Foundation Certifications for Mobile Homes

The question we get quite often is, "My manufactured home was constructed according to Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (CFR 3280); is it installed on a permanent foundation?" The short answer is this: Although your home was constructed to the Federal Manufactured Home ...

Very few lenders and/or loan officers are aware of the information I am about to share with you concerning obtaining an FHA, VA, or HUD Guaranteed Loan for a Manufactured Home. In fact, I have mortgage brokers, lenders, loan officers, real estate agents, and even the home owners, calling my offic...

We get questions about the California 433a process quite often in our office. In this article I will answer the following questions concerning manufactured homes in California: What is California Form 433a? What does a recorded 433a document in California accomplish? What is the process in filing...

How can I gain compliance with the HUD/FHA requirements for my manufactured home permanent foundation? According to federal regulations, in order to meet the requirements for a manufactured home permanent foundation you must comply with the Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing, (H...

It can be confusing to tell the difference between a manufactured home, mobile home, and/or modular home. They can be very similar in appearance, and on top of that, many people use the terms interchangeably. So let's try to clear it all up and get a better definition. What are Manufactured Homes...

When you buy (or sell) a manufactured / mobile home, many times the loan involved in real estate transaction will either be an FHA or VA loan. However, FHA and VA will only fund the loan if you can prove that the foundation under the home is a permanent foundation. But what is a "permanent founda...

Hello All: We've just rolled out a free referral program for those of you who process FHA, VA, and even conventional loans on manufactured/mobile and modular homes. We often have people that come to our website that ask us for FHA and VA lenders who loan on manufactured homes for new, existing, r...