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Here is great news for couples and families looking to move into the manufactured home of their dreams, and to do it sooner rather than later: factory build times at Silvercrest and Skyline have dropped to their lowest rate in recent memory. If you bought a home in July of last year, you would likely […]

Since more than 22 million people now live in manufactured homes, it’s safe to assume that some of them are coping with a physical challenge or disability. Homebuilders must comply with HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standard, and these include considerations for those who need a little extra help getting around. And since the […]

Yes!  You can refinance a manufactured home that is installed on a permanent foundation and has an HCD-433 form recorded.  The HCD-433 form is the form that converts a manufactured home to real property.  So the manufactured home is taxed just like any other house.  The manufactured home must have been built after June 15, […]

As you can see from the smiling faces in these photos, the return of our annual weekend extravaganza was a huge success! We were blessed with great weather and a great turnout, and it was so much fun to meet so many first-time customers from all over California, and to answer their questions about manufactured […]

See all those smiling faces below? Those are some of the happy folks who visited Ma Williams during our last weekend extravaganza, and walked away with some great prizes just for stopping in. Some of them would go on to move into a wonderful manufactured home from one of our industry-leading suppliers – but many […]

Good news for anyone considering a manufactured home purchase in 2023: The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), has announced a 30-basis-point reduction to the annual mortgage insurance premiums (annual MIP) charged to homebuyers who obtain an FHA-insured mortgage. The MIP will be reduced from 0.85% to […]

These last few years, with all the changes in our lives caused by COVID, have been challenging in many ways. For us here at Ma Williams, one of the most disappointing changes we had to make was not holding our annual weekend Home Extravaganza – which is why we are so happy to announce that, […]

In February love is in the air, and while we love our customers every day of the year, we wanted to do something extra special for all of you in honor of Valentine’s Day. Come in and see us, and if you choose one of our beautiful manufactured homes, we’ll remove the 5% contingency fee […]

Time was running out for Max and Shay Lechner on their dream of finding the perfect manufactured home. “I went through 13 different home dealers while we were in escrow on our land,” Shay recalled. “No one was reliable. It got down to the wire on the last day; our escrow on the land was […]

Think you know about the manufactured home market in California? Let’s find out. Question One: How many manufactured homes are there in the state? A. 100,000B. 300,000C. More than 500,000 The answer is ‘C’ – California has more than 508,000 manufactured homes, the fourth highest number in the nation. Lower Cost, But Not Lower Quality […]

We all associate certain brands with quality. The companies that accomplish this special standing have done so by surpassing the expectations of customers for decades. In manufactured homes, both Skyline and Silvercrest have achieved this exalted status. And in kitchen and bath counter-tops, the name everyone knows and respects is Corian. That’s why these sleek […]

Does it seem like the summers are getting hotter? And when temperatures rise, so do your power bills. That is one reason why energy efficiency and conservation is on everyone’s mind these days, especially here in California. Manufactured homes from such quality builders as Silvercrest and Skyline have always been designed and completed with energy […]