subject: Title Companies and Lenders - Is This Familiar? [print this page] Title Companies and Lenders - Is This Familiar?
Manufactured homes have been transferred incorrectly done for years. In many case the land is owned by one individual and the home in another as escrow companies often forgot about detitling the home and conjoining home and land, therefore making foreclosure impossible. Manufactured homes must be handled differently than regular homes as they are the only form of housing that can be titled as either personal or real property. Since all homes installed since 1980 have a separate Assessor's Parcel Number, many homeowners, escrow companies, and lenders etc. have inferred if the home has an APN, then it is real property. Wrong! Unless there is a recorded 433A or 433C, the home remains personal property. Even then, these instruments, while they show the intent to convey title, do not actually transfer the title. That can only be done by following proper procedures and transferring the mobile home titles through the DMV (except in the very rare case where a title has been retired).
