The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...

Manufactured homes are typically much cheaper than traditionally-constructed homes. But there are some downsides. There is one option that might make entering the housing market a possibility even if ...

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, ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Adele Peters of Fast Company about communities are embracing manufactured homes, which offer a potential solution to affordable housing. When you think of a ...

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 ...

Construction on both home types begins in factories, but they’re built to different codes. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this ...

You can get a loan for a mobile home, but it may not be a mortgage. Learn more about your options for funding manufactured housing.

Last year when my friend Tami Crandall from Spearfish, S.D., renewed her home insurance on her 2,400-square-foot, 1913 two-story farmhouse with a detached garage, the price tag was about what she ...

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