niskanen Center is a non-partisan 501(C)(3) think tank in Washington, D.C., that works to promote an open society. The Niskanen Center has proposed to HUD a multitude of rule changes, improvements, and clarifications, as well as further non-rule changes for improvements to the...

A majority of manufactured homes are financed utilizing a home-only (chattel loan), similar to financing automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles, etc., with higher interest rates and shorter terms than conventional site-built homes. Most manufactured home industry personnel and manufactured home buyers are unaware of FHA financing available for manufactured homes as personal property sited on land...

The following is a review of a documentary titled “A Decent Home”  by Minot Daily News staff writer Charles Crane. Twenty million Americans live in mobile homes. Which, for much of the last century, have proven to be a viable and affordable option when the price of a typical home spikes higher and out of...

Phoenix-based manufactured home builder Cavco Industries, Inc is expanding its national footprint with yet another acquisition, agreeing to purchase Solitaire Homes Inc. of Oklahoma at a purchase price of $93 million. Solitaire Homes. Inc. is an Oklahoma-based builder of manufactured homes with building facilities in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, 22 retail locations, and 950...

The enforcement and scrutiny of the manufactured home construction process are, by far, the most thorough regulations of any other form of home building construction in the nation. The “mobile home” (as it was called prior to being legally and officially changed by Congressional legislation in 1976) was not even similar to the manufactured home...

(Source: National Mortgage Professional) – Rocket Mortgage now offers home loans and refinancing options for Americans interested in buying or refinancing a manufactured home. Manufactured homes had $12 billion in sales last year, company officials say. Manufactured homes are built at indoor homebuilding facilities in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Overall, the future of manufactured homes is looking bright as the industry continues to evolve and innovate in response to changing consumer needs and preferences despite economic uncertainties of a struggling economy. According to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Monthly Economic Reports, manufactured housing HUD Code home  shipments decreased in October, November and December 2022....

“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 Holidays in a Mobile Home.” We, here at ManufacturedHomes.com posted excerpts from that poignant first-person narrative originally in December 2017, reconfirming that today’s manufactured homes have...

The following is a letter to MHI members from Leo Poggione. MHI Chairman.   Dear MHI Members, Yesterday, MHI and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association took legal action to delay implementation of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) “Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing,” which are scheduled to take effect on May 31. For several years,...

Richard Rawlings is known for his love of speed and classic cars, but he recently embarked on a new adventure – exploring the world of modern manufactured homes. In a recent video from ManufacturedHomes.com, Richard takes us on a wild ride through the Louisville Manufactured Home Show, where he discovered a whole new level of...