Most lenders won't lend on a single wide, only double wides.
Good luck.
KC
Very true. However, if you find a great deal, your bank may let you take out a personal loan for the purchase. I bought one on a six year note. Higher interest rate, but less money over the life of the mortgage than a 15 or longer loan.
The advice about making sure it is attached to a piece of ground, that you are buying the ground it currently sits on, is very good, IMO. Those units are not nearly as mobile as the name suggests.
On ranches it was popular to drag them from one end to the other. Granted the house were on trailers and pulled to their new location by tractor trucks/semis. Where ever the rancher needed a crew or family. From observing this over the years, I would say a mobile home has maybe 3 moves in it, if those moves happen in the first 8 and maybe 10 years out of the factory.
If you can find one that meets United Builder's Code (UBC), banks are quicker to lend for those. And, you may want to check and see if your state has a first time home buyer modular program. SD has done this well with a model called "the Governor's House." Two and three bedroom options. Well constructed and insulated. I was told by a rep for SDs program that other states have similar programs, though I didn't research that.