09/03/2026
🏡 REALTORS — BIG Manufactured Home Financing Update!
Freddie Mac just made an important change that could open the door for more manufactured home buyers and sellers.
Previously, a manufactured home that had been moved from its original site could create a major roadblock for conventional financing.
That has changed. 🙌
Freddie Mac now permits conventional financing on eligible manufactured homes that have been moved from another site, provided the home meets the updated requirements, including an inspection verifying structural integrity by a licensed professional engineer or appropriate local, state, or federal authority.
There are additional requirements that still have to be met, including requirements related to the home’s wind, roof-load and thermal zones, so this isn’t an automatic approval for every relocated manufactured home.
But for those of us who finance manufactured homes — especially in rural markets — this is a BIG improvement.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone digging through TDHCA, appraisal district records and county records trying to determine whether a manufactured home had ever been moved because that one detail could completely change the financing options available.
If you’re a Realtor with a manufactured home listing that has been moved, or you’ve got a buyer who was previously told conventional financing wasn’t an option because the home had been relocated, send it my way. Let’s take another look.
This could create a financing path that wasn’t available before. 🏡🔑
Hailey Earley | The Signature Group | Powered by Lower
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