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MHProNews has been informed by a special report the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum’s “Burn the Bank Note” fundraiser succeeded in raising the final $20,000 with only hours to spare to meet the April 30 deadline, thereby satisfying the Ingram family’s $50,000 challenge grant. Darryl Searer, president of the Hall […]
Last Minute Donations Tip the Scale Read More
Following up on a story we posted April 16 regarding the acquisition by RHP Properties of 71 manufactured housing communities for $865 million, and a post April 30 about a subsequent acquisition of Countryside Village MHC in Jacksonville, Fla., for $31 million, MHProNews has learned from a correction in bizjournals
Jacksonville Community part of Larger Deal Read More
CNNMoney informs MHProNews the S&P Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 major markets rose 9.3 percent in Feb. over the last 12 months, an increase from January’s 8.1 percent rise, and the biggest gain in home prices since May 2006. Over a five-year period through May 2012, the index
S&P Home Price Index keeps Climbing Read More
In an interview in Forbes, Nicolas P. Retsinas, former Federal Housing Commissioner and Director Emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, says the housing recovery is being spurred by new household formation, which in turn has been sparked by the improving job market, and abnormally low interest rates.
Housing Expert: Modify the Mortgage Interest Deduction Read More
The Dow recovered from an early drop in the morning, eventually moving up 100 points from that low as the S&P reached an all-time high and the Nasdaq remained at its highest point in over 12 years. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +21.05 points, +0.14 percent, to
S&P Reaches All-time High; Skyline Leads Housing Stocks we Track Read More
A program in Arkansas through Entergy, which supplies energy to over 687,000 people in 62 counties, is offering a free program to help reduce energy costs in manufactured homes. David Lewis of Entergy says they will install aerators on faucets that reduces the flow of water, shower heads that use
Free Energy Savings for Ark. Manufactured Housing Residents Read More
In a video on the nationalrealestatepost, hosts Frank Garay and Brian Stevens, in noting the importance of manufactured housing to 22 million Americans, stress the need for Congress to enact HR 1779, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. One commentator says manufactured housing is superior to conventional housing because
Real Estate Video Touts Manufactured Housing Read More
After having raised $100 million from Citi, Morgan Stanley, Prudential Financial, Inc., the John D. and Catherine t. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the new Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET) is collaborating with 12 nonprofit housing providers to invest in affordable rental housing. The goal is to provide low-cost
Nonprofits Unite to Preserve Affordable Housing Read More
MHProNews has learned from HousingWire the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says its pending home sales index (PHSI) rose 1.5 percent to 105.7 in March after sliding 0.4 percent in Feb., but the index is seven percent above the 98.8 reading in March 2012. The index is based on 2001
Pending Homes Sales Index Improves Read More
BizJournals reports RHP Properties of Farmington Hills, Mich. has acquired Countryside Village manufactured housing community in Jacksonville, Fla. for $31.3 million from Denver-based ARC Managements Services LLC. The acquisition includes vacant land along Beach Boulevard. According to Duval County records, the property contains 114 structures on 106 acres. Two independent
RHP Acquires Countryside Village in Jacksonville Read More
According to thetandd, the Regional Medical Center board of trustees voted to purchase a manufactured home for the helicopter crew of LifeNet South Carolina, in Orangeburg. The board approved $138,000 for the 1,600 square foot home that will house a pilot and one or two paramedics. The helicopters receive about
Helicopter crew getting New Pad Read More
Technology stocks spurred a rally that sent the S&P 500 to a record high, the Nasdaq to its highest level in over a dozen years, and the Dow to over 100 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +106.20 points, +0.72 percent, -to end the day at 14,818.75.
Patrick Spikes Again; S&P Hits Record High Read More
Following up on the multiple housing woes of the northern Ontario (Canada) Cree Community of Attawapiskat with sewage backup problems off and on since 2009, forcing residents to evacuate their homes, as MHProNews last reported Feb. 5, 2013, now the homes and the community hospital have suffered the same fate
First Nation People need more Modular Homes Read More
ValleyNews from Mount Holly, Ver. tells MHProNews former state senator Will Hunter wants to turn an old roadhouse stopover for skiers in years gone by into a rehab house for 12 or so women who are recovering from substance abuse, and is asking the state for $300,000 to fund it.
Inmates May Build Modular Homes Read More
Reviewing the qualified mortgage (QM) rule handed down by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in trying to broaden access to Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured loans, may modify the safe harbor provision, as nationalmortgagenews informs MHProNews. Any interest rate that exceeds the
HUD Reviewing Qualified Mortgage Rule for FHA Read More
As nationalmortgagenews tells MHProNews, according to the Zillow Home Valaue Index, the home value appreciation rate slowed in the first quarter, dropping to 0.5 percent, as compared to 2.1 percent in the last quarter of 2012, even though overall national home prices rose in March for the 16th consecutive month.
Zillow: Home Value Rise to Slow Read More
MHProNews has learned from gainesville.com a planned 38 unit modular housing complex to accommodate 112 homeless veterans may be scuttled by the Veterans Administration because the Alachua Count Housing Authority (ACHA) has made “minimal progress toward completion,” according to a letter received by the authority from Jeffrey L. Quarles, director
Modular Housing for Vets Up in the Air Read More
According to what the americanbanker tells MHProNews from Washington, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is attempting to amend a provision that will adjust the thresholds of high-cost loans under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act for manufactured home loans, while maintaining consumer protections. Under the current provision scheduled to
Amendment to High Cost Lending Provision has Bi-partisan Support Read More
Although gross domestic product (GDP) increased in the first quarter, it fell short of economists’ expectations, another sign that the Federal Reserve’s pumping of billions of dollars into the economy is not producing the results hoped for. Nonetheless, although the three major U. S. indexes are up over one percent
Nobility Highlights Housing Stocks; Major Indexes up on the Week Read More
As it looks for ways to drop its risk, marconews reports Citizens Property Insurance Co., the state-run insurer that covers 130,000 factory-built homes in Florida, most of which are over 20 years old, is depreciating older homes, offering cash value in case of a loss instead of replacement cost. In
Manufactured Housing in Florida is Losing Insurance Coverage Read More
