Manufactured and Modular Home News

According to an online report by Spectrum NEWS 1, the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates in Carson, California (Los Angeles County) is set to close for redevelopment in as soon as six months. There are three more mobile home parks to eventually close in the city of Carson, with more possibly on the [...]

“The whole concept of green building is to reduce the demand which enables you to use fewer resources to satisfy the demand.” –  Mark Nuzzolo   “Green” building has become more and more popular throughout most of the world, and that includes manufactured housing as well. Perhaps [...]

Manufactured home land-lease communities (aka “mobile home” parks) have long been entry-level homeownership for lower to middle-income Americans in family parks, as well as seniors with fixed incomes in age-restricted communities. The community resident owns the home and rents the space from [...]

Factory-Built Housing is Housing for Today and Tomorrow   The following narrative was penned by Jim Ayotte – Florida Manufactured Housing Association, posted online by The Tampa Free Press. Mr. Ayotte’s analysis of the affordable housing conundrum in Florida is also representative of [...]

“As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning”.   –  Earl Nightingale Manufactured homes continue to remain the number one housing option for seniors retiring from the workforce. In fact, the greater portion of households that live in manufactured homes [...]

Mobile Home Park Prevails in Court: Residents Won’t See Huge Rent Increase –  Watsonville, Ca.- Residents of the Pinto Lake Mobile Estates were victorious in a Santa Cruz County Superior Court case revolving around a large rent increase that dates back to 2017.  The park, which has about [...]

Bipartisan Iowa legislators are taking another swing at mobile home resident protections against evictions and other abuses precipitated by the mobile home park ownership change. Mobile homeowners are asking the Iowa legislature to pass a bill they say would better protect them from some [...]

In a recent editorial in The Virginia Mercury titled “Could trailers (sic) be the face of affordable housing” the writer, Wyatt Gorden addressed and assessed the role manufactured housing plays in solving the state’s affordable housing dilemma. That article discusses the situation in the state [...]

The following is a reprise of an article we penned about sixteen months ago, near the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, that aspiring homeowner may have missed. “There is something permanent, and something extremely profound in owning a home”  – Kenny Guinn Many would-be homeowners have [...]

The manufactured housing industry has proven to be most resilient in adjusting to the ravages of the COVID-19 epidemic. Material shortages, workforce challenges, price increases, safety measures, and transportation issues continue to affect manufactured home pipelines. In spite of those [...]

Skyline Champion Stock Shows Relative Strength in Weak Housing Market — Recently  (9-30-21), Investors Business Daily recognized homebuilder Skyline Champion (SKY) as the stock of the day, as record-high housing costs spur sales of more moderately priced homes. The Troy, Michigan-based [...]

According to ProBuilder.com  “Do You Convert” data, 51% of home sales came from online leads in 2020. The online sales and marketing consulting firm for builders and developers says this is 20% higher than the 2018 rate when less than one-third of online leads turned into actual home purchases. [...]

A first-of-its-kind solar garden for residents of Boulder, Colo. mobile home park —  According to a report by Daily Camera, a first-of-its-kind solar garden is set to save Ponderosa Mobile Home Park residents money on their energy bills. According to the city, more than 100 households in [...]

As individuals and communities, we’re always changing and growing. One thing that is always a part of the American dream, though, is the desire for homeownership.  This dream is made more attainable thanks to MH Advantage financing from Fannie Mae.   What is MH Advantage? MH Advantage is a [...]

Indianapolis, IN — Ron Breymeir, Executive Director of the Indiana Manufactured Housing Association today unveiled a state-of-the-art online virtual marketplace of factory-built homes available in the Hoosier State. The platform allows Indiana homebuyers the capability to browse, select and [...]