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According to a required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Tontine Capital Partners LP disclosed that it has a 9.3 percent stake in the common stock of Elkhart, IN-based Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK). Tontine currently owns 1,439,778 shares of stock valued at $60,225,914, as reported by dakotfinancialnews. Other …
Tontine Discloses Ownership of 1.43M Shares of Patrick Read More
MHProNews has learned from bloomberg that new home sales rose in Nov. 4.3 percent to an annualized pace of 490,000, slower than the 505,000 median estimate of economists surveyed by bloomberg. Previous estimates ranged from 400,000 to 550,000. The rate in Oct. was 470,000. Home sales have been choppy throughout …
Following the devastation caused by Typhoon Soudelor, which slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) on Aug. 2, 2015, the GreenStay two-bedroom modular house made of old shipping containers at the Garapan Fishing Base has received well over a thousand visitors since opening to the public last …
MHProNews has learned that Pleasant Valley Homes, Inc., of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania has acquired Fork Creek Park Model Recreational Vehicles, an Amish-built maker of vacation and recreation homes, which will now be built in the company’s state-of-the-art facility in Schuylkill County, PA. Pleasant Valley currently produces Pine Grove HUD Code …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews the so-called “new” duty to serve (DTS) rule issued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Dec. 18, 2015, much like the original 2010 implementation, continues the exclusion of manufactured home (MH) chattel loans, which make up some 70 percent …
MHARR Criticizes FHFA for Continuing to exclude Chattel Loans Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: Curbside shopping helps eliminate stress. OPEC slams electric, alternative energy autos. Budweiser buying up craft beers, owns 8, bought three more this week. Craig Jelinek of Costco chosen best CEO of the year. Millennials savings rate is a negative two percent, the only age group …
Louisiana Pacific tops Gains, Nobility Homes Falls the Most Read More
Manufactured home community owners in Bismarck, South Dakota are complaining that special assessments imposed by the city council on manufactured home sites are double those of lots for single-family homes, adding it puts an unfair burden on those who can least afford it. Residents pay taxes on their homes and …
Special Assessments on MHC Sites draws Ire of Owners Read More
For its fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 2015, Nobility Homes, Inc. (OTCQX:NOBH) reported sales for the year rose 32 percent $27,836,804 as compared to $21,152,259 recorded in fiscal year 2014, according to what yahoo.finance tells MHProNews. Income from operations (IFO) for FY 2015 nearly tripled over last year’s numbers of …
A story MHProNews last published Sept. 10, 2015 concerning a business in Brewer, Maine that has been converting shipping containers into modular buildings since 2011, was ordered to cease and desist. The attorney general’s office said it was making manufactured homes (MH) without a license. It has now received a …
SnapSpace may Move Modular Container Building Operation to South Carolina Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published Nov. 16, 2015 regarding the Mojave County, Arizona’s Board of Supervisors attempt to limit siting in the county of manufactured homes no older than seven years old, the mojavedailynews reports the board took no action at Monday night’s meeting. Retailers, installers, manufactured home owners …
Arizona County Postpones Ruling on Siting Older Manufactured Homes Read More
As part of a statewide allocation of $22.6 million in grants that will help create affordable housing, deliver social services and revive downtown communities covering 1,166 different projects, more than $2 million will be going to communities in western New York state to improve homes and help create a path …
Block Grants will Replace Manufactured Homes in Western NY Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am set for auction. Chipotle stock plunges on new E. coli fears. Oil giant ConocoPhillips leaves Russia. Messy election results drag down markets in Spain. Global insurance giant Chubb insures against cyberbullying. Gross domestic product grew two percent in U. …
Patrick Tops MH-related Stocks; Dow Gains Nearly one Percent Read More
“The new rules are the reason I drink,” said Joe Parsons, a senior loan officer at mortgage lender PFS Funding in Dublin, California, referring to the federal home disclosure rules created to give borrowers more time to review documents. He says because the new rules are extending closing times beyond …
Continuing a pattern set in motion Nov. 2014, one which MHProNews has reported on numerous times since, Jeffrey L. et al Gendell (a.k.a. Jeffrey Gendell) unloaded 66,753 more shares of Patrick Industries, Inc. stock, as told by dakotafinancialnews. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, required of …
Tent City 3 in Seattle, Washington is a peer-run homeless encampment with ties to social welfare services and some 60 residents, according to news.ca.yahoo. A 2014 report from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) indicates citywide anti-camping bans have risen by 60 percent since 2011. The U. …
Seattle’s Tent City Provides Structure for the Homeless Read More
In the news from CNNMoney: Spain has a $2 billion lottery: tickets cost $218 each. Toshiba predicts $4.5 billion annual loss. For Santa to visit all 675 million households worldwide, traveling 226 million miles, and if he was buying jet fuel at $1.20/gal., he would need 45 million gallons of …
Dow Slowly Climbs back from Losses; MHCV loses -0.09 percent Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted Oct. 14, 2015 regarding the arrival at the Ellsworth Air Force Base of manufactured homes to house flood victims on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a private professional services firm, Dewberry, is assisting with the installation of the homes for the Oglala Sioux Tribe. …
Manufactured Homes Destined for Oglala Sioux Staged at Ellsworth Air Base Read More
MHProNews has learned from dakotafinancialnews that Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) Chairman Emeritus Leigh J. Abrams sold 5,400 shares of Drew stock for $60.10 per share for a net transaction of $324,540.00. Disclosed in a transaction with the SEC, Abrams now owns 71,311 shares valued at $4,285,791.10. The company’s earnings for …
National Cooperative Bank (NCB) of Arlington, VA and New York’s MetLife have collaborated with ROC (resident-owned communities) USA to invest $40 million to provide loans for resident-owned manufactured home communities. According to justmeans, NCB and MetLife will each invest $15 million and ROC will put in $10 million to finance …
Institutional Capital Garnered to Finance Resident-owned Communities Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Dec. 13-Dec. 20, 2015 Read More
