When Julie Johnson and her husband decided to purchase their own home, they turned to an unexpected place: Facebook Marketplace. One month and $52,000 later, a pre-owned 2,200 square-foot, ...

There are plenty of myths and misconceptions about manufactured homes (formerly “mobile homes” or “trailers”). Hames – The Homes People ®, have heard them all. Here are some of their favorites. Since ...

Wisconsin Watch and WPR investigate opportunities and risks with manufactured homes as an affordable path to home ownership in Wisconsin.

An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Census Bureau over a five-year period shows that prices for manufactured homes have risen by nearly 60% as ...

Joyce Bayles, 85, mows the lawn around her home in the Ridgeview Homes community in Lockport, N.Y., this summer. Manufactured homes are seen as essential to solving the nation’s housing crisis, ...

Pew research calls for an extension of federal loan programs for manufactured homes Matt Webber is an experienced personal finance writer, researcher, and editor. He has published widely on personal ...

Manufactured homes, which tend to be a more popular choice in rural areas, could help significantly in providing more affordable housing, but policymakers will need to make some changes for that to ...