Has anyone in the south east had luck with bank loans on mobile home parks recently?
I purchased a park outside of Columbia SC with a short term loan for a turn-around project and am now looking for longer-term financing.
Great credit, turn around well under way, rent role increasing monthly, low loan to value ratio and high personal income, but I can’t find a traditional lender who is willing to lend on a mobile home park.
The loan to value ratio is low and the loan amount is too small to qualify for the Fanny and Freddy loan programs.
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I own a few in Spartanburg but I would try Southern First. I called them for a deal that I was doing in Charleston and they were open to parks. I didn’t close for other reasons, but I’m pretty sure they are in Columbia. Give them a ring.
@sc_hokie I have a loan at First Community Bank in NC. Terms were not amazing but they gave me approval to lend on my park the same day I walked in the bank, so it appears they are in the space and actively lending.
“Has anyone in the south east had luck with bank loans on mobile home parks recently?”
This is not recent, but about 1.5 years ago I spoke to a Banker in Orangeburg, South Carolina (about 50 minutes south east of Columbia, South Carolina) who said that her bank would “consider” financing for Mobile Home Parks.
I have not spoken to her since that period of time, so I am not sure of the Bank’s current stance of Mobile Home Park Financing.
However, she might be able to help you or send you in the correct direction.
Her contact info is:
Gail Fogle | Financial Sales Manager II | Senior Vice President
First Citizens Bank
FCB Mail Code: 331000 | 1225 St Matthews Road | Orangeburg, SC 29115
803-533-4417 phone
“I am working with them as well, but had to request to de-title all of the homes owned by the park and attach them to the land instead.”
We have 2 MHPs in South Carolina.
In addition one of my “other jobs” is a South Carolina Real Estate Broker-In-Charge.
De-titling Mobile Homes and attaching them to the land (specifically a Mobile Home Park) sounds extreme.
I could understand if you had 1 Mobile Home on 1 Parcel of Land and selecting to attach the 1 Mobile Home to the 1 Parcel of Land.
However, taking multiple “Mobile Homes” and attaching multiple Mobile Homes to one Parcel of Land AND that Parcel of Land is zoned Mobile Home Park is a very different request.
When we closed on our MHP both the Bank and the Attorney treated the Park Owned Homes as just a side item.
In South Carolina the Mobile Home Ownership is given through:
South Carolina Department Of Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Title
The very essense of a Vehicle is that it “Moves”.
However, taking away the ability to “Move” and attaching Multiple “Mobile Homes” to one Parcel of land zoned Mobile Home Park is a harsh request.