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manufactured home

American  

noun

  1. a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.

  2. mobile home.


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The bill would eliminate the requirement that a manufactured home must be built with a permanent chassis, which allows the house to be moved.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The median household income of these buyers is $35,000, and no wonder: The average cost of a manufactured home is about $127,000, compared to $413,000 for a site-built home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Her clients who have opted for a mobile or manufactured home have seen great returns, she adds: “All of the mobile homes I’ve sold in the last 20 years, I’ve had people get 100% appreciation.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

On Monday, the agency sued Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, accusing it of setting families up to fail when they borrowed money to buy a manufactured home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Part of the problem is that federal housing rules that call for tougher manufactured home standards, including anchoring, only apply in hurricane zones, which is most of Florida and then several counties along the coast.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023