Millions of potential home buyers share the perception that modular homes are, like mobile homes, poorly built and of far lower quality than site-built homes. But the advances in modular home technology have been so great that the sales of modular homes are growing faster than those of traditional ones.
The idea of custom-designed modular homes may seem odd to many people, but the reality is that modular homes are now manufactured with such state of the art technology and sophisticated architectural detailing that custom-designed modular homes offer everything traditional homes do, and at a much lower price.
The financing of modular homes is one of their most attractive features, because every part of the modular home manufacturing and construction process has been carefully designed to save money and pass those savings on to the modular home buyer. Financing a modular home is initially not the same as obtaining a traditional home [...]
The slowing US economy has put huge dents in the home ownership dreams of many Americans, but the advances in modular home technology over the past decade mean that the quality of modular homes is now competitive with that of conventionally built homes in every aspect while being far more affordable.