New Platform MHarketplace Launches to Simplify Manufactured Homeownership

The manufactured housing industry, America's largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing, has long been fragmented, with buyers struggling to find the services they need. A new platform, MHarketplace, launched today to address this gap by providing a nationwide directory of communities and a network of service professionals, from transport and installation to title, financing, and insurance.

With an average price of about $115,600, a new manufactured home costs less than one-third of a comparable site-built house, and the industry ships roughly 100,000 new homes annually. Communities are nearly full, with occupancy near 95 percent, highlighting the importance of manufactured housing in closing the affordability gap. Yet, buyers often face a confusing maze of disconnected businesses when trying to navigate the process.

“The problem was never a lack of good people,” said Jacob Campbell, founder of MHarketplace. “I've sat in homeowners' living rooms and worked alongside manufacturers, retailers, lenders, transporters, and community owners. The expertise exists everywhere in this industry. What's been missing is the connection—homeowners simply don't know these businesses exist. MHarketplace makes the ecosystem visible.”

The platform offers a community directory with searchable profiles of mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities organized by state and city, a trusted services network of local transporters, installers, contractors, title professionals, insurers, and lenders, buyer and homeowner education on titling, financing, transport, insurance, and community living, and listings for buying, selling, and renting manufactured homes.

MHarketplace positions itself as complementary to existing listings marketplaces, focusing on the education and services that surround the transaction. “Visibility isn't marketing—it's opportunity,” said Campbell. “Great businesses deserve to be found, and homeowners deserve to find them. Manufactured homes have improved dramatically; public perception hasn't kept pace. Every confident, well-informed homeowner helps close that gap, and that strengthens the entire industry.”

The platform is live now at mharketplace.com, launching state by state with national coverage of community directories. Businesses can claim and enhance their listings, while homeowners and buyers can browse communities, services, and educational resources free of charge.