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Benzinga reports Warren Buffett has changed his tune from a year ago when he noted most everything in the economy was improving except residential housing, for which he now sees a demand in the rental market. He says although Europe is in worse shape now than six weeks ago he […]
Buffett Hedges his Bets Read More
NationalMortgageNews reports RealtyTrac says foreclosure activity dropped eight percent in Q2 2012 from a year ago. 608,235 foreclosure filings—default notice, auction sale notice, or bank repossession—were reported on U.S. properties Q2 2011, as compared to 558,310 for this year’s filing. MHProNews.com has learned while banks repossessed 40,000 fewer properties in
Foreclosures Remain a Threat to Stabilizing Prices Read More
Investors remained worried that the European summit last month will not produce a rescue plan for the euro currency union amid concerns about corporate returns in this country, as all three indexes lost a little more ground. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -31.26 points, -0.25%, to close
Most Tracked Housing Stocks Gain, While Indexes Fall Read More
Following a story we last published Sept. 19,2001 concerning the five year battle over a proposed development of two MHCs in Oxford, Connecticut, Garden Homes Management has resubmitted plans for the property, this time proposing 126 manufactured homes, reports the oxford-ctpatch. Opposition has come from the neighborhood and the Oxford
MH Developer Persists Read More
Speaking for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) at a hearing on the impact of Dodd-Frank mortgage requirements before the House Financial Services subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Wed. July 11, Tom Hodges, General Counsel for Clayton Homes, suggested Congress create a secondary market for manufactured home buyers so
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Benzinga reports Wed. July 11 BMO Capital Markets downgraded Sun Communities, Inc. to market perform from outperform and repeated its $45.00 target. Benzinga compliments Sun on its balance sheet metrics, dividend coverage, and net operating income (NOI), and notes its affordable housing option continues to thrive. Sun (NYSE: SUI) closed
Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index showed slowing declines in home prices earlier in the year, and Zillow‘s survey of economists are expecting an 0.4% decline through this year, but JPChase analysts say the 4.8 million homes in the shadow inventory will drag prices down another two percent this year as
JPChase: Chasing Bulls? Read More
Following up on a story we posted yesterday, July 10, yourdailyjournal reports the Rockingham (North Carolina) City Council denied a request from Charles Seago to rezone land from business to residential so he could site four additional manufactured homes on the property on which he already has five MH. Although
Council Denies Rezoning for MH Placement Read More
Harking back to a story we published June 8, 2012, the Milford, Connecticut Planning and Zoning Board approved plans for a 36-unit multifamily development after receiving a report from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), as well as the city’s health department, that development of the site posed
Multifamily Project gets Green Light Read More
U.S. stocks dropped after the minutes of the Federal Reserve Board disclosed nothing about a possible stimulus package to fire up the sluggish economy. CNNMoney tells us the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -48.59 points, -0.38%, to close at 12,604.53. The Nasdaq fell -0.49 percent to 2,887.98, while the S&P
Dow Nudges Down, Patrick and Cavco Gain Read More
As energy workers are lured to eastern Ohio to take advantage of the jobs becoming available in the oil and gas fields of the Utica Shale formation, RVBusiness says the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health have issued a 12-page set of regulations governing water. The
Ohio Preparing for Influx of Workers Read More
MySanAntonio tells us the western edge of the Eagle Ford Shale near Interstate 35 south of San Antonio is drawing workers to the drilling fields where an additional 7,900 workers will be needed by 2025, but housing remains a problem. Banks are generally reluctant to lend money for rural housing
Texas Oil Fields Need Housing Read More
LousivilleCourier-Journal states Bob Lane, executive director of the New Albany (Indiana) Historical Society says the first prefabricated house in the country came out of the Gunnison Housing Corporation in New Albany in 1936. Foster Gunnison, a lighting director from New York who was involved with the construction of Radio City
Prefab Began in New Albany Read More
HousingWire says a report by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals 40 percent of single-family homebuilders plan on hiring skilled workers within the next year, but 62 percent fear a shortage because so many have left the trades because of a lack of jobs. One study reports shortages
Housing Recovery: Are the Trades Ready? Read More
theherald-nc reports the owner of the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Smithfield, North Carolina had to close the school because of the economy, and unable to find a church to help cover the cost of the mortgage on the modular building, decided to make it a boarding house to accommodate ten
MOD Building Cannot become Boarding House Read More
In an interview with Rob Blackwell of NationalMortgageNews, new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray says his biggest accomplishment is creating the complaint database so consumers can contact the agency directly if they have a problem. Noting this kind of job is never done because an avalanche of
Cordray Defends CFPB Complaint Dept. Read More
While the drought in the Midwest is spiking the price of corn and a stable solution to the European debt crisis seems to slip away, investors took a back seat to the market as several Blue Chip companies turned in less than rosy corporate earnings reports for Q2 2012. As
Several Housing Stocks We Cover Take Hit Read More
The Boston Globe reports prefabricated housing, once thought of as somewhat lowly, is going upscale. A $2 million modular home in Wellesley, Massachusetts boasts four bedrooms, granite marble kitchen, mahogany floors, six bathrooms, second-floor decks, and a spacious living room with fireplace in the 5,900 square foot home. Haven Custom
chron tells MHProNews.com the Army has contracted to build a four story modular housing unit at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas with Energy Star roofing, waterless urinals, 50% waste reduction system, hydronic heat pump system, and 20% recycled materials, qualifying it for LEED Silver Certification. Ramtech Building Systems
U.S. Army Going LEED Modular Read More
At its meeting tonight, July 10, the Rockingham (North Carolina) City Council will consider a re-zoning request by Charles Seago to allow up to nine manufactured homes to be sited on land he owns. He currently has five homes on the property but wants to expand to nine homes, according
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