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 modular home building process is so far removed from the process of traditional home construction that the job of modular home builder bears almost no resemblance to that of general building contractor.
For many years the modular home industry operated in the shadow of traditional home builders, and modular home buyers often had difficulty finding replacement materials when their homes needed repair, because the modular home industry limited the materials it used to those which would work with its assembly line manufacturing equipment.
Modular home prices, when compared to those of conventionally constructed homes, will surprise many potential home buyers because they seem to be so low. But low modular home prices are a reflection of economically efficient manufacturing and construction processes, and not of any sacrifice in quality.