Saturday, May 10, 2025

What Manufacturers Sell Mobile Homes in Your State?

We’ve talked before about mobile home manufacturers. They play a vital role in building and shipping today’s manufactured homes to home sites and communities across the country.

In fact, they’re such an important part of manufactured housing that some homebuyers go directly to the manufacturers to order new mobile homes. They also order customized manufactured homes that offer additional features.

And, some communities rely on the manufacturers for their new home shipments, too. But, not every home builder offers their homes for sale in every state in the U.S.

So, the MHVillager has assembled this handy guide so that you can see which manufacturers sell mobile homes in your state. These manufacturers sell their mobile homes through sales centers that are located in various states across the country.

This list is made up of some of the top manufacturers in manufactured housing today and where their sales centers are located based on publicly available information.

Keep in mind that many of these manufacturers offer new manufactured homes directly through MHVillage. If you visit our Manufactured and Mobile Home Dealers page, you can find the closest dealers near you that offer manufactured homes from home builders.

Adventure Homes

Dream it. Design it. Build it. Love it. That’s the motto that Adventure Homes swears by.

Headquartered in Northeastern Indiana, Adventure Homes ships and sells manufactured homes throughout the Midwest and parts of the South.

So, if you’re in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming, Adventure Homes is at your disposal.

Cappaert Manufactured Housing

Cappaert Manufactured Housing is another manufacturer with sales centers throughout the South. This makes them another great example of a regional manufacturer for factory-built homes.

While they’re based in and operate out of Mississippi, you can also find Cappaert-affiliated sales centers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas.

Cavco Industries

This is a name you’ll hear thrown around a lot when it comes to manufactured housing. Not only does Cavco Industries operate sales centers in various states, but they also operate various other manufacturer brands across the country.

We’ll get into some of those in just a minute. But, if you’re looking for a Cavco-specific sales center, then you’ll find them in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Chariot Eagle

Chariot Eagle is the first of many Cavco brands that you’ll see on this list. They’re based out of Ocala, FL and are another regional operator similar to many others here. The majority of their sales operations are based in Florida, but they serve other states as well.

Specifically, if you’re in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee, you’ll have a Chariot Eagle sales center at your disposal.

Clayton Homes

It’d be easier to list the states where Clayton Homes doesn’t operate. This is because Clayton Homes is one of the biggest manufacturer in the United States when it comes to manufactured homes.

In fact, unless you live in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Rhode Island, you have a Clayton sales center in your state in the mainland U.S.

Commodore Homes

Commodore Homes is another manufacturer with wide reach across the country. Like Cavco, they operate many brands under the Commodore name.

You can find Commodore Homes sales centers in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Destiny Home Builders

Destiny Home Builders has built and sold manufactured homes within the southern United States since 1978.

In fact, if you live in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, or South Carolina, you can find a Destiny sales center near you if you want to go with a regional provider.

Fairmont Homes

Fairmont Homes is another manufacturer that operates primarily in the Midwest. While they’re one of a few manufacturers that also operate in Canada, their primary operations are in the United States.

You can visit a Fairmont Homes sales center if you live in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or West Virginia.

Fleetwood Homes

Fleetwood Homes has been in operation for over 55 years, and is another Cavco brand. Like many of the other manufacturers on this list, each Fleetwood plant builds homes for locations in its geographical region. So, a Fleetwood plant in Georgia would build for their sales centers in Georgia. You can browse Fleetwood manufactured homes for sale near you if you live in California, Georgia, Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Friendship Homes

If you live in Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota, or Wisconsin, then Friendship Homes sales centers are another option at your disposal. Some fun facts: Friendship Homes is based out of Minnesota, sells manufactured homes in Canada, and has been a Cavco brand since 2015.

Jacobsen Homes

Jacobsen Homes is another brand that’s been around for over 60 years (since 1959, in fact). Based in the Tampa Bay area, they’re rather unique in that they only sell manufactured homes in the state of Florida.

It’s easy to see why: Florida is by far the hottest market for manufactured homes in 2022. So, if you live in the Sunshine State and want to buy a mobile home of your own, Jacobsen Homes is a local option to consider.

Legacy Housing

Legacy Housing is another manufacturer of factory-built homes that can be considered one of the biggest. Operating across the Southeast and Southwest, they’re another name that you may hear frequently.

If you’re looking for a Legacy Housing sales center, look in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.

Palm Harbor Homes

Palm Harbor Homes has manufactured home sales centers all over the country. If you’re in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Washington, you can look to Palm Harbor Homes for a sales center near you.

Scotbilt Homes, Inc.

Another well-known manufactured home builder in the South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Carolinas to be exact), Scotbilt Homes is a relatively newer manufacturer. They were founded in 2004, and in just a short time have become a major manufacturer known by many. Recently, they became a member of the Skyline Champion family. Speaking of which…

Skyline Champion

No list of manufacturers would be complete without including Skyline Champion. A highly-recognizable brand that comprises Skyline Homes and Champion Home Builders, they’re yet another builder with a high reputation.

For homeowners-to-be in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas, a Skyline Champion sales center is not that far away.

Sunshine Homes

Rounding out our list is Sunshine Homes, which has operated since 1971 in the South and Midwest. If you’re looking for a new factory-built home in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Texas, Sunshine Homes is an option for you.

Like we said, this isn’t an exhaustive list of every single manufactured home builder out there. Rather, this is a list of some of the most common ones you’ll find, and which states they operate in. Manufacturers are always growing into new markets, so this list may change along with market conditions. So, if you don’t see your state serviced by your favorite manufacturer, keep an eye out for updates.

