One double-wide home has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, and two living areas. You can get regular drywall, big tubs, or a built in office. It's customized, factory built housing that costs about half that of conventional housing. The market boomed in the 90's, but went bust last year. Eight hundred dealers went out of business.
Some manufacturers are in bankruptcy.
But not Addison-based Palm Harbor Homes. Oh, it's been terrible. It's been a nuclear winter for the industry. I guess I will brag and tell you there are only two companies in our industry, two public companies that are profitable. Chairman Posey says Palm Harbor succeeds because it listens.