What makes financing factory-built homes different from financing traditional site-built houses? MARIANNA, FL, UNITED ...

Manufactured housing is part of federal efforts to improve affordability, but negative stigmas continue to impact the industry.

The federal government says new safety standards and building materials mean home buyers priced out of site-built houses have viable options. As storms become stronger and more frequent, experts are ...

When DRH Cambridge Homes Inc. annexed a planned development with 3,000 homes into Pingree Grove, a small farm village northwest of Chicago, the principal school district needed assistance to meet the ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Most manufactured home communities (formerly labeled “mobile home parks” or “trailer camps”) are correctly called “land-lease communities.” Like Hames’ Grand View and Summit View in Cedar Rapids, they ...

If you are in the market for a new home but aren’t loving the latest housing prices, a modular home may be a good alternative. Modular homes, or prefab homes, have become more popular in recent years, ...

A manufactured home is any home factory-built in the U.S. to the HUD Title 6 construction standards (commonly known as ‘the HUD-code’). The HUD-code took effect June 15, 1976. A HUD-coded home will ...

When you hear the term modular homes, you probably think of something akin to mobile homes on cinder blocks—temporary solutions for would-be homeowners that are far from the dream homes they hope to ...

A crane is used to piece together a modular home on a plot in the Capital Region by Farrell Homes, a modular home builder based in Grafton. Janine Smith had a plot of land and big plans to build a new ...

This Sun Belt city has 29,300 mobile homes—which make up 13.1% of the city’s housing stock—the most in the nation.