Investors were encouraged by better-than-expected corporate returns and the rise in technology stocks as all three indexes advanced, according to CNNMoney. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up +103.16 points, +0.81%, to close at 12,908.70. The Nasdaq rose +1.12% to 2,942.60, while the S&P gained +0.67% to 1,372.78. The Yahoo! […]
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MHProNews has learned from the IndyStar permits for new home construction in the nine county Indianapolis metropolitan area for the first six months of 2012 increased eight percent over the same period 2011, but fell one percent from June 2011, 428 issued down from 434. Compared to June of last
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MHProNews has learned single-family housing starts have increased each month since Feb., rising to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 539,000 in June, a 4.37 percent increase from a 515,000 rate in May. OriginationNews also says the Census Bureau reports multifamily construction rose from a 182,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate
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From its manufacturing plant in Durant, Oklahoma, Icon Construction has completed the delivery of five modular classroom buildings and the relocation of five previously sited modular classrooms in Anadarko, OK at Riverside Indian School southwest of Oklahoma City. From timesunion, MHProNews has learned Riverside is the nation’s oldest federally operated
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Realty Biz News reports the impact of the aging of the U.S. population is the number one issue facing the real estate market. MHProNews has learned an estimated 7,000-10,000 boomers reach 65 years of age daily. As people age they spend less on housing and more on health care, and
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MHProNews has learned from HousingWire the American homeownership rate fell from 69.2 percent in 2004 to 65.4 percent in the first quarter of this year, and Paul Diggle, a property economist with Capital Economics estimates that rate will decline to 64 percent by 2015, not seen since 1995. Diggle continues:
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MHProNews has learned that of a new state regulation requiring approved carbon monoxide detectors to be installed in all new and existing manufactured homes and multi-family manufactured homes effective July 1, 2012, whether occupied or sitting in inventory on a dealer’s lot. According to the law firm of Hart, King
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After hearing that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanake told a Senate panel today risks to the economic recovery still exist, but did not rule out another stimulus action, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied from a dip down to 12,650 and closed at 12,805.54, gaining +78.33 points, +0.62 percent. CNNMoney says
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In an apparent about-face from its statement a year ago that the manufactured housing industry is near death, IBISWorld now says, according to timesunion, while sales of MH are relatively weak compared to 1998, “improved income levels are expected to generate higher sales of manufactured homes in the five years
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The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) states builder confidence for newly built, single-family homes rose six points in July, the biggest monthly jump in nearly ten years, and at 35 points, the highest number since 2007. The survey gauges builders’ perceptions based on prospective buyers,
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RealtorMag reports a survey by Prudential Real Estate Outlook Survey of home buyers and sellers reveals in addition to the 70 percent who believe real estate makes a good investment, many if not most have a stronger emotional tie to owning a home. Phrases like “control over living space,” a
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JournalPioneer states Tim Banks, a member of the Board of Governors of Killam Properties of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and CEO of design and construction firm APM of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada spent time at the Boys and Girls Club in Summerside, PEI. Killam and APM are each donating
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BusinessWire reports Funds From Operations (FFO) for Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) for the three months ending June 30, 2012 were nearly $20 million more than the comparable three months in 2011–$47.8 million versus $28.2 million. Net income for the three months ending June 30, 2012, however, was $2.1 million
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AnchorageDailyNews reports retail sales fell for the third consecutive month in June, the first time that has happened since the fall of 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Sales of furnishings, appliances, garden and building supplies, and at department stores all declined, leading to an overall drop of
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Retail sales in June fell -0.5 percent from last month, resulting in a tepid day on Wall Street as all three indexes lost a little ground. CNNMoney tells us the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -49.88 points, -0.39%, to close at 12,727.21. The Nasdaq fell -11.53 points to 2,896.94, while
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Contributions to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum have reached 90 percent of the $100,000 Ingram Family Challenge Grant. When Darryl Searer, president of the Hall, asked for a couple of angels to step forward on July 3, he got his wish: Roy Beck, retired co-founder of The Beck
Noting the number of first-time home buyers has dropped 20 percent since 2009, the John Burns Real Estate Consulting firm tells Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek home ownership for 25 to 34 year-olds will continue to fall trough 2015. Staggering student loan debt—federal student loan debt has increased 360 percent since the beginning
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According to the Chicago Tribune, RealtyTrac reports of the homes sold in the first quarter of 2012 nationwide, 26 percent were foreclosed properties, an eight percent increase over 2011. While last year short sales accounted for nine percent of homes sold, this year that has increased to 12 percent in
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IstockAnalyst tells MHProNews.com Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) is anticipated by Wall Street to announce a $0.71 per share earnings report for second quarter, 2012 before the market opens Fri. July 20 with a conference by management immediately following. But iStockAnalyst‘s Rich Bieglmeier expects the report will be $0.84 per
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RVDailyReport says Kinro, Inc., a subsidiary of Drew Industries, Inc. and supplier of components for the recreational vehicle (RV) industry, announces that it has acquired the thermoforming design and production operation of Agile Vehicle Modifications, which produces plastic components for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the aftermarket industry. Acquisition
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