Manufactured Housing News

Note: The following is a reprise of a blog posting in 2019 that generated considerable interest. As today’s seniors age and more “baby boomers” retire, the need for quality, affordable and comfortable housing is paramount in the minds of many senior American citizens, especially those with mobility issues and the handicapped. If you are lucky...

The attainment of success as a Manufactured Home salesperson is defined by not only financial rewards but also the satisfaction of knowing you have provided a worthwhile product and service to and on behalf of the manufactured home purchaser. The sales commission on one transaction is not a barometer of success if that transaction does...

Mobile home parks/manufactured home communities, among the few remaining affordable housing options are at a risk of being wiped out as investors are purchasing them and either redeveloping the site or raising rents to levels that residents can’t afford, potentially forcing them to leave. The following are two reports of numerous instances where mobile home...

(SOURCE: Jim Ayotte, Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, as a guest author at Florida Politics.) It’s time to end the stigma of mobile homes and acknowledge the reality of what manufactured homes offer. Most people use the words mobile and manufactured homes interchangeably when in fact, there is a significant distinction....

Today’s beautiful modern well, built single section manufactured home is the easiest, quickest, and most affordable quality home available in America. The origin of today’s modern single section (aka single-wide).and subsequent multi-section manufactured and modular homes began over half a century ago. In the beginning, single section factory-built homes were commonly called “mobile homes or...

In 2022, approximately 4,000 people will access 7,000 Operation HOPE  homeownership services, placing them in a better position to purchase a home. Source: Clayton – Clayton, a national builder of attainable housing, and Operation HOPE, a national organization that equips people with financial tools and education, are partnering to help people reach their dream of...

The following are snippets from news and opinion reports referencing manufactured housing.   New York – County gets $550,000 to fund mobile, manufactured home replacements. (Source: Fingerlakes.com)  –  The New York State Office of Community Renewal recently announced that Livingston County had been awarded $550,000 in funding through its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which...

More and more young adults are shattering misconceptions about modular and manufactured housing as many go with these options to secure housing in an otherwise unaffordable market. This information comes by way of a new survey from Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc, a national financial institution focusing on manufactured, modular, and mobile homes. The survey, conducted...

“Manufactured housing is such a critical piece to the affordable housing crisis and a potential keystone of all HUD’s housing programs.” Source: Regulatory News (RESPA News) –  October Research. LLC welcomed Teresa Payne, administrator for HUD’s Office of Manufactured Housing, and Esther Yamashiro, housing program officer of the Santa Ana Homeownership Center, Federal Housing Administration...

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 been well chronicled that homeownership is the main component of the “good life.” This has been confirmed by a study by the...