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What's your MH IQ?

Barbara Hames | Posted: 05/25/2018
Think you’re an expert? How much do you really know about manufactured homes?

"What's Interesting about Iowa?"

Barbara Hames | Posted: 04/24/2018
In a chic San Francisco eatery, a waiter interrogated my daughter and me on a recent college spring break trip to Northern California.

Yes, the Rumors Are True

Barbara Hames | Posted: 03/16/2018
The Hames Homes dealership is moving from its 49-year home in Marion, Iowa to our Grand View manufactured home community in Cedar Rapids.

Hames Homes Named Top 100 Manufactured Housing Owner/Operator for Fifth Straight Year

Barbara Hames | Posted: 02/26/2018
Thanks to all of our devoted residents and homebuyers! Hames Homes is a nationally respected and recognized organization because of you, our loyal customers.

Can I Purchase a Mobile/Manufactured Home with Poor (or No) Credit?

Barbara Hames | Posted: 11/06/2017
Hames Homes LLC’s sister company, Circle Finance LLC, looks at a variety of factors when approving a loan application. Credit score is just one of them.

“I want to over-pay for housing.” Said no one, ever.

Barbara Hames | Posted: 09/27/2017
Comparing mobile/manufactured homes, site-built homes on real estate, condominiums, and apartments is easy. We drew it all out for you!

Find and Finance Your Next Mobile Home

Barbara Hames | Posted: 08/08/2017
Hames Homes is fully on board with the SAFE Mortgage Act of 2010 to ensure qualified mobile home buyers/borrowers get what they need – a comfortable home with a simple, fair loan.

Who Lives in a Hames Mobile Home Park?

Barbara Hames | Posted: 07/21/2017
There’s a bad cliché in our industry that “trailer parks” are for the newly-weds and nearly-deads. Meaning, “trailers” are for young couples and poor retirees. In reality, mobile/manufactured homes are for everyone.