New HomesPre-Owned Homes How the Homebuying Process Works Sell Your HomeTrade In Your Home Financing
What We Do
Located in Waterloo, Iowa, Coachlight Homes is here to help open the door to a better life! Our team of experts can answer any questions you may have about our manufactured and modular homes as you begin your journey. Have you been dreaming of a modern, affordable home that has all the amenities your family is looking for? Let us help! Learn more about our services or give us a call at (319) 234-8610 for more information.
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New Manufactured Homes
"What is a manufactured home?” If you don’t know the answer to that question, you’re in the right place. We’re the experts! A manufactured home is a type of pre-built residence that has its standardized parts constructed and assembled in a factory and is then transported and affixed to a lot. With a 2"x4" or 2"x6" exterior wall construction, the characteristics of the homes, components such as accessories and appearance, closely match a site-built home's attributes.
New manufactured homes also meet the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) building codes. The HUD regulates the homes' design, construction, efficiency, and quality control standards. At only a fraction of the cost per square foot, today's manufactured homes offer an affordable alternative to traditional home ownership.
Coachlight Homes walks you through the home customization options, including floor plan, design, amenities and more! We want to make sure we check off all of your wants and needs on your dream home checklist.
Pre-Owned Manufactured Homes
While some customers are seeking a customized home, others may prefer a move-in-ready option such as a pre-owned home. Pre-owned homes are quality, established homes that are more affordable than newly manufactured ones and are likely located in settled neighborhoods or communities with convenient infrastructures such as schools, stores, entertainment options, and more.
Coachlight Homes can help you find the pre-owned home that meets your family’s needs and wants—whether you’re looking for a home with new appliances, a deck, walk-in closets or anything else on your wish list. Get started by browsing our pre-owned listings or get in touch with us to hear about any special offers we have going on right now.
Benefits of Manufactured Homes
New manufactured homes offer a more accessible and affordable alternative to pricey, site-built homes. These modern homes are built using high-quality materials and craftsmanship and exceed most site-built homes in flexibility, efficiency, and of course, affordability.
You will no doubt wonder why modular homes sell at such competitive prices and offer so much in them! Some quick reasons include the following:
- The efficiencies of factory production allow modular homes to sell for less than comparable site-built homes.
- Industry analysts cite average savings ranging from 10% to 30%.
- Manufactured homes are built inside so there are no weather delays.
- Manufacturing is not disrupted by theft or other issues at the job site.
- Due to the scale of production, a manufacturer buys large quantities of materials at a lower cost.
- The property taxes on manufactured homes are lower than on-site homes.
- Mortgages on manufactured homes are easier to obtain.
How the Homebuying Process Works
Homebuying Process for New Homes
- Call the office to set an appointment to talk to a sales representative and see what we have available for you.
- You will work closely with your sales rep to select the options you desire for your home and to discuss if you want different options than what we have in stock.
- Once you have decided on a home, we will help you fill out a financial application. We have several loan companies that we work with.
- If you are paying cash, you will bring the money to Coachlight Homes and we will see to it that your title is created according to your wishes for your new home. We will also help ensure that the taxes are paid for your home.
- Earnest money and down payment money will need to be posted with Coachlight Homes.
- You will need to gather information to satisfy the finance company's requirements. We will provide it to them on your behalf.
- After financing approval, you will need to apply at the park where the home will be located or furnish the mortgage company with proof of ownership of your private property where the home will be set up.
- When the financing has come through and you have been approved in the park, you will receive the keys to the home.
- The Coachlight Homes office will do the title work for you. We will then ensure that the title gets to the right place. If you have a loan, the lender gets the original and you will get a copy. If you pay cash, you will get the original title.
- Congratulations on your investment! We know you will be happy with your new home and have many years of comfortable living to look forward to.
Home Buying Process for Pre-Owned Homes
- See something you like in an ad or see a sign in a home window?
- Call the office to get started! A sales representative will call you back to set up an appointment.
- You will go see the home you are interested in with our sales rep, who can inform you of the home's information.
- Make an offer.
- The owner will accept or reject your offer.
- Either you will keep your offer as is or raise your offer as desired by you. Perhaps you will want to look at different options. Your sales rep will help you with that.
- Once you have decided on a home, financial papers will be filled out if you need to borrow money to buy your home.
- If you are paying cash, you will bring the money to Coachlight Homes and we will see to it that the title is transferred per your wishes and that any taxes due are paid on your home.
- Earnest money and down payment money will need to be posted with Coachlight Homes.
- We will help you fill out financial applications. We have several loan companies that we work with.
- You will need to gather information to satisfy any conditions the finance company may ask for. We will send it to them on your behalf.