Don’t forget: you can also browse MHVillage for new and pre-owned manufactured and mobile homes near you.

What Are Other Names For Manufactured Homes?

Mobile homes are one of the most popular forms of affordable housing, and their influence is only growing. With 22 million Americans (and counting) living in mobile homes, it’s hard to deny that they’re accessible, affordable, and incredibly high-quality.

Because of how popular mobile homes have become, they’ve come to be known under many different names. Even though there are many different names for mobile homes, some of them carry slightly different meanings. Some of them are even used to incorrectly describe the modern manufactured homes that are commonplace today.

So, in this post, we’ll catalog some of the main terms you’ll hear that are used to describe today’s manufactured homes. And, we’ll talk about whether the terms are accurate, and their historical origins if they’re available.

Manufactured Homes

Manufactured homes is the official term for factory-built homes built under the “HUD Code” that was enacted in 1976. This code dictates how manufactured homes are constructed from a safety standpoint.

Under this code, all manufactured homes built before the HUD Code was enacted are referred to as mobile homes. The exact date that marks the eras of mobile homes and manufactured homes is June 15, 1976.

But, what are some of the quality differences that make modern manufactured homes so appealing for today’s homebuyers? Well, there are many.

For one, the factory-built process with which manufactured homes are made has evolved over the past several decades. Now, manufactured homes are made incredibly efficiently before being shipped to the home site.

Another important distinction is that modern manufactured homes are more often than not set on a permanent foundation, much like site-built homes. While some can be moved from place to place, they’re not as “mobile” as pre-HUD code mobile homes.

Mobile Homes

Like we mentioned earlier, mobile homes technically refer to factory-built homes built before the HUD Code was enacted in 1976. However, when talking about manufactured housing, the term mobile home is still incredibly popular and used widely, both by consumers and within the industry.

This is why you’ll often see the term mixed in with manufactured homes, even though they refer to two factory-built home types that are technically different from each other.

Modular Homes

Modular homes are a similar, yet distinct type of home from mobile homes and manufactured homes.

A manufactured home’s safety codes are based on the federal HUD code that we discussed earlier. With a modular home, they’re instead subject to state building codes. For example, in the state of Florida a modular home follows coding requirements from the Florida Building Code that affect how the home is built.

Because a modular home is not built to HUD Code, they’ll often take on different shapes and sizes compared to manufactured homes. This also affects how modular homes are shipped. Because they’re built and shipped in modules, keeping true to their namesake, they can be built with varying architecture or even a second story.

While it’s easy to mix up manufactured homes with modular homes, it’s important to understand that they’re vastly different in their production and style.

Park Model Homes

We’ve written before about park model homes, but it’s worth refreshing what makes them different from manufactured homes, and how the terms that refer to them are very distinct.

Park model homes, or park model RVs, are typically much smaller than manufactured homes. In fact, in most states a park model home cannot exceed 400 square feet with exceptions in a few states like Florida.

These are often more mobile than a manufactured home, unlike manufactured homes which typically stay in place once they’re sited. Because of this, they usually require registration, tags, and insurance, similar to that of a vehicle.

This is where the biggest difference between the two homes comes in: park model homes often are not used as permanent accommodations, unlike manufactured homes. Cavco Industries, a prominent home manufacturer that builds park model homes, says they are “designed to provide temporary accommodation for recreation, camping or seasonal use.”

So, while you may hear the term “park model home” thrown around in conversations relating to manufactured housing, they’re rather different from each other.

Trailer Homes

While many people still refer to mobile homes as “trailer homes,” this term is incorrect.

This term has been used to refer to mobile homes and manufactured homes for decades. In fact, some manufactured home communities are even referred to as trailer parks from time to time.

The term comes from the fact that moving mobile homes was far more common in the mid- to late-20th century than it is today. However, because modern manufactured homes are often found on permanent foundations, it’s inaccurate to refer to them as trailer homes. It’s also inaccurate to refer to manufactured home communities and mobile home parks as trailer parks.

Referring to manufactured homes as trailer homes has become less common as it’s fallen out of favor, since modern manufactured homes bear very little resemblance to actual hitched trailers.

Snap-together homes

In some regions of the United States, manufactured homes and mobile homes are referred to as snap-together homes.

This is especially common for multi-section manufactured homes, as the term refers to how the sections are joined together on a marriage line. The term originated in the mid-1900s.

These days, snap-together homes are occasionally used to refer to “tiny homes,” which are very different from manufactured and mobile homes.

Motor Home

This is a term that conflates manufactured homes with RVs and other large recreational and leisure vehicles. If anything, the term more closely relates to park model homes, which we discussed earlier, rather than manufactured homes.

You may occasionally still see some mobile homes referred to as motor homes. However, the term isn’t entirely correct unless the home is, in fact, mobile – similar to an RV or a park model home.

At the end of the day, the names that manufactured homes go by are varied and stem from different backgrounds and origins. As manufactured housing has evolved, so too have their names. However, not all names are the same, and some of manufactured housing’s names are either misconceptions at best or inaccurate at worst.

You can take a look at the high-quality manufactured home lifestyle for yourself by visiting MHVillage, the nation’s leading platform for buying, selling, and renting manufactured homes.

Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinets: The Do’s and Don’ts

It’s inevitable: with rising mobile home sales over the past few years, mobile home remodels are also climbing. In fact, we’ve seen an increase in remodels over the past few years, especially as indoor projects have spiked since 2020.

One of the most popular mobile home remodel projects involve mobile home kitchen cabinets. They’re a popular feature to upgrade that can radically transform your kitchen to make it more modern and high-end.

