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Larger! The Other National Association…Not MHI, Not MHARR…Ally? Competitor? Both?

By / / Advocacy, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation

Informed sources have told MHProNews about a national association with significant ties to numbers of HUD Code manufactured housing professionals; an association many times larger than the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) or the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), or both combined. That group? The National Federation of Independent […]

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AMG sliding, MHCV rising, Other Markets Close Mixed

By / / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Stocks

“U.S. Manufacturing Hits Rough Spot in Possible Warning on Growth,” says Bloomberg, which also notes that “It’s Hard to Overstate How Quiet Stock Markets Are Right Now.” In the wake of their spectacular explosion on the launch pad, CNBC asks – “Why was Facebook launching a satellite?” The three main

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Urban Institute says Preservation, Manufactured Homes are Solutions to Affordable Housing Crisis

By / / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Business, Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People

Affordable housing options are becoming less plentiful around the country, but according to Urban Institute researchers, there are ways to sidestep what has become an outright crisis. The numbers surrounding the lack of affordable housing across the U.S. are staggering.  In their map shown at the top left, light colored

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Russia, China, Dutch 3D Construction and Housing

By / / Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

Dutch DUS architects have produced a 3D cabin, where they invite anyone in Amsterdam to come and stay the night.  It is part of a more ambitious and larger project, says Katie Medlock in Inhabitat. The cabin could be used for disaster relief or for other possible urban applications, perhaps

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Left, Right Agree – President Obama’s mark is on powerful U.S. Appeals Courts

By / / Advocacy, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Politics

Elizabeth Wydra is the president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, which Wikipedia describes as a conservative judicial group. Carrie Severino, is the chief counsel and policy director at the Judicial Crisis Network, which Wikipedia says an action center, think tank and public interest law firm that believes in an inherently

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UMH leads, Manufactured Housing CompValue recovers, as broader Stocks close lower

By / / Affordable Housing, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

The S&P 500 snapped its 5 month winning streak today, says CNBC, with the energy sector down. Treasuries also retreated, following the ADP jobs report. A CNNMoney Op-Ed suggests that it is business that must lead the way to global recovery. UMH Properties (UMH) led gainers, in the manufactured housing

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Video – FEMA Manufactured Homes Going to Louisiana Flood Victims

By / / Events, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry

Dozens of FEMA manufactured homes have already been approved for victims of the recent flooding in Louisiana. Hundreds more are in the pipeline. Initial approvals are going to those who already have a home site, which in practice means the recipient of the FEMA home will be placed on the

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Cavco Insider’s, Form 4, Insider moves by Joe Stegmayer, Directors and CVCO Portfolio Holder Updates

By / / Affordable Housing, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, Stocks

Cavco Industries director Jack Hanna has filed a Form 4, according to a report by StreetInsider, see that as a download, linked here. On August 29, Director William C. Boor disclosed the sale of 2,500 shares sold last May 4th, for an average price of $86.81, states FinanceDaily.  Boor’s reported

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Quo Vadis ELS? Analysts Look at Hotly-Traded Equity LIfeStyle Properties Stock

By / / Company News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

Tuesday, 8.30.2016 saw some 194,207 shares Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) trade hands, says the PressTelegraph. But their headline on this date erred in say “stock dropped,” as Yahoo! Finance confirmed the Daily Business News’ Bloomberg supplied ticker’s report that ELS’ stock was up, closing at 77.79, +0.19 (+0.24%). InvestorNewswire

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The Carlyle Group (CG) Urged To Invest Multi-Billion$ In “Dry Powder,” says Bloomberg’s Tan

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

The Carlyle Group (CG) is reportedly one of the top 100 largest manufactured home community operators in the U.S..  Its big hedge fund business is said to be heading for the exit, according to SeekingAlpha and Bidness. Investopedia says that, “Carlyle Group (CG) is experiencing a period of both highs

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Carlyle Group Urged to Act, Indexes slip, CNBC says banks preparing for ‘Economic Nuclear Winter’

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

Bankers are nervous over the UK’s Brexit, says CNBC, and they’re jittery of the fallout of that event.  Oil slides, reportedly over the strong dollar, but talk of a potential Clinton administration taxing fossil fuels even more is likely part of the mix.  Gold is losing its luster with their

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Man Shot in “Trailer Park” at East Houston “Mobile Home” (sic), Marla Carter, ABC 13 TV News

By / / Advocacy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, media bias, media ignorance, People

Tragedy and violence occurs in neighborhoods across America. But when it takes place in a less than attractive neighborhood that happens to have mobile or manufactured homes, pejorative verbiage, bias and ignorance often lurk nearby. “The problems with the ABC [13] TV news story out of Houston is also a

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New Manufactured Home Industry Shipments 2014-2016 Statistical Report – Part II

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

The U.S. Census Bureau maintains a wide array of statistical information, and that data includes manufactured housing, as industry veterans and enthusiasts know.  The following charts are the most recent stats available from those reports, and they cover the period 2014, 2015 and part of 2016. Please note that Part

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Resident Councilman leads charge for new law that Manufactured Home Community Owners, Industry Professionals say Harms All

By / / Business, Communities, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, People, Zoning

“It started last fall when we issued a permit to allow a manufactured home on a regular single-family lot,” said Ann Marie Townshend, director of Dover’s Planning and Community Development. “It got some people upset so we fixed the definition of single-family dwellings so that couldn’t happen again,” reported Mike

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Manufactured Housing CompValue slips, 3 Markets Rise, but Oil Retreats

By / / Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

U.S. stocks are adjusting to an expected Federal Reserve rate hike, MarketWatch reports. CNBC, which was panned for its GOP primary debate moderation in 2015, is now playing the role of cheerleader for Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes, saying Wall Street expects her to win over Trump in November. Trump ally,

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NAHB Report – High Cost of Regulations Impact Housing – and Manufactured Housing

By / / Affordable Housing, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Trends, Zoning

A recent study by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) indicates that an average of some 24.3 percent of the price of a new house can have that cost traced back to regulatory impact.  The NAHB study reflects costs of regulations from all levels of government: local, state and

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2014-2016 Manufactured Housing Industry, New Retail Home Pricing Trends by Region

By / / Affordable Housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a mixed pattern in prices for new manufactured homes, depending on month, single vs. multi-sectionals and the region of the country. For example, single sectional manufactured homes in the Northeastern United States in January, 2014 sold for an average of $48,700 in

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Luxury U.S. Home sales Slumping, What Does it Mean for Manufactured Housing?

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

Redfin reported that so-called luxury home sales – defined as the top 5 percent of all housing on the market – were in retreat, in a report last May.  On August 27, Tyler Durden’s ZeroHedge headline stated that “…Housing Markets In The Hamptons, Aspen And Miami Are All Crashing.” Reuters

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug. 21-Aug. 28, 2016

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

Fair warning to thousands of regular readers: this week’s Sunday morning weekly recap of manufactured housing industry news headlines may never look like this edition again.  With the Daily Business News’ Matthew Silver away on some well-earned time off, the editor gets to do this recap. So we’ll try something just

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Robert Robotti’s stake in Cavco Industries (CVCO) Grows, Stock hovers at 52 Week High

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Company News, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, Stocks

Investment management leader, Robert Robotti’s firm acquired 15,865 additional shares in Cavco Industries during the most recent quarter end according to SEC filings, reports TradeCalls.  That places the firm’s total stake in the #2 producer of HUD Code manufactured homes at $18,886,291, or about 6.41% of Robotti’s portfolio. Other hedge

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