Manufactured and Modular Housing News

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Skyline Corp. Director Purchases 5,000 Shares

MHProNews has learned from financial-market-news that Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) Director John C. Firth purchased 5,000 shares of company stock Feb. 5, according to a disclosure filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Acquired at an average cost of $4.16 per share for a total transaction of $20,800, the director […]

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Pithy Letter to Editor contrasts Mobile Homes as Vehicles with the Modern Manufactured Home reality

The following letter to the editor of TCPalm is expressed tongue-in-cheek to make the writer’s point that manufactured homes are neither mobile nor vehicles. Quoting in its entirety: Jerry Nashel, Vero Beach Letter: Manufactured homes have to be registered as ‘vehicles’ Once upon a time, manufactured homes were mistakenly called

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Drew Reports Record Sales for Q4 2015

The producer of component parts for the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) reported record sales for Q4 2015 of $334 million, up 16 percent from the same period of 2014. Although sales fell slightly short of the consensus estimate of $336 million, net income rose

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Modular Housing Booming for Refugees in Germany

As MHProNews posted Aug. 12, 2015, a manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic is supplying Germany with modular housing to provide quarters for the thousands of refugees fleeing war and poverty in their native lands of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Germany is building seven modular centers to house 20,000 people.

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Modular Housing: From Oil Patch to Patching a Correctional Facility

A 185-foot-long modular housing unit that once housed workers in North Dakota’s Oil Patch is being re-purposed to house inmates for a minimum-security correctional facility south of Bismarck, North Dakota, as billingsgazette informs MHProNews. The 36-bed unit, on lease from Target Logistics for $35 per bed per day, will help

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Patrick Advances Again, +6.08%, as Falling Oil Prices Fells Dow

In the news from CNNMoney: Oil drops below $27 again, worrying investors. Dow dropped 412 points, regained 150 of it. U. S. oil bankruptcies spike 379 percent. Gold prices boosted by market turbulence. Fed Chair Janet Yellen says negative rates possible in U. S. Stocks fall to lowest level in

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Ohio’s Association Director Williams Testifies before House Committee

Testifying before the Ohio House of Representatives’ Financial Institutions, Housing and Urban Development Committee in support of HB 273 regarding abandoned MH, OMHA Executive Director Tim Williams stated that current removal of abandoned MH (valued under $3,000) laws are effective in some counties where an affidavit of value is signed

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Ordinance Changed, County now Welcomes HUD Code since 1976

Following a story MHProNews last posted Dec. 14, 2015 regarding a proposed ordinance in Mohave County, Arizona that would restrict siting of manufactured homes to be no more than seven years old, the planning and zoning commission (P&Z) amended the ordinance to accept MH built after 1976, according to mojavedailynews.

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Carlyle Posts Q4 2015 Financials, as it Invests in Northern Calif. MHC

The board of directors of The Carlyle Group announced financial results for Q4 2015 as cnn.money tells MHProNews regarding this global asset management firm with $183 billion under asset management. With total assets on the balance sheet for Carlyle of $32 billion as of 12-31 2015, by U. S. GAAP

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SSK Acquires Hickory Hills MHC in Kentucky

MHProNews has learned from bizjournals that Erlanger, Kentucky-based SSK Communities has acquired Hickory Hills manufactured home community in Florence, Kentucky, marking SSK’s third acquisition this year. The community is adjacent to SSK’s Mosby Pointe, and residents of Hickory Hills will have access to amenities at Mosby, including the clubhouse and

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Patrick Advances +2.70%, as Most Stocks are Quiet

In the news from CNNMoney: China is on a massive gold buying spree. Airline flights getting cheaper. Fed Chair Yellen expresses caution about economy, not sure of another rate hike. Yelp is struggling. Twitter is losing customers as stock falls. Whole Foods may be over its downward spiral. Happy Birthday

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William Sheffer takes Helm of Michigan Association

MHProNews has learned from einnews that William Sheffer will assume the helm of the Michigan Manufactured Housing, Recreation Vehicle and Campground Association (MMHRVCA) in the wake of the retirement of 38-year Executive Director veteran Tim DeWitt. Sheffer has been director of the MMHRVCA since 1995, and will assume the new

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CFPB Corrects Typo in the TILA-RESPA Rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures rule, or TRID, that went into effect in Oct. has a slight typographical error in the supplementary information, as housingwire tells MHProNews. The section in question deals with the application of tolerances to property insurance premiums and taxes, homeowner’s association dues,

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Homeless Residents Occupying Modular Container Homes in Honolulu

Following a story MHProNews last reported Oct. 19, 2015 regarding housing the homeless in converted modular shipping containers in Honolulu, Hawaii, the last of the 25 units has arrived at Hale Mauliola on a patch of Sand Island. Each home has a programmable combination lock, screen doors and windows, and

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Producer of High Tech Manufactured Homes Obtains Loan to Buy Facility

The Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) has approved $14.4 million in loan and bond financing for a variety of projects throughout Vermont, according to what MHProNews has been informed by vermontbiz. Funding of $300,000 was approved to assist Vermod High Performance Manufactured Housing, LLC, a producer of energy-efficient modular homes

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Trump Thumps Rs, Hill feels the Bern in NH Primary

The conventional rule of thumb in the New Hampshire presidential primary told us that many, if not most voters, don’t decide for whom they will vote until right before they cast their ballot. This year may have been the exception, as the polls that emerged in the run up to

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Labor and Lot Shortage could Hinder Housing Market Recovery

The monthly National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reveals the cost and availability of labor remains the biggest hurdle for builders, and is expected to continue as a problem throughout this year. During the Great Recession tradespeople left the industry by the thousands because jobs

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Patrick Falls over Nine Percent as Oil Drops below $28/bbl

In the news from CNNMoney: U. S. has near record 5.6 million jobs open. Sears is closing 50 stores. Only seven stocks in the NASDAQ 100 are up this year. World’s second largest diamond, 1,111 carat stone found in Botswana, now named Lesedi La Rona, “Our Light” in Setswana, the

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Manufactured Home Community Planned in Alberta, Canada

In order to offer its citizens a more affordable housing option, the town of Penhold in Alberta, Canada is proposing a 200+ site manufactured home community, as innisfailprovince.ca tells MHProNews. Kristina Schmidt, Penhold’s planning and development officer, recommends amending the Land Use Bylaw zoning to allow for increased density on

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First State MHA Offering Scholarships up to $1k

Once again, as MHProNews reported June 19, 2013, the First State Manufactured Housing Association (FSMHA) is offering four scholarships of up to $1,000 to residents of a manufactured home (MH) in Delaware. Applicants must be a resident of the state and have lived in an MH for at least one

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