Mobile Home Glossary

Definitions of terms frequently used in the manufacture, finance and installation of manufactured homes.

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5

55+ Community

A

All-Age Community
Axle

C

Chattel (Personal Property)

D

Data Plate
Double Wide

H

HUD
HUD Tag

I

I-beam
Insulation

L

Lot Rent

M

Manufactured Home
Mobile Home
Mobile Home Installer
Mobile Home Insurance
Mobile Home Loan
Mobile Home Mover
Mobile Home Tax
Modular Home
Moisture Barrier

O

On-Frame and Off-Frame
Outrigger

P

Panelized Homes
Park Model
Permanent Foundation
Piers
Pre-fab Home

Q

Quadruple Wide

R

Real Estate
Restrictive Covenant

S

Setbacks
Sidewall Entry or End Wall Entry
Siding
Single Wide
SIPs Construction
Site Prep
Site-Built Home
Siting
Skirting
Slab
Stick-Built Home
Structurally Insulated Panel (SIP)

T

Tag-Along
Tie Downs
Tongue (hitch)
Trim Out
Triple Wide
Truss System

U

Undercarriage

W

Wind Zones