Is The Manufactured Home The Future Of Housing ?

[Robert Carpenter]

As the US economy is driven into 'stagflation' - as prices rise and real purchasing power falls -  will manufactured housing drive out site built ?  At present the number of  site built homes is around 15X the manufactured number.   Manufactured home builders have raised the bar on interior quality, fit, and finish so much as to now be on par with site built -  and at somewhere around half the cost of a comparable site built house.   Are developers beginning to see the writing on the wall ? Will  future  suburban subdivisions be comprised of manufactured homes ? 

[Bruce Woodruff]

Never. The quality and amenities are not there...except may in just the visuals. One big problem is insulation. Even the nicer homes are still vastly under-insulated.....

And there are too many people that will never buy a manufactured or mobile home just because of the name and stigma....