The broader factory-built home industry of the present and future are definitely not the mobile home industry of pre-June 15, 1976. For the progress that’s been made, the factory-built home industry is still facing perception and narrative challenges with the public and the media. When combined with the rising […]
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Some headlines on CNN Money – Wells Fargo drumbeat grows louder. House hearing next? Health care costs rise by most in 32 years (read potential “ouch” for ObamaCare supporters). Some MarketWatch headlines – This is the national-debt problem Congress won’t talk about; The debt danger Americans should really worry about
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Architect Joshua Woodsman (Pin-Up Houses) designed a tiny house, named “France,” that can snap together in three hours or less, reports Inhabitat’s Lucy Wang. Woodsman’s Pin-Up Houses supplies Do It Yourself (DIY) plans for tiny houses like “France,” along with cabins, sheds, cabins, cottages and playhouses. His hope is that
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UMH Properties Inc. (NYSE:UMH) announced the grand opening of the Woods Edge Sales Center, located near the back entrance of their manufactured home community in West Lafayette, Indiana. Woods Edge was acquired by UMH Properties in October of 2015, and the grand opening will be on Oct 1, 2016, per
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The National Federation of Independent Businesses has released on Sept 14, 2016 their survey of Small Business Problems and Priorities. Included in the results are the following Top 10 list of 75 total problems surveyed. Those cited as “most severe” problems for small-businesses owners are as follows. Cost of Health
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MarketWatch bullets for the day include: Sensitive data again leaked out of the Fed early. Hello self-driving cars, goodbye 4.1 million jobs? Apple’s stock lead with their strong iPhone 7 release. And MarketWatch likes Clinton’s plan less than Trump’s. Oil was down, while gold rose a smidge. At the closing
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Ocala, Florida based Nobility Homes, Inc. (OTCQX: NOBH) announced key results and financial highlights for their 3rd fiscal quarter, which ended on July 30, 2016. “The demand for affordable manufactured housing in Florida and the U.S. is improving,” said Terry Trexler, president of Nobility, per MarketWired. “According to the Florida
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COAP, Inc. recently joined the SmartMH KY™ program, a strategic alliance of the manufactured housing industry producers, lenders, retailers, utilities, non-profits and stakeholders who’ve made it their mission to make ENERGY STAR™ homes more accessible via better loans throughout Kentucky, the Harlan Daily Enterprise reports. COAP’s mission, per their website,
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A recent study done by the financial publication 24/7 Wall St. ranked the nations’ top 50 metro areas based on the percentage at which their jobs increased over the past four years. The Elkhart-Goshen area was ranked 10th nationwide and first in Indiana when it comes to job creation over
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Some noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney: U.S. opens investigation into Wells Fargo scandal. Lucky number 7! Apple’s stock is soaring. Ford moving all small car production to Mexico. Some bullets from MarketWatch – Why Wells Fargo isn’t likely to claw back compensation from top executive. Feds reportedly investigating Wells Fargo’s sales
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“Written comments submitted by two highly-respected independent organizations regarding the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed manufactured housing “energy” rule — specifically citing the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) — echo and confirm the vigorous objections to that proposed rule set out by the Association in its own
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JACKSON, OH — James “Jim” Elliott lived life to the fullest — every single day of his 73 years. To say he had a zest for life would be an understatement, said Legacy. Jackson passed away in his home on Saturday, Sept 10, 2016, with his family with him, the
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Analysts at Citigroup in a research report released to investors upgraded Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI) from “neutral” to “buy” on Monday with a target price of $86.00 on the real estate investment trust’s (REIT) stock. This news comes on the heels of other reports from TheStreet – cut from
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The Controversy – two sides of rent control – are found in what looked to be a political event at an ice cream social. It began when the North Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team (NSBMHT) gave congressional, state legislature and city council candidates a chance to talk about their
CNNMoney says – Waiting for the Fed: Market volatility is back from summer break. MarketWatch’s bullets include – Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ shows that it may get ugly in the stock market. Stocks sell off as retreating oil, Fed worries dog market. They note too that GOP nominee Donald Trump
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The Skinny: New residential construction company Sm+RT Homes, LLP, based in Fridley, MN is teaming with Dynamic Homes of Detroit Lakes, MN to provide affordable, factory-built houses in North Minneapolis as well as a modular home manufacturing plant in that part of the city. North Minneapolis has suffered from foreclosures,
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In a recently reported discussion about affordable housing in Portland, Oregon, four “surprising facts” were raised by OregonMetro’s Craig Bebbe. The panel discussion at the Metro Regional Center shared hopeful signs for preserving and possibly even expanding access for manufactured housing and manufactured home communities in the future. Bebbe called
Presidential campaigns often revolve around policies and personalities. Related issues like character, health and others also arise. Manufactured housing professionals mirror to some extent the views of the broader nation. There are Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Republicans. Look hard enough, and a supporter of Jill Stein and her Green Party
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Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) recently introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, which would serve as a Republican alternative to the Dodd-Frank Act. This move was made because it’s believed the Democratic-backed Dodd-Frank Act has had a negative impact on the country’s economic recovery; a recovery the Financial Services
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In a stinging statement beyond the quoted headline above in a recent Mercury News Editorial, opens with these words; “The California Legislature has whiffed on the housing crisis. Increasingly, it’s up to cities and counties to solve it.” Indeed, the affordable housing crisis, as routinely reported in the Daily Business
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