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Home Nation vs Other Dealers
If you’ve already begun your search for a new or used manufactured or mobile home, you’ve probably already come across a wide range of dealers to choose from. However, there are quite a few differences between Home Nation and other mobile home dealers out there that set us apart from the... Read More »How to tie down a mobile home
Although designed to be permanent structures, mobile homes need to be secured to withstand high winds. This process is known as tying down a mobile home, and it’s a relatively easy way to make sure you’re safe inside you’re mobile home. Just follow these steps:1. De... Read More »
How to block level a mobile home
Have you noticed that some of the doors in your mobile home don’t close quite right? Or have you begun to see small cracks near the windows or on the walls? If this is happening, there’s a good chance your mobile home is no longer level.There can be a few causes for this. Bad wea... Read More »
What Upgrades & Options should I choose for my Mobile Home?
Once you’ve decided to move forward with purchasing your new home, the fun part can begin! Just like with a new traditional stick-built home, you can choose your mobile home options, upgrades, and extras to truly make the space your own. In fact, if you’re new to this process, you might ... Read More »Choosing Land for your Mobile Home
As the prices of standalone houses and land increases across the United States, more and more people are searching for cost-effective alternatives.One such option that’s rapidly gaining popularity is mobile homes. These compact, affordable and high-quality dwellings provide hundreds of... Read More »
How are Mobile Homes built?
When you think about a home being built, most people picture a group of construction workers slaving away around a pit of concrete. However, mobile homes take a different route altogether – one that may surprise you if you haven’t seen it before.So, how exactly are mobile homes b... Read More »
The 3 types of Mobile Home loans you need to know
Manufactured Home Lending ProgramsThere are 3 main types of lending options available when considering
manufactured/modular construction, Chattel, Construction and End (Permanent)
Mortgages. Each has its own specific purpose and characteristics. Below is a review of
thes... Read More »
Our most popular print, The Breeze
Our most popular print, The BreezeWe offer thousands of floorplans, from multiple manufacturers, but time and time again, there is one floorplan that comes out ahead. The Breeze has been one of our most popular prints for some time now. Why? Let’s find out.
Short in leng... Read More »
Build your credit for a Mobile Home
Getting a loan for your Mobile HomeToday, Mobile Homes are one of the cheapest way to own your own home. They are traditionally built as lower-income housing. As we’ve found out in this article, however, low-income does not mean low quality. At the end of the day, a Mobile Home is stil... Read More »
All about tiny homes
History of Tiny HomesBetween 1908 and up to 1940, Sears was one of the first companies to offer what we now call a “mobile home”. Through their catalogue, they offered different floorplans, window options, and stylish decors that you could pick for your home. Once ordered, Sears ... Read More »
8 reasons to buy a Mobile Home
1. Mobiles Homes are ultra-customizableMobile homes are more than just a box. One overlooked feature of a Mobile Home is how easy it is to customize. Our builders offer thousands of options with each print. Some of the more robust manufacturers will even offer different qualities of material... Read More »
Crane Setting a Home
Modular homes are almost always set with a crane. This is mostly because they are delivered on a frame, which is then taken back to the factory and reused after delivery. A mobile home is phsyically built onto the frame, which stays with the home. Mobile homes can also be set this way, usually when ... Read More »
5 Reasons to choose a Modular Home
Although they are both made in a factory, a Modular Home is not considered a “Manufactured Home” since it is constrained to the local building code, just like a house. The main benefit is that a Modular Home will be appraised as if it was built on site. This creates huge cost savings for... Read More »
5 Reason to choose a Mobile Home
Shopping for your first home can be a difficult task, as real estate costs rise, being able to afford that first home is becoming much less likely. We truly believe manufactured housing is the answer to Americas housing crisis.The trend towards smaller dwellings, such as tiny homes, indicate... Read More »
Installing and Setting Up Mobile Homes: The Complete Buyer’s Guide
So you’ve found a mobile home dealer you are comfortable with, bought your home on a square deal, found a site, and checked the zoning laws. Give yourself a pat on the back! You’ve come so far already. Now, things get exciting. You’re ready to have the mobile home installed on your... Read More »
Mobile Homes vs Tornados
You’ve heard it before, “Mobile homes are more susceptible to tornados”.
The truth is, any above ground structure (including stick built homes) is dangerous during a high wind storm. Since the introduction of manufactured housing, the industry has greatly improved it... Read More »
When sitework goes wrong
Our homes are manufactured in a tightly controlled, heated environment. This reduces waste and time required to build each home, while driving costs down. Most construction problems will occur in the factory and can be easily identified and fixed. If you have problems during the purchase of your hom... Read More »
All about eaves, roof pitch and roof load
An often overlooked (literally) feature of your new mobile home is eaves and roof pitch. While all manufactured homes are built in a factory, not all roof pitches will be the same! For example, modular homes often carry a 5/12 roof pitch. This can be important, as local governments will often have s... Read More »
Preventing Window Condensation
Like it or not, winter is here.
