- 2,964 new manufactured homes were sold in Michigan in 2005.
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| Source: Statistical Surveys
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- About 82 percent of the new manufactured homes sold in Michigan are multi-section. The average size of a multi-section home is 1,725 square feet.
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| Source: Statistical Surveys
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- 98 percent of all new manufactured homes sold in Michigan each year have shingled, peak roofs and lap siding.
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| Source: Michigan Manufactured Housing Association
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- Manufactured housing construction costs range from 10 to 35 percent less per square foot than a site-built home.
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| Source: U.S. Department of Census/MHI
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- Eighty-eight percent of manufactured home owners reported satisfaction with their housing choice.
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| Source: Foremost Insurance
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- Nationally, manufactured homes represent 17 percent of all new housing starts.
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| Source: Statistical Surveys
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- Nationally in 2005, 65 percent of all new homebuyers put their homes on private property. The other 35 percent place their homes in land-lease communities.
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| Source: U.S. Bureau of Census
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- In rural Michigan, about 80 percent of manufactured homes are on private sites. In urban areas, about 80 percent of manufactured homes are located in manufactured home communities.
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| Source: Michigan Manufactured Housing Association
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