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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

I want to clarify that the difference between a mobile and manufactured home is that the latter was built after 1976 and had to adhere to U.S.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

George Sheetz sued El Dorado County near Sacramento after he was assessed a $23,000 fee for a permit to put a manufactured home on a lot he owned.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

One of the big problems, Strader, Ashley and Roueche said, is that the federal rules that call for tougher manufactured home standards, including anchoring, only apply in hurricane zones.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023