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Today we’ll keep it shorter than normal, because we want you to be able to focus on the infographic and data provided below.   We could sum this up like this.  There is a lot of misinformation about modern manufactured homes, starting with terminology.  From there, one can move on to issues of quality, durability, appreciation, and more. The infographic, …

  As you watch the first video from CNBC, it just begins to skim the surface of the “hidden costs” of buying an existing house.  A ‘site built,’ conventional house.   Want to save money now – when you buy – and later too? For those who open their mind and explore the manufactured home alternative, they discover what the …

The addition of garages to manufactured homes in land-lease communities and on private property is becoming more popular every year. Manufactured home owners are looking for the same convenience and security available to site-built home owners. Unfortunately, many of the efforts to marry site-built garages to manufactured homes fall short of the generally-accepted appearance standards for garage/home integrations. Here are …

The Northwest Housing Association has announced that manufactured homes sales in the state of Washington have increased 47 percent year-to-date in 2016. According to the association, this completes a big turnaround over the last decade.  In the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown, demand dropped from 3,000 manufactured homes per year to less than 600. “550 homes have already been …

“The one issue that will prohibit affordable housing in the future — not only manufactured homes, but site-built — is local zoning and covenants.” — Jay Hamilton, executive director of the Georgia Manufactured Housing Association When you’re a single mother of three looking to secure your family’s future, you have to have a plan. One young Georgia woman thought she …

In part 1 of this video interview, you’ll meet Regina Ruddell. Regina is on the town council, serving Ward 4 in Westville IN. She’s rather modest in this video, because she is so popular, she ran unopposed and got 100% of the vote for the Ward 4 council seat. She has a great job, which you’ll learn more about later. …

Studies show that manufactured homes built after 1976 are more fire-resistant than comparable site-built homes — but no residence is completely fire proof. Here’s what you need to know to reduce your risk, as we enter the winter fire season.    By Jan Hollingsworth For MHLivingNews It was apparently an attempted case of “spontaneous combustion,” a phenomenon thought to be caused …

Don and Carol Tiller both worked for the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company which later became Pfizer. To rephrase, that means they both had great careers with a very good company that provided them with a fine lifestyle. Their lifestyle was so good they have a getaway place in Florida, while they live in Michigan. They took up the ‘hobby’ of caring …

For those considering the MH LifeStyle, there are literally dozens of insights and takeaways possible from this video. First, our guest Kim Capen is the president of the Medville ROC – a 55+ manufactured home community in Goffstown, NH. Many have little or no clue about resident owned communities and how they work, which is one of the many reasons …

 New Federal regulations, enacted in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis, are playing a key role in establishing a class of lifetime renters — all in the name of consumer protection. By Jan Hollingsworth for MHLivingNews.com The old man walked into the dealership in rural Kentucky with solid credit and the air of someone who knew exactly what he …

As fall approaches, this is a great time of year to think about heat taping your manufactured home (built after June 15, 1976), a mobile home (built before June 15, 1976) or any age of the millions of conventional houses that are built over a crawl space. No one wants a winter freeze up on a water line! And while …

Just off U.S. 131 is Martin MI. The race track on the opposite side of the superhighway has been there for some 50 years. The Martin schools now have a prominent, new, award winning leader, who will be featured in an upcoming video interview. And in the appealing, residential style manufactured home community of Dover Farms, where we interviewed a …

Willie Nelson said, it! We’re…“On the road again!”  This time, we’re in New England, and we’ll be bringing you videos and stories from this part of the U.S. soon. That said, today’s video takes us back to Warrior, Alabama.  You’ll check in on Joey Tidmore at The Home Place, talking about upscale, residential style Deer Valley Hombuilders manufactured homes that …

We all know that cheaper prices can mean cheaper quality. What this federally mandated study reported below demonstrates is that the low prices found on today’s manufactured homes (MH) results in amazingly few complaints. MH is the exception that proves the rule. The reason you can save on MH and still get quality and good looks is because the factory …

What if there was a cure for cancer known to exist, but was not well understood? What if an early version of that cancer cure produced okay or problematic results, but refinements of that cure later produced amazing results? Because of negative perceptions based on that past history, those who knew the cure would have to try to figure out …