Pricing Your Park Home: Asking Price vs. Sold Price
October 12, 2026
The single biggest pricing mistake park-home sellers make: treating asking prices they see online as what homes actually sell for. They aren't the same thing.
Why the gap exists
- Listings show what sellers hope to get. Many sit for months, then drop $5,000–$30,000.
- Sold prices — what buyers actually paid — are harder to find for park homes, because most sales don't go through the MLS.
- Lot rent drags prices: a beautiful home with $1,200/month lot rent sells for less than the same home at $600/month. Buyers do the monthly math.
How to price it right
- Find the freshest comps. Look for homes like yours (age, size, condition) in parks with similar lot rent — listed or sold in the last 90 days.
- Price near the sold number, not the asking number. If similar homes ask $90,000 but the ones that moved went at $72,000, your market is $72,000.
- Don't chase the market down. Starting 15% high and cutting monthly costs you more — in time and final price — than starting right.
- Factor the lot rent. High lot rent? Price sharper. Low lot rent? That's a selling point — say so in the listing.
Our city selling guides track real asking prices and lot rents across Oregon — a solid starting point for your own pricing homework.