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Land Lease Community Owner running for Maine Senate

Guy Lebida, owner and manager of the Bowdoin Pines Mh Park in Bowdoin, Maine, is running for the Maine Senate, District 23, representing Sagadahoc County and Dresden. A Republican, if elected he would focus on welfare reform, decreasing energy costs and lowering taxes, according to centralmaine. According to a news […]

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Manufactured Home Community may Expand to Increase Affordable Housing

Several possibilities are being bandied about in an attempt to increase affordable housing in the middle Roaring Fork Valley around Basalt, Colorado, just northwest of Aspen. One project that complies with Basalt’s affordable housing requirements envisions 60 small single-family homes and 96 multi-family units in four separate buildings. Meanwhile, the

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Modular Container Homes Proposed for Homeless in BC Canada

A new Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada company intends to capitalize on the housing shortage in this city east of Vancouver by converting shipping containers into homes, as globalnews.ca tells MHProNews. Honomobo owner Devon Siebenga said his homes will range in size from 320 to 649 square feet, by combining up

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NextStep Sponsors Lending to Buyers of EnergyStar Manufactured Homes

Forcht Bank of London, Kentucky has joined the SmartMH KY Alliance, an initiative to provide increased access to EnergyStar manufactured homes through flexible loan plans that save MH (manufacture home) owners money, while assuring them of low utility bills in the future, saving thousands over the life of the home.

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Skyline Corp. Shines for 3rd Consecutive Day; All Active MH Stocks Rise

In the news from CNNMoney: Fed Chair Janet Yellen says global risks could damage U. S. Delta pilots seeking 40 percent pay hike. U. S. has lost five million manufacturing jobs since 2000. Fracking leaves 7.9 million in jeopardy in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, exposing them to risk similar

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Three Week Construction Time for Modular Homes in UK

Vanbrugh Construction in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands area of the United Kingdom, hopes to obtain contracts to build more steel-framed modular housing as it nears receiving Local Authority Building Control for its system. Four years into building modular housing, the company’s latest project is two three-bedroom homes in Wessex

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Pending Home Sales Rise in February

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports its pending home sales index of existing homes rose 3.5 percent in Feb., to 109.1, the highest level in seven months, as cnbc tells MHProNews. With Jan.’s rate revised to indicate a three percent decline, lower than initially perceived, the fluctuating numbers make

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Hedge Funds Busy Trading MH Component Supplier Patrick Ind.

As losangelesmirror informs MHProNews, Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) now comprises 3.75 percent of Rk Capital’s Management portfolio by virtue of Rk having acquired an additional 214,484 shares of stock. The fund owns 458,277 shares valued at $20.9 million as of last quarter’s end. Headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, Patrick is a

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Manufactured Home Community Celebrates 30 Years with Original Residents

The Vantage Glen manufactured home community (MHC) in Renton, Washington is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, as rentonreporter tells MHProNews, with some of the original residents in attendance. Developed and still managed by the King County Housing Authority (KCHA), at the time the award-winning 164-home site MHC was considered

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Manufactured Home Opportunities may Derive from Tight Housing Market

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jeff Kaminski of KB Homes, the eighth largest homebuilder in the U. S. says the new housing crisis is being caused by the lack of homes, which in turn raises prices of existing homes, pricing many people out of the market. First-time KB home buyers in

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Skyline Corp. Skyrockets for Second Consecutive Day

In the news from CNNMoney: California raising minimum wage to $15. Computer virus infects system at MedStar Health, a chain of ten hospitals and dozens of clinics—FBI investigating. China’s Anbang Insurance Group in bidding war for Starwood hotel chain with Marriott. Pandora shares fall 10 percent upon return of founder

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HUD Coders Outpace the RVers in Hall Campaign Challenge

The ongoing campaign challenge to eliminate the remaining $2 million debt of the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum, pitting the MH industry against the RV industry, with a goal of $1 million each, reveals the manufactured home industry is way ahead, $674,750 to $132,500. Chairman and president of the

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Modular Builder Zeta Closes Facility

As MHProNews last reported March 10, 2016, Zeta Communities of Sacramento, Calif. was partnering with non-profit BRIDGE to build an affordable modular apartment building in San Leandro, the first of its kind in the Bay Area. The apartments were set to be available to people who earn half of the

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News March 20-March 27, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com What Others Say about Sunshine Homes, Manufactured/Modular Homebuilder Tragedy and Triumph – Widow shares her Celebration of Manufactured Home What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Tunica was tremendous, say attendees. Proposal would merge Fannie, Freddie. MHC to receive free wastewater system.

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Proposal would Merge the GSEs, Ensuring Credit Access for Affordable Housing Initiatives

Building on steps the Federal Housing Finance Agency has taken to reform government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, five housing policy experts have proposed merging the two entities into a new corporation, called the National Mortgage Reinsurance Corp. (NMRC), that would continue risk-sharing initiatives with private investors and

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Modular Home Re-development Approved for the Florida Keys

The proposed redevelopment of eight modular homes in Marathon, Fla. in the Keys, was unanimously approved by the Marathon Planning Commission despite vigorous protest from a neighbor, as keysnet tells MHProNews. Melody Aldacosta, who has lived in Marathon 71 years, will have to share part of her driveway with people

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Volunteers Install Smoke Alarms in Manufactured Homes

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), as part of the ‘Get Alarmed, Tennessee’ program, is partnering with the Tennessee Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) to conduct a smoke alarm canvass, providing smoke alarms to groups and organizations that are willing to install them for people in need. According to what

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Drew Draws Stakeholders while Neighbor Patrick Insider Sells Stock

MHProNews has learned from financial-market-news that Amerprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) by 5.6 percent as of 12-31-2015, adding 12,306 shares of company stock, and now owns 233,706 shares. Its stake of 0.97 percent ownership is valued at $14,230,000 as of the end of Q4

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Mortgage Delinquencies Fall to Lowest Rate in Nine Years

According to information received by MHProNews from nationalmortgagenews, mortgage loan delinquencies fell to their lowest level in Feb. since 2007, dropping 13 percent month-over-month, and 16 percent from last year to 4.45 percent in Feb. 2016. Black Knight Financial Services states that for the first time in nearly eight years

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