If you’ve been wondering how to go about a mobile home kitchen cabinet installation, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll go over the basics of manufactured home kitchen cabinets, as well as answer some burning questions you’ll have before you get started.

The Basics of Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinets

When you buy a mobile home, the kitchen will have at least a few cabinets throughout the kitchen. This holds true whether you buy your manufactured home new or pre-owned.

Many people, while living in their mobile home, choose to remodel their kitchen cabinets. This can be for a variety of reasons. The homeowner might want cabinets that reflect modern design trends, such as cabinets made of oak or polycarbonate (depending on what your tastes are). Or maybe the cabinets are showing their age and are chipping or cracked in places. Or maybe a homeowner wants to increase the resale value of their home before they sell.

Because the cabinets take up a sizable portion of any kitchen, it’s important to consider them heavily when going through a kitchen remodel. This is why many hardware stores and websites have sections and pages dedicated to kitchen cabinetry.

Can You DIY a Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinet Installation?

Yes, if you know what you’re doing.

Many mobile home remodel projects are quite simple and can easily be done without professional help. Other major projects, such as moving your mobile home, cannot be done under any circumstances without professional help.

A cabinet installation may fall in between those two types of projects. If you have the proper know-how and have done your research on how to safely install cabinets in your kitchen, then you can certainly do it on your own.

However, cabinet installation comes with safety risks, and that includes cabinets in mobile homes. If you’re mounting cabinets on your kitchen wall, at the very least you should have several people assisting, if not having a professional contractor help you out.

What Types of Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinets Are Best?

The best type of mobile home cabinets will depend entirely on the size and layout of your kitchen.

Regardless of your kitchen’s size and layout, the best arrangement of cabinets should offer plenty of storage space for everything you could need in your kitchen. This includes cookware, silverware, dishes for dining and serving, and other containers and tools you’ll need as you cook and entertain in your mobile home.

What If I Can’t Fully Replace My Kitchen Cabinets?

Just because you can’t fully replace your manufactured home cabinets doesn’t mean you can’t give them love. If you’re remodeling your mobile home kitchen on a budget, there are still a few things you can do with your cabinets to make them shine.

For one, giving your cabinets a fresh coat of paint can go a long way. Many homeowners especially like to take their cabinets from a natural finish to an all-white color. This adds a modern flair to many mobile home kitchens and has been an incredibly popular move for years now. Or, you can consider a light green, blue, or gray if it matches your kitchen.

Keep in mind that painting your mobile home cabinets isn’t usually the same process as, say, painting a room in your house. You may need specialized equipment, such as an airbrush, that can properly bind the paint to your cabinets, without getting paint on other areas of your kitchen.

If you don’t want to fully upgrade your cabinets just yet, you can still upgrade your cabinet’s hardware. This ranges from the knobs and door handles to the hinges that help your cabinet doors open buttery-smooth. Newer cabinet hardware on your cabinets can be a subtle, yet effective way to increase their longevity.

What Should I NOT Do With My Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinets?

If you’re getting ready to start a mobile home kitchen cabinet project, there are a few things you should never do for the safety of you and your home.

First, you should never begin a kitchen cabinet project without having a detailed plan of how your project will get done. If you start tearing out old cabinets or installing new ones willy-nilly, you may do some serious damage to your kitchen. This can include damaging the walls of your kitchen, not to mention damaging other items in your kitchen – or even yourself.

To that end, you absolutely should not destroy your old cabinets as you tear them down. For one, this can lead to personal injury or damage to your kitchen if you’re not careful. Two, you may want to keep the old cabinets on-hand.

Perhaps a neighbor will want to buy them off of you. Or, you could always recycle or repurpose them. Either of these options are preferable to throwing away scrapped cabinets.

Where Can I Buy Supplies for Mobile Home Kitchen Cabinets?

We’re glad you asked. One of the best places you can buy everything you need for a mobile home kitchen cabinet project is our Parts and Supplies page. This is your one-stop shop for cabinet needs, along with anything else you might need for a mobile home kitchen remodel.

Now, if you’re wondering where to buy new cabinets, many local hardware stores offer a number of options for you.

And, if you’re customizing your own manufactured home, you can even pick out your own cabinets yourself. Many homebuyers especially like to go this route, since it opens the door for high-end cabinets you might not be able to get elsewhere.

The Importance of Marriage Lines in Mobile Homes

If you’ve kept up with the MHVillager in recent months, or have already done research into manufactured homes, then you might know that some mobile homes come in multiple sections. These are referred to as double-wide, triple-wide, quadruple-wide, or multi-section homes, depending on the number of sections it has.

If you live in a multi-section mobile home, or are considering moving into one, then you should be aware of one very important aspect of how these home sections are joined together. That is, you should understand the marriage line.

What Is A Marriage Line?

In a mobile home that has two or more sections, the marriage line is the area where the separate sections are connected to create one multi-section manufactured home. If you have a mobile home with three or more sections, you’ll have multiple marriage lines that join each section.

The term comes from the fact that each section is married, or joined together in a seam that’s sealed to keep the outside air out.

You may occasionally see a marriage line referred to as a marriage joint, marriage boundary, mating line, or mating joint. Regardless of what you call it, it’s helpful to know where it’s located in your home.

Most likely, you’ll have a wall immediately adjacent to the marriage line. This is referred to as a marriage wall. The marriage wall is actually two walls put together to create a thicker, interior wall.

You’ll have a marriage wall for each marriage line. So, if your triple-wide manufactured home has two marriage lines, you’ll have two marriage walls. The marriage wall is a structural load bearing wall – meaning you shouldn’t do any work on it by yourself.

