Field Guide to Modular Housing
(Updated September 2007)
Modular homes can be built quicker, and sometimes cheaper than stick-built homes. Learn the basics about modular housing, why it differs from manufactured housing, how it is being used to solve the affordable housing crisis and much more in the following resources. (R. Carlson, Information Specialist)
Contents:
What Is Modular Housing? | Modular Housing Trends | Appraisal & Property Value Impacts | Useful Websites | Books, eBooks & Other Resources
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Source: The 2008 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile, (NAR - Research, 2008).
What Is Modular Housing?
Back to the future, (Professional Builder, Dec. 2006). Q
Modular and green, (Professional Builder, July 2006). Q
Mod to the max, (Builder, Sept. 2005). Q
M & M &Ms, (Fedgazette, July 2005). Q
The factory factor, (Professional Builder, March 2005). Q
Today's manufactured and modular homes have a new image, ( Denver Business Journal, Oct. 22, 2004).
Fast facts: modular homes, (National Association of Home Builders, 2003).
Site built, modular & manufactured homes: different types of construction, (About.com, 2003).
How to buy a manufactured home: A consumer's guide to today's manufactured home, (Manufactured Housing Institute, 2003).
Modular Housing Trends
Manufactured housing giants pin hopes on modular, (Professional Builder, May 2007). Q
Problem solved, (Builder, May 2007). Q
Green building blocks, (Professional Builder, May 2007). Q
Building Blocks, (Builder, Feb. 2007). Q
Katrina recovery spurs modular building, ( Inhabitat, Jan. 6, 2007).
Mod moves up, (Professional Builder, Oct. 2006). Q
Prefab gains signal housing pain, (Business Week, June 5, 2006). Q
Modular metamorphosis, (Builder, May 2006). Q
HUD-code help, (Builder, Oct. 2005). Q
PATH tutorial townhouses, (Professional Builder, Apr. 2005). Q
Modular modernism, (Builder, Feb. 2005). Q
Modular homes gain modern acceptance, (Professional Builder, Apr. 2004). Q
Evansville builds modular low-income duplex, (Journal of Housing and Community Development, Jan./Feb. 2004). Q
Appraisal & Property Value Impacts
Appraisal, agency and atypicality: evidence from manufactured homes, (Real Estate Economics, Fall 2005).
An examination of manufactured housing as a community- and asset-building strategy, (Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp./The Ford Foundation, Sept. 2002.).
Manufactured home community: Tapping into a future market, (Assessment Journal, July/Aug. 2002).
The impact of manufactured housing on adjacent site-built properties in two Alabama counties, (Southern Business Review, Fall 2000). Q
Useful Websites
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), (www.manufacturedhousing.org).
Modular Housing, (About.com).
Modular Building Systems Association, (www.modularhousing.com).
Modular Building Institute, (www.mbinet.org).
eBooks & Other Resources
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
The Modular home, (North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 2005). NA 8480 G34
Developing with manufactured homes, (Arlington, VA, MN: Manufactured Housing Institute, 2001). HD 7395 H87
Appraisal guide for manufactured homes, (Alexandria, MN: National Association of Review Appraisers & Mortgage Underwriters, 2000). HD 1387 N21mh
Innovations at the cutting edge--new ideas in manufactured housing, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,1999). HD 7395 Un3
How to find, buy, manage, and sell a manufactured home community, (New York, NY: Wiley, 1996). HD 7395 Al5h
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