Sell a mobile home in Colorado Springs, CO: homes in parks versus on owned land, Colorado titles and the purge process, park approval and lot rent, why lenders rarely finance older units, and how a cash buyer closes. Written offer within 24 hours of our visit.
Mobile homes are a real part of Colorado Springs housing: parks along South Nevada and Platte Avenue, communities in Fountain and Security-Widefield, older units on acreage out toward Falcon and Peyton. Selling one is different from selling a house. A mobile home that has not been permanently affixed to land you own is personal property, transferred by a Colorado title through the county clerk's motor vehicle office, not by a deed. Parks must approve any buyer who will stay on the lot. Lenders rarely finance units more than a couple of decades old, and the pool of retail buyers who can pay cash for a 1985 single-wide is small.
Colorado Springs Cash Buyers buys mobile homes across Colorado Springs and El Paso County, in parks and on private land, with clean titles, missing titles and titles still in a deceased relative's name. We buy as-is and handle the title and park paperwork. This page explains how mobile homes transfer in Colorado, what parks require, how to deal with a missing or old title, what we look at, and how the sale runs.
Title, not deed
A mobile home in a park, or on land where it has not been permanently affixed and the title purged, is titled like a vehicle through the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder's motor vehicle division. The sale is completed by signing the title over and filing a bill of sale, and the county issues a new title to the buyer after any lien is released. If the home sits on land you own and the title has been purged to make it real property, it transfers by deed with the land. We handle either. Property taxes on a titled mobile home are assessed separately by the county and must be current for the title to transfer; a tax authentication form from the Treasurer is required.
Parks, lot rent and approval
If the home stays in a park, the park must approve the new owner as a resident, and unpaid lot rent must be settled; parks have lien rights for it under Colorado law. Colorado's Mobile Home Park Act also gives park residents certain protections and gives the park an opportunity to purchase when the park itself is sold, which does not affect the sale of an individual home. We work with park management on approval and settle any lot rent balance at closing from the price.
Missing, old or inherited titles
Many older mobile homes have titles that were lost, never transferred from a previous owner, or remain in the name of a parent who has died. Colorado has procedures for these: a bonded title or a title through the county's process for abandoned or untitled homes, and for a deceased owner a transfer through the estate or by affidavit when the value is within the small-estate limit, since a mobile home is personal property. These take time and paperwork, and we handle them as part of the purchase rather than asking you to sort them out first.
What we look at
Year and manufacturer, size, whether the home is on a permanent foundation, the condition of the roof, the floor and subfloor, the skirting, the furnace and water heater, the plumbing (polybutylene is common), and the lot or land. Older units with soft floors, leaking roofs and failing furnaces are normal for us. The offer is written within 24 hours of our visit and does not change afterward.
Mobile homes on land you own
On acreage outside the city, a mobile home with a well and septic sells with the land. If the title was never purged, we buy the land by deed and the home by title in one closing. The value is often mostly in the land, and we price it that way. Septic inspections required by El Paso County at transfer are handled by us.
Next step
Tell us the address or the park and lot number, the year of the home, and what you know about the title. We visit within a day or two, deliver a written offer within 24 hours, and close as soon as the title and park paperwork allow, often within a week or two. We pay the customary costs and there is no commission.
Selling to us vs. a traditional listing in Colorado Springs, CO
| Comparison | Traditional agent | For sale by owner | Colorado Springs Cash Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash offer | Rarely | Rarely | Yes |
| Sell as-is | Repairs expected | Repairs expected | Yes |
| Time to a contract | roughly two months in Colorado Springs now | Often longer | 24 hours after the visit |
| Agent commission | About 6% | Buyer's agent usually paid | None |
| Closing costs | Paid by seller | Paid by seller | Customary costs paid by us |
| Showings | Yes | Yes | One visit |
| Financing fall-through | Possible | Possible | None, we fund it |
| Price cut after inspection | Common | Common | No inspection period |
| Closing date | Lender's schedule | Buyer's schedule | Yours |
We buy houses in Colorado Springs for any reason, any condition, or any challenge
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