If you’re buying a pre-owned mobile home with two or more sections, you may want to have the marriage line inspected closely. A proper mobile home inspection will place a lot of focus on making sure your marriage line is properly sealed.

If you don’t immediately know where the marriage line is in your mobile home, it might be hidden. It may be under a layer of caulk, foam, or other insulating material. This means that you may need to take out any of this material before performing maintenance on or near your marriage line (more on whether you should do that below).

Why Are Marriage Lines Important?

Even if you never need to have maintenance performed on your mobile home marriage line, it’s still very important to know what they are, how they’re handled, and their durability limits.

Like we mentioned earlier, your marriage line plays a vital role in making sure no outside air gets into your mobile home.

Mobile homes in 2022 are incredibly energy efficient, and the marriage line is a big part of this. The marriage line is effectively an airtight seal that keeps your cold air during the summertime from escaping the home. In other words, without an airtight marriage line seal, temperature control in your home becomes impossible.

It’s not just about temperature control, however. Marriage joints are also incredibly important for maintaining air quality inside your home, too.

You wouldn’t want outside dust, pollen, or other substances getting into your home through a faulty marriage joint. This is why your mobile home marriage joints are incredibly important for maintaining air barrier effectiveness.

Your marriage line also helps to keep your mobile home level. If your new multi-section manufactured home is placed on private land, it may have been leveled prior to your home being sited.

If your home’s sections aren’t level, you may see the seal break around your marriage line.

Can A Marriage Line Be Damaged?

Marriage line seals are built with high quality and endurance in mind. Multi-section mobile homes can go for decades with very little or no damage to the marriage line.

However, in some instances, there are factors that can lead to various types of marriage line damage.

For example, perhaps the land around your home has shifted, resulting in cracking or chipping in the walls where the line sits.

Or perhaps the seal has come loose, letting in a draft and reducing indoor air quality.

In these cases, you should look to have your marriage line repaired or treated to prevent further damage or air leakage.

An unleveled home may also result in damage to your marriage joints. This can show in the form of cracked or broken insulation, or even cracks in your walls.

If you start to see cracks in your walls from a faulty marriage line, contact a professional immediately.

Can A Marriage Line Be Repaired?

Yes – but there’s a catch.

If you’re performing minor maintenance, such as re-sealing a small visible crack in your marriage line’s insulation, you may be able to perform the work yourself.

This can involve taking a can of spray-foam insulation or another appropriate sealant and filling in the gaps.

In most other circumstances, however, you’ll want to hire a professional to handle your major marriage line maintenance in your mobile home.

This is because of the stakes involved when performing large maintenance projects on or near where your home’s sections are joined.

If you try to handle a major marriage line project yourself, you risk doing serious damage to your mobile home. This especially goes for any work involving your marriage wall, as those interior walls are load-bearing.

Your marriage line may become separated and you may even damage the foundation of your home if you’re not careful.

Thankfully, many mobile home contractors can properly fix any major damage to your marriage line. This may involve some work re-setting the home so that it’s level, as well as re-insulating the marriage line to ensure a proper seal.

However, it’s important to remember that marriage line damage might not be all that common compared to normal yearly maintenance you might do for your home, depending on where you live and how level your land is.

That said, it’s still important to visually inspect your marriage line from time to time to catch minor problems before they become major issues down the road.

If you’re looking to buy a double-wide manufactured home for yourself, you’re in luck – we can help with that too.

With MHVillage, the leading platform for buying, selling, and renting manufactured homes, you can find manufactured homes near you that have the latest amenities in leading communities.

In fact, a google search for “double-wide mobile homes near me” will often show MHVillage as the top result, further proving our industry-leading reputation.

If you’re ready to start on your double-wide mobile home journey, then get started with MHVillage today.

Manufactured Housing Is The Solution To Affordable Housing Question

These days, a lot of fear has circulated around the affordability of housing – or lack thereof. Some of this is for good reason: in 2022, site-built home prices have increased by 20% compared to the year prior, according to CNBC. And that’s before you take into account the rising price and unavailability of rental housing across the nation. While there has been a slowdown in how high these site-built home prices have gotten, it hasn’t stopped completely.

All of this leads to the question of how best to provide affordable housing in 2022. We’re here to provide the answer: manufactured housing, or factory-built housing.

In fact, this answer is so profound that President Biden has recently outlined a plan to develop new financing options for manufactured housing. The drive to make this form of affordable housing even more accessible makes it perhaps the best solution to affordably own a home in 2022.

So, it’s worth taking a deeper dive into what manufactured homes are, what their features are, and how they’re making affordable homes incredibly easy to find.

What Are Manufactured Homes?

Manufactured homes are homes built in a factory before being shipped to the home site. Commonly known as mobile homes, they’re often far less costly than homes that are built where they stand – also called “site-built homes.”

Though they’re often sold and titled differently than site-built homes, manufactured homes are an incredibly accessible means of homeownership. This is the result of production efficiencies from building in a controlled environment, which keeps the build quality high while streamlining construction.

One key distinction to make with manufactured homes comes from the year 1976. This was the year the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) enacted building codes that regulate how manufactured homes are built to this very day. In fact, manufactured homes are the only type of housing built to a federal building code.

Homes built before June 1976, when the federal building code was enacted, are often referred to as mobile homes rather than manufactured homes. However, the two terms can be used interchangeably when talking about modern manufactured housing.

What Do Manufactured Homes Offer?

Contrary to popular belief, manufactured homes and mobile homes offer incredibly high-quality lifestyles for just about any kind of homeowner.

It’s not hard to find a manufactured home or mobile home with the latest luxury fixtures. For example, smart appliances and countertops made of premium materials have increased in popularity in manufactured homes.

