Manufactured Home Tips

In the first half of the 20th century, American cities were filled with SROs, Single Room Occupancy hotels and privately owned, “boarding” houses. They offered private rooms, shared bathrooms, [...]

(Source: Excerpts from Realtor.com – Allaire Conte, expanded with insights from ManufacturedHomeLoans.com) Over the last 25 years, home values have skyrocketed, pushing millions of would-be [...]

In today’s housing market, builders/retailers are increasingly relying on incentives to attract buyers who feel squeezed by high mortgage rates and rising home prices. Across both site-built and [...]

One of the unseen and seemingly unknown features with benefits is that “green” manufactured homes offer better use of energy, materials, and natural resources.  A retailer who can articulate this [...]

For decades, manufactured homes have been misunderstood. Old stereotypes painted them as cheaply built, unsafe, unattractive, or hard to finance. But those ideas are long outdated. Today’s [...]

Affordable, efficient, and increasingly popular, manufactured housing is more than a solution to the housing crisis. It’s a rapidly growing market that’s redefining how we think about [...]

Recruiting, retaining, and developing successful salespersons can be a difficult proposition for a typical manufactured home retailer. Often, salespeople are recruited from other manufactured [...]

A recent Fortune headline captures the mood: “The U.S. housing market is ‘finally starting to listen’ to homebuyers,” reflecting a subtle shift toward improved conditions. A First American [...]

New Pew Charitable Trusts analysis shows a growing trend among states to expand the supply of lower-cost, single-family housing, manufactured housing. Several states in 2024–2025, including [...]

The manufactured home market continues to thrive, especially in California and Arizona, driven by affordability, customization options and rapid innovation. If you’re buying, selling, or [...]