Manufactured Home Chattel Loans

Chattel Financing

Manufactured Home Chattel Loans

A chattel loan finances the manufactured home itself, not the land. That makes it the practical financing path for many mobile homes in parks and leased-land communities.

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NMLS #296451 Licensed in AZ, CA, TX
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What is a chattel loan?

Chattel means personal property. In manufactured home financing, a chattel loan is a loan secured by the home itself instead of by land.

If your home sits in a mobile home park or manufactured home community, you typically lease the lot from the community and own the home. That is exactly the scenario chattel lending was built for.

MH Services acts as a consumer lending broker. We review your situation and help match you with lender programs that finance manufactured homes on leased land.

Family standing outside a manufactured home financed with a chattel loan

Why borrowers use chattel loans

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Purchase and refinance options

Single-wide and double-wide homes

Terms commonly available up to 25 years

No land survey or title insurance on the lot

Designed for homes in parks and communities

Chattel vs mortgage

The right loan depends on what you own.

A traditional mortgage can be the right fit when land is part of the real estate. A chattel loan is often the right fit when the home is in a community and the land is leased.

Question
Chattel Loan
Traditional Mortgage
Land ownership
Not required
Usually required
Property type
Home as personal property
Home plus land as real property
Common use
Mobile home parks and leased-land communities
Site-built homes or manufactured homes on owned land
Process
Streamlined home-focused review
Traditional real estate mortgage review
Typical timeline
Often 25-30 days from complete file
Often longer and more property-document heavy
Built around this niche

We do not treat chattel loans like an exception.

Chattel lending is the center of MH Services. Our process, application flow, documentation, and lender matching are built for manufactured home borrowers from the first click.

Manufactured home lending review and approval process
Manufactured home community street view

Your Home Is Waiting

Take the first step today. Our team is ready to help you find the right loan for your manufactured home.

Soft credit check No impact to your score
NMLS #296451 Licensed in AZ, CA, TX
Equal Housing Lender Fair, compliant lending access