Manufactured homes also offer extremely high safety standards. Like we mentioned earlier, all manufactured homes built since June 1976 meet strict quality control standards. This also includes protections against extreme weather and high winds.

Manufactured homes are also incredibly popular for their amenities. If you live in a mobile home park. In a park or community setting, you can be a part of a tight-knit neighborhood where you can take advantage of walking trails, pet-friendly facilities, athletic courts like shuffleboard, tennis, and pickleball, and so much more.

Many communities even have clubhouses where you can get together for a fun game or social outing!

All of this is offered at an affordable price that can be much more attractive than a site-built home. After all, being able to own your own home in 2022, one that’s right next to your favorite athletic facility or walking trail, is a dream that can’t be beat. Manufactured housing makes that dream possible.

What Makes Mobile Homes So Affordable?

There are a few key factors that make manufactured homes in 2022 such an affordable and attractive option.

The biggest one is their factory-built nature. In this aspect, the construction process is quite different. Unlike site-built homes, which are built on their permanent home site, mobile homes are assembled in a factory and then shipped to the home site.

While this might not seem like a major difference, the reality is that this has a MASSIVE impact on their cost. Because they’re built in a factory, they can be made much more efficiently when it comes to sourcing building materials, labor, and the lack of weather delays. And, factory-built housing means a team of builders can put homes together one after the other far faster than they can a site-built home.

This is the perfect antidote to homeownership fears in 2022. Because many are worried about the rising cost of apartment rents and site-built home prices, manufactured homes offer a solution for both problems. And, you can find a mobile home in a community with pretty great amenities, too. Bet your apartment doesn’t have a pickleball court, does it?

All of this is to say that a manufactured home is perfect if you’re looking for lower costs. You don’t have to settle for an apartment with $2,000 due per month in rent, or agonize over a mortgage that seems out of reach.

The State of Manufactured Homes in 2022

Mobile homes are one of the most affordable sources of housing in America in 2022. During a time of increasing stress and anxiety surrounding housing costs and inflation, manufactured homes are here to help relieve that stress.

One of the best parts is that it couldn’t be easier to find an affordable manufactured home that’s perfect for you. With MHVillage, you can browse mobile homes for sale or rent in your area based on a number of filters. So, if you want to look for a mobile home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and is in an all-ages mobile home park, you can look for exactly that.

MHVillage sees over 25 million unique visitors annually, and processed over 80,000 manufactured home sales in 2021 alone. When you buy your dream home with MHVillage, you know you’re using the most visited, most relied upon website in all of manufactured housing.

Are you ready to start your affordable home search today? If you are, then head over to MHVillage to get started.

Buying a Mobile Home? Here’s How Manufactured Home State Associations Can Help You.

Manufactured housing has come a long way over the past several decades. Now, millions of homeowners have discovered the high-quality lifestyle that’s in store when they live in a manufactured home. However, that wasn’t always the case.

The mobile home lifestyle has seen a boom in popularity in part because of state associations within the factory-built housing industry. Their work to bring awareness to the affordability and quality of manufactured homes has played a role in why they’re so popular and accessible today.

But, if you’re just getting started in learning what the mobile home life is all about, you might not know about state associations, or how they benefit you.

We’re here to fix that. Here are some of the basics about mobile home state associations:

What is a Manufactured Home State Association?

A manufactured home state association is an organization within a specific state that promotes the benefits of mobile homes. They do this through community outreach, advocacy with local, state, and even federal governments, and collaboration with industry partners. State associations are dedicated to public education through these methods to encourage more people to become manufactured home owners.

These state associations are often run by professionals who work in various aspects of the industry. This can include manufacturers, community owners and managers, sales centers, and more. And, they’re made up of members who work across the entire factory-built housing industry, too.

How Can They Benefit Me As The Home Buyer?

Just because you don’t work in the manufactured home industry doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from them. If you’re looking to buy a mobile home in the near future, it’s worth paying attention to your state’s association.

They can offer you, the homebuyer, a number of benefits, such as:

Resources on mobile home education. Many state associations offer blogs and other articles about the benefits of manufactured housing. For example, if you’re just getting started with learning about the mobile home lifestyle in Florida, then the Florida Manufactured Home Association (FMHA) has a great page full of articles to check out.
Association-endorsed mobile home listings. If you’re looking to buy a mobile home, you can look for homes that are for sale directly from state association members. These listings are often found on the state association’s website, or directly on MHVillage for states like Florida, Michigan, and Iowa.
Association-endorsed communities. Mobile homes sold by members aren’t the only thing you can find with state associations. Some also are affiliated with manufactured home communities, working with them directly to promote the benefits of mobile homes. Similar to how you browse for homes sold by members, you can also look for communities to live in that are Association-affiliated.
Build your dream custom home. Some manufactured housing associations will even help you build your custom home by working with builders involved with the Association. You can visit your State Association’s website to see what options you have for customized floor plans.
Find Sales Centers near you. At a sales center, you can browse mobile home models for sale and buy one for yourself to move to private land. You can also get help finding a sales center near you to get the process started.

Does My State Have An Association?

Your state probably has a manufactured housing association that can help you with some of the things we just covered.

First, take some time to visit MHVillage’s State Associations page. This is a list of every major state association in the country. If your state has one, it’ll probably be on this list, complete with a link to their page on MHVillage which will have more information.

From here, you can see homes that are sold by association members on MHVillage, contact information for the state association, mobile home parks affiliated with that association, and a link to their website.

You can view statistics about your state association on MHVillage, too. For example, you can see a breakdown of the average mobile home price in your state, how many homes for sale are on MHVillage through your state association, and more. You can even see manufactured home communities that are affiliated with that state association, with links to their pages on MHVillage.

