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Purchasing a new home is probably the biggest decision any of us will make in our lifetime. If you have finally made that momentous decision to become a manufactured home owner, then you are on [...]

Today’s manufactured homes are available in floor plan sizes as small as 600 square feet and as much as 3000 plus square feet. The average size home purchased is approximately 1400 square foot, [...]

Virtually all of us are familiar with most common insurance coverages. What most of us have never heard of are specialty products which are unique to the building industry, which includes [...]

“Perception can be deceiving.”  You might assume that I must be technically-smart, considering I work for a high tech manufactured home web-site. Your presumed assumption is totally [...]

On May 20, 2013, an E-5 tornado devastated the town of Moore, Oklahoma.  An E-5 tornado is the highest possible rating for a tornado with sustained winds of 215 miles per hour.  The funnel of [...]

(Part 3 of a 3 part series)   In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I have summarized the enforcement and inspections of the manufactured home construction process.  This enforcement and scrutiny [...]

(Part 2 of a 3 part series)   Today’s manufactured home is the most quality consistent housing choice in the United States.  It is the only form of construction that is subject to a [...]

(Part 1 of a 3 part series)   Manufactured homes are the the only form of single family housing in the country subject to a federal construction code. Every aspect of the manufacturing [...]

U.S home prices soared 12.1 percent in April from a year earlier (the biggest gain in 7 years) as more buyers are chasing fewer homes.   This supply and demand situation with site built-built [...]

On May 9th of this year I posted an article on this site titled “Frequently Asked Questions.”  Recently I was informed by a retailer of manufactured homes that there were more questions posed by [...]