New York City-based Meridian Capital Group LLC arranged a $150 million acquisition and permanent financing of a manufactured housing community (MHC) portfolio package for Matrix Realty Group. The portfolio contains 11 MHCs comprised of 5,347 homesites in mostly small towns, ten in Michigan and one in Alabama, as rejournal.com informs […]
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With more than 30 years of experience as a housing scholar and expert in the field of mortgage finance and housing policy, Kent Colton, president of The Colton Housing Group & Senior Scholar at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, will present “Framing the Future of Housing
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Unlike many school districts in the U. S. that are strapped for funding, schools in North Dakota have been receiving oil impact grants, and show ending-fund balances for 2012-2013 of $278.7 million statewide, according to bismarcktribune.com. Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck, says the oil impact money could be put to better
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While mortgage lending in rural areas expanded last year as did as did overall lending, rural applicants are more likely to be denied and to pay higher interest rates than urban borrowers. While 21 percent of rural applicants were denied a loan last year–some 500,000– the overall rate for the
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According to nationalmortgagenews, the National Association of Realtors pending sales index (PSI) dropped more than expected in September, minus six percent, following a two percent drop in August, 2013. The PSI tracks sales contract signings, and is now 1.2 percent below the level of signings last Sept. NAR Chief Economist
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With half of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported third quarter financials and 75 percent of them are better than expected, according to what FactSet tells CNNMoney, the S&P gained +2.34 points, +0.13 percent, to set another record high at 1,762.11. Meanwhile, the rally from last week stalled
Patrick Spikes, while most Tracked Stocks are Quiet, many Slipping Read More
The crumbling Packard Motor Plant in Detroit, built in 1905 but closed in 1956, had tenants until the late 1990s and is now set to become a facility to build modular homes and offices. A family doctor from Texas, along with several investors, won the bid at $6 million for
Old Auto Plant to Become Modular Home Factory Read More
Mark Wilson of non-profit affordable housing developer Community Frameworks in Spokane, Washington, noting that multi-generational living is coming back, is seeking a family to purchase an elder cottage as a model for the organization. He says, “An elder cottage is a small, energy-efficient, self-contained home designed to be placed adjacent
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A Superior Court judge’s ruling that rent controls established in 1984 for the Tricia Meadows land lease community of Mount Laurel, New Jersey will expire Dec. 31 has led to a lawsuit opposing the action. The mostly senior low and moderate-income residents believed their $224.50 monthly rent would continue because
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While the number of jobs in Stamford, Connecticut has declined the past three years, enrollment in the schools, especially in the elementary and middle schools, has increased and is expected to increase in the near future, according to stamfordadvocate.com. Last year the school district hired 20 new teachers to keep
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According to marketwatch.com, Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO) will release its financials for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 on Thurs., October 31 after the close of the market. Senior management will discuss the results in a webcast the following day, Fri., Nov. 1 at 12:00 noon EST. Interested parties may
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Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Edward DeMarco says he plans to reduce the government service enterprise (GSEs) loan limits which will increase private sector participation in the mortgage market, according to nationalmortgagenews. He also intends to gradually increase the guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders.
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Corporate returns among several high tech stocks pushed the S&P to an all new high, and the Dow and Nasdaq ended the week gaining about one percent each. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +61.07 points, +0.39 percent, to end the day at 15,570.28. The Nasdaq gained +0.37
Three Major Indexes Gain; Tracked Housing Stocks Move Little Read More
Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), who serves as Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, is garnering support to encourage Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray to postpone implementation of the new mortgage rules set to take effect in Jan. 2014, until
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U. S. consumer sentiment dropped to its lowest level in nearly a year, likely fueled by the government shutdown and one-time up-in-the-air debt limit dispute, according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey. Falling from 77.5 in September to 73.2 in October, as RVBusiness informs MHProNews, the figure was lower
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Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) reports net sales for Q3 2013 increased 29.8 percent over the same quarter 2012, from $112.9 million to $146.6 million. While sales to the manufactured housing (MH) industry rose 16 percent, the sales increase was due primarily to the 35 percent increase in revenues from the
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In the wake of last month’s devastating floods in Colorado, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will offer temporary manufactured homes to those who have been unable to find housing. As the republic.com informs MHProNews, with more than 400 families still living in hotels, the 50 Housing and Urban Development
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Positive domestic corporate returns and good news from China’s factory activity lifted investors’ mood as all three major indexes gained in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +95.88 points, +0.62 percent, to end the day at 15,509.21. The Nasdaq gained +0.56 percent, +21.89 points to end
Patrick Leads Tracked Housing Stocks; Three Major Indexes Advance Read More
Doug Koos owns a manufactured housing community in Castine, Maine that he intends to turn into a modular housing community. Currently he has 19 manufactured homes on the property plus six abandoned homes that are currently being demolished in the community licensed for 29 units. State law allows for modular
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An ongoing dispute between the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) in Canada and modular home builder Riske Creek Manufacturing and its owner Andy Tower has resulted in a recall of the company’s homes by the BCSA, which alleges the park model homes do not comply with gas and electrical certification
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