Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Deer Valley Spikes 16.67%, Nobility Gains 5.26% Read More

Deer Valley Spikes 16.67%, Nobility Gains 5.26%

By Matthew Silver / June 17, 2016 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Uber giving free rides this week to LGBTQ centers this weekend. Columbia sheds cocaine Capital of the world image. Oil by rail shipments up 1,500% since 2010. Shares of cereal maker Kellogg are up five percent. HSBC pays $1.6 billion to end 14-year legal battle.

Measure would Replace Dilapidated Manufactured Homes in NY Read More

Measure would Replace Dilapidated Manufactured Homes in NY

By Matthew Silver / June 17, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

A bill that passed in the New York State Senate, sponsored by Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensberry), would fund a home replacement program for qualifying state residents who have older, dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes, and own the property. The replacement units would be new, affordable energy-efficient units, according to adirondackdailyenterprise,

Prelude to the Department of Energy’s Energy Standards Read More

Prelude to the Department of Energy’s Energy Standards

By Matthew Silver / June 17, 2016 / home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The United States Government Publishing Office summarizes the Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing according to the Department of Energy guidelines thusly: ”The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a proposed rule to implement the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which directs DOE to establish energy conservation

MH Community Residents Going to Court to Resist Relocation Read More

MH Community Residents Going to Court to Resist Relocation

By Matthew Silver / June 17, 2016 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Updating a story MHProNews last posted May 4, 2016 regarding the repurposing of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) by a new owner in St. Anthony, Minn., the mostly Hispanic residents, since learning in April the MHC was being sold for $6 million, vowed to block the sale, which would

NAHB Builder Sentiment Index Rises; Economist Questions Veracity Read More

NAHB Builder Sentiment Index Rises; Economist Questions Veracity

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

With a reading over 50 meaning most builders see the single-family housing market as good rather than poor, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index rose two points to 60 in June over May, according to wsj., although economists expected a reading of 59. Positive since mid-2014,

Aussies get Grant to Build more Manufactured Homes Read More

Aussies get Grant to Build more Manufactured Homes

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Yarrawonga Manufactured Housing (YMH) in Australia has been awarded a $1.1 million ($813,828 USD) federal grant to build a manufactured housing facility in Mulwala in New South Wales, Australia that will eventually employ 30 people when the project is complete, likely not for five years. As bordermail.com.au tells MHProNews, the

Skyline Corp. Gains +3.26%; Smith & Wesson Gun Sales up 22% Read More

Skyline Corp. Gains +3.26%; Smith & Wesson Gun Sales up 22%

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Hacker is fighting ISIS with porn. Philadelphia City Council adds a $1.5 cent tax per ounce on sugar-added and artificially-sweetened soft drinks, adding a little more than a dollar on a six pack or two-liter bottle. Video game helps people grieve. Iran’s oil exports triple

Manufactured Homes Damaged During Move to New MH Community Read More

Manufactured Homes Damaged During Move to New MH Community

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

As follow-up to a story MHProNews last posted June 3, 2016 regarding the possible misuse of funds by the city of Minot, North Dakota when it moved over 30 homes out of Odds Mobile Home Park to make way for a flood protection project. The homes were placed on blocks

As Government Grows, Regulations Impose, the Economy Slows Read More

As Government Grows, Regulations Impose, the Economy Slows

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Saying people have forgotten President Reagan’s line: “The government is not the solution, it is the problem.” The larger the government grows, the slower the economic growth, writes Richard W. Rahn in washingtontimes. The article MHProNews posted June 9, 2016 reports Donald Trump promises to end Dodd-Frank and its chokehold

MHARR’S Mark Weiss says Happy Anniversary HUD Code?? Read More

MHARR’S Mark Weiss says Happy Anniversary HUD Code??

By Matthew Silver / June 16, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Although the Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro called manufactured housing a “vital solution” to the nation’s “affordable housing crisis,” the federal manufactured housing program for forty years has been one set of wasted opportunities after another, according to M. Mark Weiss, president and CEO of the

Modular Builder M Space Files Bankruptcy Read More

Modular Builder M Space Files Bankruptcy

By Matthew Silver / June 15, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Following the bankruptcy of modular builder M Space in late May, Gordon Brothers Group will begin the immediate disposition of assets of the company, including 2,400 floors of custom built modular buildings and complexes, as prnewswire informs MHProNews.. Headquartered in Park City, Utah, M Space provided modular buildings for education,

Patrick Advances +3.65%; Deer Valley Loses -7.69% Read More

Patrick Advances +3.65%; Deer Valley Loses -7.69%

By Matthew Silver / June 15, 2016 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Ailing sportscaster Craig Sager will work his first NBA finals game Fri. night for the sixth game between Golden State and Cleveland. Air traffic controller shortage could result in more travel delays. Bank of America has 23 percent fewer branches than in 2009. At the

Loan Officer calls Dodd-Frank a Huge Impediment to Lending Read More

Loan Officer calls Dodd-Frank a Huge Impediment to Lending

By Matthew Silver / June 15, 2016 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

A commentator for modularhomecoach was at the bank on a matter related to buying a car when he spied a five-inch stack of papers on a desk behind the lender, and casually asked about the stack. The woman replied, “Those are for a mortgage application for a new home,” adding

HUD Code Floors Shipped Rises, while SAAR Falls in April over March Read More

HUD Code Floors Shipped Rises, while SAAR Falls in April over March

By Matthew Silver / June 15, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

Following a story MHProNews posted June 6, 2016 regarding the increasing production of HUD Code homes in April, 2016, over the previous April, the Manufactured Housing Institute adds the figures include an increase of 12.7 percent for single-section homes and 7.7 percent increase of multi-section homes. The MHI says there

House GOP Aiming to Lift Crippling CFPB Regulations Read More

House GOP Aiming to Lift Crippling CFPB Regulations

By Matthew Silver / June 15, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Dubbed “A Better Way,” House Republicans stated the red tape of bureaucracies has gotten out of hand, and they have proposed rules easing the drilling for oil, coal mining, governing internet traffic and promoting small business employment, according to what washingtontimes tells MHProNews. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), in presenting