How Can I Interact With My State Association?

We recommend starting with their websites. Most state associations will have a page dedicated for home buyers like yourself to learn more and start the process of buying a home. Some associations, like FMHA, will have several different resources for homebuyers, such as buying a Florida mobile home, building a custom modular home, and tips on finding communities.

So, are you ready to start looking for a home with your state association and dive into the mobile home lifestyle? If you are, start your journey here at MHVillage and find your state’s association.

Mobile Homes With Four or Five Bedrooms – Do They Exist?

Manufactured homes and mobile homes are incredibly popular for a variety of reasons. For one, they’re insanely affordable. The average selling price of a new manufactured home in 2021 – $92,911, according to Datacomp sales data – is a fraction of the rising cost of site-built homes in 2021 and 2022.

Even with mobile homes being so affordable, there’s another reason why they’re so popular. Millions of families have turned to manufactured housing because they offer the same level of quality as site-built homes.

If you’re looking for homes over 1,500 square feet with tons of space for you and your family, then manufactured homes can offer just that. Imagine bedrooms for your children, a spare flex room to keep their toys, or an open concept kitchen, dining room, or even a master bath.

One question that we receive a lot at the MHVillager is whether you can buy four bedroom mobile homes, or even one with five bedrooms. The answer may be more in-depth than you think.

Here, we’ll go over how mobile home sizing works, and how you might be able to find a mobile home with four bedrooms or more.

Mobile Home Sizing Basics

Before we talk about mobile home bedrooms, it’s important to reinforce how mobile home sizing works.

Mobile homes start off as “single-wide” or “single-section” homes. This means that they’re built in a single section in the factory, and then shipped to the home site. Most single-wide mobile homes are between 480 square feet and 1,440 square feet, though you can find some that are larger. The average single-wide manufactured home comes in at around 900 square feet or more.

Most often, you’ll find that a single-wide mobile home has two or three bedrooms. However, there’s a way to find mobile homes with even more bedrooms for you and your family.

Multi-Section Mobile Homes

Larger mobile homes are built in multiple sections. These are why you’ll hear these homes referred to as “multi-section” homes.

The most common type of multi-section mobile home is referred to as a double-wide. As you can guess based on its name, a double-wide manufactured home has two sections. So, they’ll also be called “double-section mobile homes” from time to time.

The way multi-section mobile homes are named only gets easier. If a mobile home has three sections, then it’s called a triple-wide mobile home, or triple-section. For mobile homes with four sections, those are referred to as quadruple wide mobile homes as well as quadruple section. Many homeowners and industry pros simply refer to them as multi-section homes once you have two or more sections.

All of this is to say that the more sections your mobile home has, the more likely you’ll be able to find a model that has four or more bedrooms. This, of course, includes the master bedroom, as well as a few other spare bedrooms for the family. Let’s go into more detail about how to find a mobile home with all of the bedrooms you’ll need.

Can These Homes Have Four or Five Bedrooms?

The short answer is yes. In some markets, you can find mobile homes with four or even five bedrooms.

To go more in-depth about mobile homes with four or more bedrooms, the number of homes you find that fit this criteria may depend on your market.

Take Florida, for example, you may have an easier time finding a mobile home with four or five bedrooms compared to other markets. This is because Florida is one of the largest markets in the United States for manufactured housing, so inventory is often in abundant supply.

How Can I Find A Four Bedroom Mobile Home?

If you’re looking for a mobile home with four bedrooms, MHVillage has you covered.

On MHVillage, you can filter your mobile home search based on the number of bedrooms. When you’re on the mobile home search page, simply click on the “Bedrooms” dropdown menu. From there, you can select “4 Bedrooms” to ONLY show mobile homes with that amount of bedrooms in your market. You’ll be able to browse listings that have photos of the master bedroom as well as each spare bedroom in the home.

Keep in mind that some markets may have more mobile homes with 4 bedrooms than others. So, you may want to expand your search radius to find as many options as possible. You can do this by selecting from the “Search Radius” dropdown menu next to the Bedrooms menu.

How Can I Find A Five Bedroom Mobile Home?

You can use the same process we just outlined to find five-bedroom mobile homes. However, these homes may be more uncommon in your market than mobile homes with four bedrooms.

How Can I Find Other Mobile Homes?

If you’re looking for a mobile home but aren’t as concerned about the number of bedrooms, then MHVillage is your one-stop shop.

MHVillage is the nation’s leading platform for buying, selling, and renting manufactured homes, with over 80,000 homes sold last year. If you’re looking for a way to affordably own a home while becoming a part of a high-quality mobile home lifestyle, get started today with MHVillage to find your new home.

What to Know About Mobile Home Floor Plans

Factory-built manufactured homes have become more advanced and more luxurious than ever before.

It’s a big part of why over 22 million people across the country have flocked to manufactured housing for its high quality and lower cost.

When it comes to customizing your mobile home, you have many options when it comes to your mobile home’s floor plan.

But what exactly is a floor plan, and why is it important for you, the mobile home buyer?

Here, we’ll go over not only why mobile home floor plans are important, but how you can customize them as you’re getting ready to build and buy your dream home.

What is a Mobile Home Floor Plan?

Essentially, manufactured home floor plans are a flat, two-dimensional layout of your new mobile home.

Similar to a floor plan for a site-built home, this will show you what rooms are in your home, where they’re located, and how big they are. Some manufacturers even offer three-dimensional renderings of their floor plans that you can virtually walk through.

When it comes to your new home, a manufactured home floor plan is commonly used to show the homebuyer what your home’s layout will look like after it’s built.

