The Manufactured Housing Forums

We live in the Portland area. We bought a piece of land in 2000 for about $195K, with a 77 Fleetwood on it. We did have trouble refinancing when rates dropped, but probably could have looked harder. We knew we would replace it some day anyway. Long story short, we put a Karsten triple on a concrete ...

I found insurance through Allstate - lower-priced, too. The thing to remember when shopping for insurance is to SHOP it around. Foremost is not the only option by any means.

I have an inexpensive front-loader. It runs just fine - no excess vibration. It should be just fine. Congratulations!

I agree. Emphasis on good credit and equity. Loan standards are tightening quite a bit just recently and likely will be tighter for a while - not a bad thing. The mortgage industry is going through what the manufactured home industry went through a few years ago, offering anyone who could fog a mirr...

Mr. Murray, thanks for reminding me

I would say "Buy a home on Land" but the Bay Area is a rare exception - the affordability of single-family homes or condos is nonexistent (which is why I moved away a dozen years ago!) Best of luck!!!

Can't help you with that market as we live in NW Oregon (SW of Portland). The market here is doing *OK* - not as hot as last year.

Where in Oregon is this?

From the Deer Valley standard features portion of the website (needs some spelling work):

"Raised Panel Shitters Front Door Side"

Cheers, Mac

Silvercrest used to do 1-1/8" flooring that they refer to as "SuperFloor." I'm sorry I didn't get that with my Karsten.