Blogs

When you purchase a manufactured home, sometimes the waiting is the hardest part. The average time it takes to have your dream home built can be 12 months. But what if you’re ready to make a move right now? Here’s the good news: Ma Williams has three models/spec homes that are ready to be sold […]

Ma Williams is proud to provide manufactured homes from Skyline, a popular brand that has been building factory-built homes for more than 70 years. We trust Skyline to deliver a quality product to our customers, and a recent study conducted by Lifestory Research confirms their reputation for excellence: participants recognized Skyline Homes as America’s Most […]

When you think about it, it makes perfect sense: after the impact of COVID over the last two years, those ready for a new look in their manufactured homes are turning to design trends that make them feel more secure and more comfortable. Most of us have spent more time in our homes than we’re […]

At Ma Williams we’re used to customers praising the manufactured homes we provide. But the industry as a whole has, for the most part, not always shared in those rave reviews. Too many old stereotypes about “mobile homes” and “trailers” have contributed to a false perception of how these homes look, how they are built, […]

By most measures, manufactured homes represent about 10% of all new single-family  homes built every year. But that percentage may be going up. According to the Census Bureau, home manufacturers like Skyline and Silvercrest are expected to deliver more than 100,000 new homes in 2021. That’s the first time this number had climbed that high […]

There are many misconceptions about manufactured homes that sadly still surface among our customers. One of the most common is that a manufactured home does not appreciate in value the way a site-build home would. But that is simply not true. Recent studies, including a pilot report put out by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, […]

Is Skyline becoming the Taylor Swift of manufactured homes? It appears that every time there’s an award up for grabs, the company is there to collect it. Recently, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) recognized Skyline Champion as an industry leader with three 2021 MHI Excellence in Manufactured and Modular Home Design awards. These awards demonstrate […]

Prices have been rising on just about everything lately, and sadly California home prices are no exception. The median home price is now more than $800,000 – that’s about $100,000 more than it was last year, according to the California Association of Realtors. This puts the dream of a new home out of reach for […]

Ma Williams is truly a family run company.  Many who work with us and buy homes from us become as close as family in the process. We are sad to share the news that one of those people you likely met during your visits here has passed away. Her name was Marie Collins.  She was […]

In our last blog we introduced a great new Silvercrest manufactured home. Not to be outdone, Skyline has now unveiled a new Custom Villa. This 2479 square foot entertaining style, four-bedroom, two-and-one-half-bath home is big, bold and beautiful, with a large integrated covered porch deck accessible from the living room and morning room. Keeping up […]

It’s always exciting when we can provide new manufactured home options for our customers. And this month we are delighted to add not one but two new home models from two of our most popular builders: Silvercrest and Skyline. We’ll cover the new Skyline model in our next blog; here, let’s focus on Silvercrest KB-65, […]

Over the past year there have been a lot of stories about Californians ready to pack up and move. But you don’t have to leave the state to enjoy a more comfortable, stress-free lifestyle. Ma Williams has worked with hundreds of customers eager to escape the traffic, congestion and other drawbacks of life in big […]