There are a lot of them here, since they are made here.

construction is taking many different roads...check out Blu homes. mfg homes do allow for some economies...and control. the public still has a preception problem. i for one would not hesitate to own one. however i can usually compete with retail sales of these as i dont have a big mark up. around here 150 a foot for structure is going rate. i can build one for 120 that is nicer... but i love the quickness they represent

Good morning Fred. I do mortgage on all of them, other than mobile homes, but not if they are not on their own land.

 Good morning Fred. Depreciating asset.

I've never sold one.

In Wisconsin, we are allowed to sell one mobile home a year.  This is one construed to not be permanently attached to the ground.  If it is permanently attached, we have no restriction on modulars.  In some areas of my market, modulars are quite common and banks don't blink at loans.  In more urban areas, it is a more difficult sell.  You have to create a distinction in the buyers brain between a true modular (with a HUD number) and a factory built home.  Some people see a factory built home and just refuse to even look at them.

The subject of these different types of homes is somewhat complicated. I've written a few posts on this subject. Just search manufactured homes versus modular or something like that. I believe that each state probably handles them differently. In my state you can put a manufacture home on property, but you don't have to tie it to the land. That is unpurged. If you tie it to the land, most desired by lenders, then it's purged. modular homes are taxed and considered site built. 

I could do a blog post on this. Oh wait. I've done at least two of them on this topic.

Most lenderw will not loan on these unless the hitch and wheels have been removed.  Makes them attached.

All are considered real estate if attached to private property in Indiana.  If the mobile home is in a park on someone elses land it is personal property.

I don't ever run into those and most areas of my county and those around us do not allow them any longer. Those in place are "grandfathered" in.

I don't handle these.  I remember from the exam that they need to be attached, registered and something else then they can be sold as real property to a second owner.  First owner buys them differently and you have to have a special license to sell them the first time.

I think in MD they are real estate - I don't sell in those markets - no rejection of the buyers or sellers -just not my niche

It the struture is attached to a permanent foundation then TN considers it real property and not personal property. I sell real estate but not personal property. I used to sell mobile homes if they sat on the land and it required a real estate transaction and separate bill of sale. I don't do it anymore. Not my niche.

Part of  our single family classification. 

They are not for me Fred Griffin.  There are too many other resale opportunities for me to focus my time and efforts with.

I don't know Fred but I do know they attract tornados.

Not many down here anymore and I have never nor will I ever sell one.

Many of these homes are 55+ communities, some on land lease property and others are land you own and therefore are on the tax roles. Financing is often a challenge and hard to find, adn for certain properties I'd say nonexistent

We have many manufactured homes as well as modular homes here some are located in manufactured home communities, others are on private land. Depending on age and circumstances, they can be financed. At least here in Florida, real estate agents can sell manufactured homes together with the land beneath but not if they are located in an area where lot rent is collected.    Florida issues registrations similar to vehicle registrations for manufactured homes that will have to be transferred to the new owner at closing. 

Big difference between mobil e homes and pre constructd homes.

Mobile homes generally have little to no long term value, while some of the others can be quite expensive and hold their value.

Fred Griffin You won't see any new mobile homes in my County except for the ones that are grandfathered in from previous years. Modular homes are okay as long as they are on a foundation.

We have tons of them, from old singlewides to super custom luxury homes and they are popular. Listing one today built over a 2800 SF commercial warehouse. LOL! They are almost always real property affixed. A couple of lease land communities, but we don't deal with those. Mobilehomes in parks we do not handle; they are PP. UNLESS selling the whole park.

In Oklahoma it is personal property if it is completely mobile.

Here in AZ, mobile/manufactured homes are real property and taxed as such, if they are legally affixed.  I see some Parks, as well as mobile homes on acreage, especially horse farms, here.  I also see some in very old towns (not near Tucson), also.  When we first got married (many, many moons ago!), we lived in No. CA, and owned a double-wide mobile home that was really lovely!  It took us years to sell it, which was sad, because it was in a great Park, and had been a Model there at one time, so it was very nice!  It just did not get the 'walk/drive through traffic' of a regular home in a development. 

They are considered personal property here in IL & I run when I hear them mentioned. Why? No financing.

Ever wonder why they are tornado magnets?

I sold severalmobile homes in Florida but there are very few here in the Williamsburg area.

Pacific Sothebys doesn't allow us to because of extra liability

Here a mobile home to be considered needs a foundation and the wheels removed and its own land. A mobile home in a park is personal property and very hard to sell in this area.

We do have a few of the other's in the rural areas.

Not too many mobiles around here any longer, but I'll sell modular. They are considered the same as a stick built.

I've sold land in the past to a builder who wanted to finish the project in a timely fashion to go on to the next project, and we did a prefab home....a manufactured home....it was actually two duplexes and I sold them as 4 townhomes.... all pre-sold....my opinion is that a prefab is better than a stick built.... the QUALITY CONTROL IS BETTER....there are inspections in the factory and every nail is where it should be....

there are many framers who come on the job "hung over" from the night before and if a nail gun misses, they don't go back!!!! that's just one example!!  the reputation of prefabs being not as desirable is because decades ago, they had a 5 pitch for a roofline....that's a low slope... and they looked ugly....now, you can't tell the difference from the street.... you customize the pitch of the roof....the size of the windows, ets.... the roof frame is trusses.... good framing....I'd take one anyday!!!

and in our area, we dig and pour a full concrete foundation....the home is places on the foundation and then they tie in the two sections.... it's amazing to watch....

I sold one because it had belonged to the mother of a good client.

Fred,
Many of our “ranchettes” have them. Other than that I avoid them at all costs.

Fred - They are very difficult to sell, and finance, and I am no expert in that field. Most in our area are mobile homes in parks.

We don't have too many in the populated areas, but do find them on the Eastern plains.   Have not done but a couple over the years. 

We don't sell them

HI Fred... this "Park Avenue Babe" from NYC does not do mobile homes! No way, no how! Manufactured or modular are not the norm in my area so I virtually never come across them. But I do know that they are harder to resell in our area. On the SC side of our border, their MLS lets them list mobile homes as single family residences, which makes me crazy if I'm doing a search for a single family home and get all sorts of double-wides popping up. 

We have few communities, but very few. Some of newer houses are very good quality, much better than older average house in my area. Financing can be an challenging. But usually they are sold quite fast.