Manufactured Home Tips

Manufactured homes can offer home buyers a plethora of ownership opportunities for those priced out of today’s expensive site-built housing market.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the [...]

Question:  Which comes first, the manufactured home or the placement site? Answer: Both – “Putting the cart before the horse” is often applicable to purchasers of new manufactured homes. [...]

Relentless escalation of site-built home prices and extraordinary high mortgage interest rates, combined with a multitude of inflationary pressures, is forcing many would-be buyers to put their [...]

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Mark Twain   There are numerous reasons why manufactured homes remain the housing choice for senior [...]

Truism:  “People don’t buy features; they buy benefits” Shoppers (walk-ons) visiting a model home sales center display will often be initially reluctant to reveal information about their wants [...]

The most difficult objection a salesperson/retailer will confront is the following most expressed belief: “A manufactured home is a poor investment, because they depreciate.” That belief is a [...]

For children, a safe and stable home is more than just a place to sleep, it’s the foundation for everything else in their lives, including how they perform in school and what kind of future they [...]

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 [...]