Who Actually Buys Mobile Homes in Virginia?

Retail buyers with a mortgage

The largest and best-paying pool. But they require the home to be real property on a permanent foundation, in financeable condition, and post-1976. If your home does not meet that, this pool is not available to you at any price.

Buyers using chattel financing

Personal property loans on titled homes exist but come with higher rates, shorter terms and age limits. A smaller pool, and their approvals are less certain.

Cash buyers and investors

This is who buys as-is homes, vacant homes, repair-heavy homes and homes on rented lots. They pay less because they take on repairs, holding costs and resale risk.

We are in this category, and we would rather you know exactly why our number looks the way it does.

Park operators

Community owners sometimes buy homes on their own lots, particularly older ones they intend to replace. Worth asking if you rent a lot, they are already there.

Movers and salvage

For very old homes, the realistic buyer may be someone who wants the frame, axles, appliances or fixtures. That produces small numbers, and sometimes the honest outcome is that removal costs money rather than earns it.

Matching your home to a pool

Converted, financeable, on land, post-1976: list it retail. Titled, decent condition, on land: cash buyer or chattel buyer. On a rented lot: cash buyer or the park. Pre-1976 and rough: cash buyer, mover or salvage.

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