manufactured home

American  

noun

1. a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.

2. mobile home.

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Example Sentences

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

They moved the next year into the unit on his dad’s old Copra Lane pad, trading their Sherman Oaks apartment for a 1,100-square-foot manufactured home with four small bedrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

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