With subzero conditions (especially a sudden drop in temperature) it is not uncommon to have condensation on your windows.
This is mainly due to humidity levels in your home. If your home is new, it will take a heating season or two to remove exc... Read More »
Mobile Home Myths
We would like to address a couple of Mobile Home Myths with the following videos.We get this all the time,
"Are mobile homes safe"?
"Is a mobile home built to the same standard as a stick built home?"
"Will my mobile home retain it's value?"
These are all fantasti... Read More »
Owning vs Renting
When you're ready to buy a new home, you may be wondering whether the costs will be worth it. We get this question all the time from our customers, that are often not confident in the value of their purchase.Let's make this point clear. While a house payment may seem like a lot, this payment... Read More »
Typical Road Damage
When you transport something as large as a mobile or modular home, road damage is not only a potential risk, but is expected. As your home travels down the road, the movement of the truck will inevitably cause cracks to appear throughout the drywall in your house.Do not panic! This is comple... Read More »
What is an FHA Mortgage?
The most important part of FHA is understanding that this organization doesn't actually lend money, that's up to the lender or bank. The FHA, also known as the Federal Housing Adminstration, is a branch under the Department of Housing and Urban Development. FHA is a type of foreclosure insurance to ... Read More »
How to budget for your new Mobile Home
Over the years we have seen many customers exhaust all of their funds to purchase new homes. Then the time to move comes and they end up having to borrow money to move from relatives or credit cards. I’ve also heard months later that other expenses ended up going up more than the cu... Read More »
How does credit scoring work?
Credit Scoring is a means of evaluating an individual’s credit using a very sophisticated scoring process. It was developed as part of a project involving two companies, TRW (now called Experian) and Fair, Isaac and Company (FICO). Their goal was to establish a system that would ... Read More »
Documents needed for a loan
Getting a loan can be quite stressful. Thankfully, we offer some of the most flexible loans available for Mobile Homes, even for those with poor credit scores. Here is a guide on what you'll need to apply for these kind of loans. You can also go here to inqure about your options today.D... Read More »
All about Home Appraisals
A mortgage is a loan that uses real property (a house or condominium) as collateral. An appraisal is the document used by lenders to evaluate the collateral of a loan and educate the lender about the property.Appraisers are responsible for informing the lender about the structure of the home... Read More »
Closing costs on a Mobile Home loan
Closing costs are those charges assessed by the lender, title company, municipality, or real estate company when the loan is "completed", in order to pay for the services needed to close the loan. These charges, while quoted by the lender, are not all assessed or determined by the len... Read More »
Cost of a Prepaid Loan
One group of costs that you will need to come up with at your loan closing is termed “prepaids”. Prepaids are those items that are considered part of the loan’s recurring costs. There are four prepaids that you will find at most closings.The first is the prep... Read More »
The Home Nation Story
Hi. My name is Paul, founder of Home Nation.I was born the eldest of six to a son of a Greek immigrant to Australia. I came here in 1984 from there with just two suitcases and $900 in my pocket. One suitcase was full of study books. (Today those same books are mostly on my smart ... Read More »
Factory Direct vs Stick Built
Since everyone asks, here is how we save you money!This is a building cost calculator for residential homes that is fairly accurate. We suggest you use it to understand costs for a typical site built (stick built) home. It quickly becomes obvious how much you will save with a Modular or... Read More »
Quoted transport vs Actual transport
Here is a great example of why we cannot give you exact quotes on the transportation of your mobile home, only estimates.As you can see, what was originally thought to be an 80 mile trip doubled into a 160 mile trip due to construction and delays. If this home was a double wide, you would es... Read More »
Zone Maps
Mobile home manufacturers often have differing standards for their homes, usually based on their local audience. For example, the majoriy of manufacturers will not build homes to withstand a Zone 3 Wind Zone Rating, but there are several manufactures in Florida that will. Because of this, it is impo... Read More »
Home Installation
The following are examples of common foundations for various single wides, double wides, and modular homes. There are several types of foundations, including but not limited to...Crawl Space
Piers
Runners
Cement Slab
Basement
Almost all of t... Read More »
Mobile vs Modular
There are two types of homes, those built in a factory and those built on site. We call these "manufactured homes" and "stick built homes", respectively. One takes advantage of the efficiencies of modern factories, while the other costs more, is slower to build, and is prone to weather.
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Step by Step
Thank you for looking at our beautiful selection of homes. Purchasing a new mobile or modular home used to be a long, drawn out process. We strive to make the process easy to understand and able to be completed at your own pace.The process is simple, here is what to expect.
1. CH... Read More »
