Sell Your Mobile Home in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs has a large stock of manufactured homes in communities scattered across the south and east sides, along Academy, Fountain Boulevard, Hancock and out toward Fountain and Security-Widefield. Many were placed in the 1970s and 1980s to serve a growing military and working population.
Housing costs in El Paso County have risen substantially, which keeps demand for affordable homes strong, but park lot rents have followed. Sellers here are often caught between a home that people want and a lot payment that makes buyers hesitate.
There are also homes on land in the eastern plains portions of the county, near Falcon, Peyton and Calhan, which are handled as land-and-home properties.
Tell Us About Your Mobile Home
A few basics is all we need to start. Nothing here obligates you to anything.
Mobile Homes We Consider Here
- Community homes on the south and east sides
- Homes in Fountain and Security-Widefield parks
- 1970s and 1980s single-wides and double-wides
- Homes with hail and roof damage
- Inherited homes with unresolved paperwork
- Vacant homes with freeze damage
- Homes on land near Falcon, Peyton and Calhan
- Homes needing removal from a community
Mobile Home Parks and Communities in Colorado Springs
El Paso County communities generally screen buyers and many enforce condition standards. Rent increases have been common as parks changed ownership.
The current rent, the account status, and any community requirements for a transfer are the three facts that matter most before anything else.
Titles and Ownership in Colorado
Titles run through the El Paso County clerk and recorder. Homes permanently located on owned land may have been purged and converted to real property.
As elsewhere in Colorado, the treasurer's authentication of paid taxes is a practical prerequisite to a transfer or a move.
Selling As-Is
Hail along the Front Range is severe and frequent. Roofs, siding, skirting and windows take the damage, and older manufactured homes rarely get fully repaired after a storm.
Freeze damage in unheated homes is the other common item. Tell us if the home has sat through a winter empty.
If the Home Needs to Be Moved
Moving an older Colorado Springs home into another community is generally difficult because of park age restrictions. Removal may be the practical option when required.
Homes on eastern-plains land are usually better handled in place as part of the property.
About the Colorado Springs Area
We hear from owners in Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security-Widefield, Cimarron Hills, Falcon, Peyton, Calhan, Manitou Springs and Monument.
Properties toward Pueblo County and Teller County near Woodland Park come up periodically.
Colorado Springs Seller Questions
Hail destroyed my roof and I never filed a claim. Does that hurt?
It is a condition factor. Unrepaired hail damage is extremely common on Front Range manufactured homes.
Lot rent is now higher than my old mortgage payment. Is the home worth anything?
Often yes, but the rent lowers what a buyer will pay. Tell us the number.
Do you consider homes in Security-Widefield?
Yes, that area comes up frequently.
The home is empty and the pipes froze. Should I repair them first?
No. Document the damage and tell us.
What about homes on land near Calhan?
Those are land-and-home properties and we look at the parcel, water and access along with the home.