They’re a great way to decide on which features you’d like in your home before it’s built.

Floor plans come with their own “language” that’s important to understand when reading a floor plan. For example, if one side of a floor plan reads “16’ 4”” near one side then that means the side is 16 feet, four inches long.

And, you’ll see that doors on a floor plan swing in the direction that they open in. You can read more here about how to understand these diagrams with ease.

Why Are Manufactured Home Floor Plans Important?

Manufactured home floor plans are a great way to see for yourself how your manufactured home will look before it’s even built. For many homeowners and families, they’re an easy way to gauge:

The size of your new mobile home, whether it’s a single wide, double wide, or triple wide (or even larger!)
The number of bedrooms and bathrooms at a glance
The walkable flow of your mobile home or modular home
Which rooms are in which parts of the home
How many windows and doors your mobile home or modular home has

They’re also great if you’re looking for modular homes for sale near you. Many mobile home builders (which we’ll get into in a little bit) offer modular home floor plans that have customizable options, which offer you even more options for your home.

This makes shopping for a new home that much more fun! If you’re interested in modular home floor plans, you can look to manufacturers for those, too.

Who Offers Manufactured Home Floor Plans For Me To Browse?

If you’re looking for floor plans near you, you can visit MHVillage to browse floor plans by state. By visiting MHVillage, you can look for builders that offer floor plans for mobile homes in your state and find one that best meets your needs.

This is especially great if you know you want to buy a mobile home in a specific market, or want to find an open concept home from a specific manufacturer.

By searching for manufactured home floor plans for your mobile home on MHVillage, you can also fine-tune your search based on the size of the home, as well as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms.

You can even look exclusively for floor plans with virtual tours, too, if you’re looking for something free of contact!

Can I Customize My Mobile Home Using A Floor Plan?

Absolutely! Many home builders offer customized manufactured home floor plans that give you even more options for your manufactured home.

Say you want a double-wide mobile home with a home office instead of a third bedroom. Many manufacturers will offer floor plans with those kinds of customizations available. Many also offer open concept options.

Or, if you want an extra bathroom or a different closet configuration, some builders offer those too.

You can even customize your kitchen with various countertop materials to give it an even higher-quality feel.

It’s best to check with each manufacturer to see which kinds of customized floor plans they offer.

Also, it’s important to make sure that a manufacturer you like operates in your state. Not all manufacturers operate in every state, so check beforehand on their website.

How Can I Buy a Home Based on a Floor Plan?

If you’re interested in buying a mobile home and starting with a floor plan, you have a few options.

Firstly, you can go directly to MHVillage and browse for floor plans in your state. This is a great option if you want to look for floor plans in a community, or look for floor plans with specific features.

Secondly, you can also go to the manufacturers to shop for floor plans. Like we mentioned earlier, these manufacturers often offer floorplans for new mobile homes and modular homes that home buyers can choose from.

Here are just a few of the top mobile home manufacturers’ names you’ll see thrown around that offer manufactured and modular home floorplans:

Hopefully we’ve been able to answer your floor plan questions. If you’re ready to shop for mobile homes near you, then head to MHVillage today!

How to Buy a Mobile Home On Any Budget

Manufactured homes are known for being one of the most affordable sources of housing out there. And because of their comparable quality to site-built homes, it’s really easy to find a high-quality, low-price manufactured home.

The best part is that there are ways to find mobile homes at any budget, even in today’s housing market. Whether you’ve already done your research or just found out what a mobile home is, let’s walk through how to buy a mobile home at any budget.

Research Market Prices

If you’re flexible on which market you buy your manufactured home in, then this step is for you. Each market will vary slightly when it comes to mobile home pricing.

It goes deeper than that, however. Some ZIP codes will have lower manufactured home prices than others. This is why the phrase “Location, location, location” is so important in real estate, and manufactured housing is no different.

If you’re looking for affordable mobile homes near you that meet your essential needs, consider looking at different ZIP codes near you to find the best price. If you’re not set on living in a specific city in your area, this can be a great way to find a mobile home at an affordable price, while saving on your final closing costs.

Different ZIP codes will also have different requirements for various other aspects of the mobile home lifestyle. One key example is for mobile home insurance. If you live in a flood zone, for instance, you may be required to purchase flood protection insurance for your mobile home. Do your research into local guidelines when considering buying a mobile home in any given market.

Find a Home With The Essentials

These days, modern manufactured homes have top-of-the-line features that you can find in site-built homes. Think smart appliances, the latest luxury cabinet and countertop materials, wi-fi enabled security features, and classic high-end fixtures like patios and decks.

However, you may be content without the extra bells and whistles. In that case, you can search for mobile homes that offer what you need in a mobile home without paying extra for features that you won’t use. This can help you find a mobile home that’s more affordable for your budget.

Many communities also have a sales team that can help you buy a manufactured home. It’s worth checking with your community to see if they can assist you, too.

Single-Wide Mobile Homes Are a Good Place to Start

You may find during your research that mobile homes are described as being a “single-wide,” “double-wide,” or larger multi-section homes. This refers to how many sections the home has. The more sections a home has, the larger and costlier the home will be.

Single-wide homes, which are made up of just one section, are by far the most affordable type of manufactured home. If you’re interested in buying a mobile home as affordably as possible in your market, consider looking for single-wides. Single-wide mobile homes meet the needs of the vast majority of people, making them a great option even if you’re bringing your family with you.

Consider Renting a Mobile Home

Did you know that, similar to site-built homes, you can rent manufactured homes on a monthly basis?

In addition to being able to search for mobile homes for sale, you can look for homes for rent near you. This can be a great option if you’re looking to move into a mobile home without paying a down payment.

