A new state law will permit manufactured homes to be placed on any lot that single family homes are allowed. Advocates for the measure say they believe the law could reduce the stigma associated with ...

The high cost and tight inventory of existing homes on the market, as well as the escalating costs of building a custom house from scratch, has triggered a surge in sales of modular homes in Maine.

Efficiency Maine made changes because the cost savings for replacing a wood- or gas-fired furnace with an electric heat pump ...

WATERVILLE, Maine — The City Council is making progress on a proposed Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization Ordinance. The move ...

Oxford Homes, a 30-year old company that until this year was one of the four largest modular home builders in the state, is no more. But much to its former owner's chagrin, its debt is as alive as ...

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Construction on both home types begins in factories, but they’re built to different codes. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this ...

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The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...

A manufactured home is any home factory-built in the U.S. to the HUD Title 6 construction standards (commonly known as ‘the HUD-code’). The HUD-code took effect June 15, 1976. A HUD-coded home will ...