Freddie Mac is buying more manufactured home loans as new lenders enter
Freddie Mac's purchases of manufactured housing loans are up 50% in a year as new lenders enter, according to MBA's Mike Fratantoni.
Key facts
- Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), says Freddie Mac's manufactured housing purchases are up 50% over the past year.
- In 2025, Freddie Mac purchased 6,232 manufactured home loans on homes titled as real property, roughly $1.17 billion in total.
- About 64% of those loans went to first-time buyers, compared with 51% of Freddie Mac's single-family purchases overall.
- Census Bureau data put new manufactured home shipments through August at 67,800, down about 4% from the same period of 2025.
- MBA forecasts mortgage rates above 7% through 2027.
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Source: Manufactured housing may be the next business line for brokers — Mortgage Professional America, November 4, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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