The Grissim Ratings Guide to Manufactured Homes
The essential buyer’s resource, listing every builder in the U.S., their histories, products, price ranges, construction ratings, need-to-know information and much more
Rainshadow Publications, 96 pages,
8-1/5” x 11”, cutaway illustration, 3-page table
$29.95 paperback
The Ratings’s Guide includes:
All 83 U.S. builders evaluated (see list below) More than 300 brands and series described
Each builder listing in the Ratings Guide includes the following:
- Name, address, contact information and whether publicly or privately held
- Web site
- Company background/history
- States where sold
- Principal market niche/target customer
- Retail price range before tax (price includes transportation & set-up)
- The brands they compete against
- Construction rating on a 1-to-10 scale (with 10 being the highest quality)
- Brands/series produced
- Description of a popular model
- What distinguishes brand from its competition
- Number of dealerships (company owned and independents)
- Percentage of HUD-code homes sold of total homes produced
- Availability of in-house financing and in-house insurance
- Warranty structure and length
- Web site rating, pros and cons, with comment
- Grissim’s comments
The Ratings Guide evaluates all 83 manufactured home builders in the US.
- Adrian Homes
- Advantage Homes
- BonnaVilla Homes
- Burlington Homes of Maine
- Cappaert Homes
- Castle Homes of PA
- Cavalier Homes, Inc
- Cavco
- Champion Enterprises Inc.
- Champion Homes
- Chariot Eagle
- Chariot Eagle West
- Clayton Homes
- Commander Housing
- Commodore Homes
- Deer Valley
- Destiny Industries, LLC
- Dutch Housing
- Fairmont Homes
- Fall Creek Homes
- Fleetwood Homes
- Fortune Homes Inc
- Four Seasons Housing Inc.
- Franklin Homes Inc.
- Fuqua Homes of Missouri
- Fuqua Homes of Oregon
- Gateway Homes
- General Manufactured Housing
- Giles Industries
- Golden West Homes
- Guerdon Homes
- Hallmark Southwest Corporation
- Hart Housing Group
- Highland Homes
- Hi-Tech Housing
- Holly Park Homes
- Homark Company
- Homebuilders Northwest
- Homes of Merit
- Horton Homes
- Indies House
- Jacobsen Homes
- Karsten Homes
- Kit Manufactured Homes
- Laurel Creek Homes
- Liberty Homes
- Magnolia Homes
- Manufactured Housing Enterprises
- Marlette Homes
- Moduline International
- Modular One LLC
- Norris Homes
- Nashua Homes of Idaho
- New Era Homes
- Nobility Homes
- Oak Creek Homes
- Oakwood Homes
- Palm Harbor Inc.
- Patriot Homes
- Pine Grove Homes
- R-Anell Custom Homes
- Redman Homes
- Ritz-Craft Homes
- River Birch Homes
- Schult Homes
- Scotbilt Homes
- Shamrock Homes
- Silver Creek
- Silvercrest Homes
- Skyline Homes
- Solitaire Homes
- Southern Energy Homes
- Summit Crest Homes
- Sunshine Homes
- Superior Homes
- Titan Homes
- Valley Quality Homes
- Virginia Homes Manufacturing
- Waverlee Homes
- Wick Building Systems Inc.