It’s easy to rent a mobile home in mobile home parks, too. Many mobile home parks offer mobile homes for rent where you can access all of the amenities that they have to offer. For a full breakdown of what mobile home parks can offer you, read this article from the MHVillager.

Renting a mobile home can have many benefits. For one, your upfront costs will likely be lower, as you won’t have a down payment or lengthy loan term when you sign your lease. Many mobile home residents find that this is far easier and more affordable. When you rent a mobile home, you’ll usually have a landlord or a park manager that will help with repairs, too. Not only can this help with some expenses that come with mobile home maintenance, but it’ll save you time in the long run.

These are just a few ways that you can find cheap manufactured homes for sale. The reality is that everyone’s financial situation is different, and that anyone with any budget can shop for a mobile home near them. And this doesn’t even begin to cover the financing options that are available to you.

Visit MHVillage today to browse mobile homes for sale and for-rent mobile homes in your market. You never know just how affordable your dream mobile home might be!

What You Need to Know About Buying a Manufactured Home in Michigan

The state of Michigan is known for many things. Faygo pop, the Motor City, and using your hand to tell other people where you live, for example.

But, did you also know that Michigan is one of the hottest markets for manufactured housing in the United States? In 2021, Michigan ranked among the top three states based on new and pre-owned home sales, according to Datacomp sales data.

What does this mean? Well, it means that buyers all over the state may have questions about how to buy a manufactured home in Michigan. The MHVillager is here to answer them.

Private Land Or Community Living?

Before you start browsing MHVillage for manufactured homes in Michigan, there’s one key question that you must ask yourself. That is, would you prefer to live in a mobile home park, or on your own private land?

There are, of course, advantages to both. If you live in a mobile home park, the biggest advantages are the amenities available to you. Many communities have walking trails, dog parks, pools and spas, clubhouses, athletic facilities such as pickleball and racquetball courts, and many more.

Some communities also bundle in various utilities with your monthly lot rent. For example, you can find communities that have utilities like trash pickup, high-speed internet, or water included, among others. You can learn more about the basics of community living through the MHVillager.

There are benefits to owning a mobile home on private land, too. For one, your land is literally your land. This means you have the benefit of having a lot that’s sized and fitted to your liking. On your own land, it can be easier to expand or modify your home to add a garage, for example.

Whether you’re interested in buying a mobile home on private land or in a Michigan mobile home park, MHVillage makes it easy to search for one or the other. When searching for your mobile home, you can select filters in the Location Type dropdown menu for all-ages parks, 55+ parks, or homes on private property. You can also look for homes that must be moved, homes in resident-owned parks, homes on dealer lots, or sited homes.

Finding a Mobile Home You Like

The next step in buying a manufactured home in Michigan is searching in your local market.

You may search for a mobile home that’s close to where you live currently, or in a different city in Michigan altogether. Regardless of where you’ll be searching, you can use MHVillage to search for mobile homes near any Michigan city.

As of this writing in June 2022, there are over 1,600 mobile homes for sale or rent in Michigan on MHVillage. This means that you’ll have a strong variety to choose from when you get ready to buy your manufactured home.

Pro tip: if you’re looking for a mobile home close to a metropolitan area, such as Grand Rapids or Detroit, we have you covered there, too. From the Michigan home search page on MHVIllage, you can search for homes based on how close they are to your nearest downtown hub. This is a perfect option if you wanna cut down on your morning commute, or simply be close by your favorite downtown hangout.

Once you’ve found a home that you like near you, your next step will be getting more information about that home. You can email or call the seller directly from the listing in many cases, or send the seller a message to obtain more information.

If a home listing links to a mobile home park, you can view other homes in that park too if your sights are set on a specific community.

The Offer, Inspection, and Closing

When you’ve found a mobile home that matches your wants and needs, it’s time to put an offer down. From there, your offer will be either accepted, met with a counteroffer, or denied. It’s common that the final selling price for your home will be different than the listing price once the negotiations are wrapped up.

If the offer you’ve put down is accepted, congratulations! You’re almost ready to start living the Michigan mobile home lifestyle. There are just a few things left to do.

First, you’ll want to order a mobile home inspection. These inspections ensure that the quality of the home is as described, and can lay out in detail what work may need to be done to the home. While the seller may have ordered an inspection before listing the home, it’s a good idea to get one of your own.

If the inspection checks out and your financing (if applicable) is approved, then it’s time to sign the closing documents. These may vary from state to state, but you should expect to sign a bill of sale, as well as receive the title or titles for your mobile home.

Michigan-Specific Considerations

When buying a mobile home in Michigan, there are a few things you need to know when it comes to the process in this state specifically.

FIrstly, the State of Michigan will issue you a mobile home title that certifies you as the owner of the home. This is similar to many other states in the country. If your home will be titled or re-titled as real property, you’ll need to file an affidavit of affixture with the Secretary of State’s office.

Like most homes, you’ll have to pay a sales tax or use tax in the state of Michigan when buying your manufactured home. The sales tax rate is 6%, which is similar to many other states. However, there is no annual tax rate on manufactured homes in Michigan.

There’s one other thing you need to know about buying a mobile home in Michigan. Each home will have a serial number that denotes it as a registered manufactured home sold in Michigan. When buying your home, check to make sure that you have proof of your home’s serial number, and that it matches what’s on the bill of sale. You can usually find your mobile home’s serial number in a closet, cabinet, or near your utilities. If you live in a multi-section home, each section will have its own serial number.

If you’re ready to start searching for your Michigan mobile home, then what are you waiting for? Head over to MHVillage to start the process today.

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