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Once an online platform for selling only distressed real estate, Auction.com touts itself as being the leader in online real estate sales, including high quality commercial properties. Sources in Auction.com tell MHProNews.com Google has purchased the company, which sold over 35,000 properties, residential and commercial, in 2013 valued at more […]
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MHProNews has been informed that officials at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and industry leaders are cheering the appointment of Pamela Beck Danner as the new Administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In the 1980’s Ms. Danner served as counsel
Pamela Beck Danner to Head the Office of Manufactured Housing at HUD Read More
MHProNews.com has learned from northjersey.com 25 families living in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured homes as the result of Hurricane Sandy are facing an April 30 move-out date, although some have been told they must leave by April 1. That is when FEMA’s temporary assistance program will expire for
Time Running Out on FEMA’s Manufactured Home Assistance Read More
Following a story MHProNews.com last posted Jan. 17, 2014 regarding the Clayton-Bradley Academy on the campus of manufactured home producer Clayton Homes in Maryville, Tennessee, thedailytimes.com reports the Academy and Maryville College have partnered in an exchange of resources. Maryville College will offer access to its academic and athletic facilities
Clayton-Bradley Academy partners with Maryville College Read More
According to CoreLogic, U. S. home prices increased in January by the strongest margin in seven years, up 12 percent from the previous Jan., marking the 23rd consecutive month of yearly increases, worldpropertychannel.com reports. Said Dr. Mark Fleming, chief economist for CoreLogic, “The last time January month-over-month and year-over-year price
Home Prices Continue Moving on Up Read More
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key attended the announcement ceremony of a joint venture between two Christchurch-based companies to build and operate New Zealand’s first major panelized building factory. Building manufacturer Spanbild and the country’s largest privately owned group home builder, Mike Greer
New Zealand Companies Join to Produce Modular Homes Read More
Investors stepped back from the dance floor in today’s trading after spinning one way and then the other as tensions rose in the Ukraine and then fell, leading to the three major indexes moving little. CNNMoney reports the Dow nudged down -35.7 points, -0.22 percent, to end the day at
Sun Communities Falls; Dow, Nasdaq, S&P Move Little Read More
MHProNews.com has learned that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, has become the tenth U. S. senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of S 1828, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-IN, introduced the legislation in the Senate Dec. 16, 2013. The other senators who have signed
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City officials in North Platte, Nebraska are reaching out to owners of manufactured home communities (MHCs) in developing minimum standards for manufactured homes, realizing that some people are bringing substandard homes into the city and then abandoning them instead of fixing them up. Zoning administrator Judy Clark says a Health
City Developing New Ordinance for Manufactured Homes Read More
Now that responsibility for enforcing the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) has been transferred to to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the question of whether the agency would sue alleged violators or accept a monetary settlement with the promise that it cease its errant ways has been decided—at
CFPB Pursuing Violators of Smell Test Read More
The owners of Hendrickson Estates and Hendrickson Heritage Park manufactured home communities in Sequim, Washington, just northwest of Seattle, say city fees for installing new homes have risen, adding insult to injury in the face of a housing industry battered by the recession. Jeanne Murray and Mel Hendrickson, co-owners of
Assorted Fees a Deterrent to Siting Manufactured Homes Read More
While the housing market helped lift the U. S. economy out of past recessions in 1981, 1990 and 2001, according to fxempire.com, it is not happening this time. Historically, residential investment has averaged five percent of gross domestic product (GDP), but it has only returned to three percent since the
Housing Market Not out of the Woods Yet Read More
Stocks surged as fears eased over the likelihood of armed conflict between Russia and the Ukraine, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing over 225 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow spiked +227.85 points, +1.41 percent, to end the day at 16,395.88. The Nasdaq gained +74.67 points, +1.75 percent, to finish
Drew, AMG, Cavco, UFPI Gain Three Figures; Dow Surges over 200 Points Read More
Technology-based marketing services company SearchCore, Inc., which connects consumers with brands, products and services through comprehensive websites, announces additions to their ManufacturedHomes.com site including the most extensive list of producers of manufactured homes (MH), retail centers and floor plans available in the entire industry. The company’s next step will be
ManufacturedHomes Adds Library of MH Producers Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports figures from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate shipment of HUD Code homes hit 4,405 in January, a 3.8 percent increase over the 4,242 homes shipped in Jan., 2013. As MHProNews.com has learned, the top ten shipment states
Manufactured Home Production Continues Upward Trend Read More
The National Modular Housing Council (NMHC) informs MHProNews.com 3,406 new modular homes were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 6.4 percent from the same quarter 2012. Compared to Q4 last year, statistics reveal 19 states saw increases in shipments, while 15 witnessed decreases. For purposes of
Modular Home Shipments Rise Read More
Frank Williams, father of Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association (OMHA), passed away in Akron, Ohio March 1. Having served in the Army during the Korean War, Frank retired from Ohio Bell as marketing manager, and was very active as a coach during his childrens’ sports
Passages: Frank Williams Read More
The manager of Clayton Home Sales in Lumberton, North Carolina, along with her husband and co-workers, won the title of Best Overall Chili at this year’s Rumba on Lumber’s Bud Light North of the Border Chili Cook-Off, held in Lumberton. Hunt, who also won a chili cook-off in South Carolina,
Clayton Homes Manager wins Cooking Event Read More
There is one number, often overlooked, that affects the growth of the housing sector as much as any other—the percent of the 25-to-34-year-olds who are working. Many of these young adults continue to live at home, which holds down household formation. As their employment numbers grow, they are more likely
Young Adults may Finally be Moving into Own Homes Read More
Investors, somewhat shaken by the increasing tensions between Russia and the United States, drifted away from the big board on the first trading day of March, as the Dow dropped over 150 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow fell -153.68 points, -0.94 percent, to end the day at 16,168.03. The Nasdaq
Saber Rattling over Ukraine Rattles Investors; LPX Falls the Most of Tracked Stocks Read More
