Manufactured Home Loans – Everything You Must Know
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
When you apply for manufactured home financing, you will need to address some critical topics regarding your personal finances. For example, if you have had a bankruptcy within 5 years, there are very few lenders that will finance you, so it is important to focus on rebuilding your credit. Just a year ago, a bankruptcy within two years was a deal breaker, but with the financial crisis underway, things have changed.
The age of the mobile home is instrumental in getting a mobile home loan. Any mobile home built before 1970 will be very difficult to finance for two reasons. The first is that it is pre-HUD, which means that there were no federally controlled standards when the mobile home was built, and this increases risk. The second factor is that the mobile home is old, so it does not hold very much value. Another important factor is your income-to-debt ratio, which gives the lender a sense of your reliability to pay them back, with your current financial situation. This ratio takes how much you are obligated to pay out each month (rent, car payment, student loans, mortgage, etc.) and compares it as a ratio to your income.