- After financing approval, you will need to apply at the park where the home is located.
- When the financing has come through and you have been approved in the park, you will receive the keys to the home. You will need to transfer the utilities to your name.
- The Coachlight Homes office will do the title work for you. We will then ensure that the title gets to the right place. If you have a loan, the lender gets the original and you will get a copy. If you pay cash, you will get the original title.
- Congratulations on your new home! We know you will be happy with your purchase and have many years of enjoyment to look forward to.
Looking To Sell or Trade In Your Home?
When it comes to selling or trading in your home, it can be tough to know where to start or what you’re even supposed to do. When you list with Coachlight Homes, we guide you throughout the entire process and expose your home to thousands of potential buyers every week, and get it sold!
Sell Your Home
Trying to sell your home on your own is difficult. Let us take care of it for you. We have the tools and the financing available to make it happen! Coachlight Homes is a professional broker/listing agent for mobile/manufactured and modular home sales in the Cedar Valley.
We’ve been in the mobile/manufactured home business for over 50 years and are one of the largest manufactured home dealers in the area. By listing your home with Coachlight, you have several advantages usually unavailable when attempting to sell your own home. Take a look at them below.
Advantages of Listing with Coachlight
- Most prospects in the Cedar Valley call Coachlight Homes before they buy anything
- Pre-qualified prospects are serious about your home
- Professional sales presentations
- Showing of your home is by appointment
- Competitive financing available
- Full market advertising
- Up-to-date list of qualified buyers
- Professional handling of titles and other legal documents
- No missed phone calls while you're away from home
- We screen prank and nuisance callers for you
- No cost to you until the home is sold
- Written waiver of warranty liability
- Professional market value counseling
- We may be able to include a warranty/service contract
- We usually sell your home for more than enough to cover our broker
- Free online exposure
- We may have a qualified buyer for your home right now
Call today for a free consultation or to learn more about the advantages of listing your home with Coachlight!
Trade In Your Home
Did you know you can trade in your existing home for a NEW modular home with a basement, garage and land? Coachlight can even pay your home off, and the trade-in could be your down payment on a new home. Get real estate interest rates on modular homes and continue living in your current home until your new one is completed.
We can make it easy for you! Check out a few reasons why trading in your home to Coachlight is the right move:
- There’s no need to fix anything! Trade your home in now for a new manufactured home and we’ll take care of the repairs.
- We can pay your home off for you and get you a brand-new home (with qualified credit). Coachlight will find homes with your best interest in mind.
- Need more space? We've got beautiful homes of all sizes to fit your family's needs. A new home could possibly have the same payments as your current one and allow you to save on energy bills.
- Coachlight Homes will show you all of the available choices and help you with financing. Call us and see what we can do for you. It's easier than you think.
Factory-Built Home Financing Available
An essential step to buying your dream home is obtaining a mortgage. This process can be confusing, which is why the team at Coachlight can help you find financing fit for your needs—whether you’re buying a new home or moving into your next one. We’ll find a loan that is right for your unique financial situation and make sure you’re able to do so without delay or unwanted stress.
Manufactured homes can be financed similarly to personal property loans or Chattel loans. There are different types of loans you can get, such as:
- Home Only Financing: These loans are ideal for customers that plan on moving into manufactured home communities where they will lease their lot instead of purchasing it. Interest rates are slightly higher for this loan than a typical real estate loan because this loan is on personal property and not on real estate. However, there are few or no closing costs and no repayment penalty for early pay-off in part or whole.
- Land/Home Financing: These loans are typically the same as conventional home loans in terms of interest rates and down payment requirements. This loan includes the cost of the home, land and any improvements to it. You can also finance a garage along with your foundation, septic system, land clearing and more. You can also pick what kind of loan you need—conventional, FHA or VA, and are able to choose your lender.
- FHA/VHA Home Financing: FHA manufactured home loans are an excellent option for those who have had past credit challenges but can repay a mortgage. Often, these loans have lower credit scores and require lower down payments than conventional home loans. This means past credit challenges, or a lack of established credit, will not automatically deter you from obtaining an FHA home loan.
The VA offers factory-built home financing to active-duty military, veterans and their spouses. VA loans have lower credit requirements but carry significant additional benefits. These benefits include the possibility of purchasing your home with no money down and not needing to make monthly PMI payments. The home appraiser is also selected independently by the VA, which means the lender has little to no control over the appraisal process.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by just reading about the different financing options, don’t fret! We’re here to help. Not only do we help you iron out the details of what you want and need in your future home, but we also assist you with finding financing, building the home and installing it. Let us help you make your dreams a reality!