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The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports a joint letter dated April 17, 2012 from the chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the Housing, Insurance, and Community Development Subcommittee to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan seeks follow-up from HUD regarding its implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement […]
Congress to HUD: Where Have You Been Since 2000? Read More
SeniorHousingNews states Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) reports a drop in net income available for common shares for Q1 2012 of 34 percent, from $19 million Q1 2011 to $12.4 million this past quarter. Revenues increased for the first quarter of 2012 to 181.3 million compared to $135.1 million for
Q1 ELS: Revenues Increase, Income Drops Read More
Corporate earnings reports gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average a little bit of steam, as it gained +0.58 percent, +74.39 points, to close just over the 13,000 mark at 13,001.56. CNNMoney says the Nasdaq fell -0.30 percent to end the day at 2,961.60, while the S & P moved up
Housing Composite, Most Tracked Stocks Rise Read More
The largest mass settlement to date of claims over the FEMA travel trailers supplied to victims of Hurricane Katrina was agreed to by nearly a dozen manufacturers including Thor Industries, Recreation by Design, Play-Mor Trailers, Cruiser RV and Skyline. According to TheNewsStar, the $14.8 million was based on occupants sickened
Class Action Suit Settled Read More
PRWeb reports to MHProNews.com from North Dakota modular general contractor M Space is sponsoring the Bakken Housing Summit May 16-17, 2012 in Williston, ND. Bringing together lenders, developers, government representatives, and investors, the goal is to build 5,000 homes in two years to meet the demand for housing is this
Wholesale Modulars Going to Booming ND? Read More
As follow-up to a story we have reported on nearly a dozen times since last May (the last time was March 29, 2012), KPBS radio tells us the Oceanside City Council passed an ordinance last year to eliminate rent control on the seventeen MHCs in Oceanside, once the current home
CA City: Rent Control to Vacancy Decontrol Read More
OriginationNews notes while some firms earned more in the first quarter of this year than all of last, disbelievers expect originations to fall 20 percent this year. But National Mortgage News and the Quarterly Data Report estimate production will be between 1.3 and 1.4 trillion dollars, comparable to 2011. The
Flat Loan Production This Year? Read More
StateJournal in West Virginia reports Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin authorized tax relief to flood victims of two additional counties, bringing to eleven the number of counties included. The executive order suspends the consumer sales and service tax and the use tax on purchases that would “substantially improve efforts to provide
Tax Relief for MH Flood Victims Read More
According to RealtorMag’s survey of 146 metropolitan areas, MHProNews.com has learned median home prices nationwide rose five percent in March compared to Feb., to $189,900. Only five of the metro areas saw home prices decline including Minneapolis-St. Paul, Columbia, MO and Reading, PA. The areas that witnessed the largest month-over-month
Median Home Prices Rise Read More
SunHerald tells MHProNews.com a New Orleans firm has developed a structural steel-insulated paneled dwelling to house survivors of catastrophes. Designed with 22 solar panels so it can generate its own electricity, and with a water cachement system that can hold 6,000 gallons, the modular home can function independently of disaster-damaged
New Entry in Catastrophic Housing Read More
A slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector and news French President Sarkozy placed second in the first round of voting behind an opponent who does not favor European Union austerity measures kept investors along the wall as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 102.97 points, -0.78 percent, to close at
European, Asian News Douses Dow; MH Stocks Follow Down Read More
According to a General Electric (GE) Capital Survey of 495 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) at firms with annual sales volume of $50 million to one billion, 67 percent are predicting revenue growth and 74 percent anticipate hiring workers this year. BloombergNews tells MHProNews.com 94 percent of the CFOs predict the
Two-thirds of CFOs say Revenue Will Increase this Year. Read More
The Wall Street Journal states Warren Buffett’s announcement of having prostate cancer set the street buzzing with who may be his successor. Financial researchers culled the Oracle of Omaha’s annual letters to shareholders since 1977, some 400,000 words, and determined Ajit Jain, head of Berkshire’s reinsurance division, was mentioned the
And the Successor is…..??? Read More
To comply with the 2010 FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) guidelines declaring Magnolia Village MHC in Yuma, Arizona is in a flood plain, replacement homes for the over-55 residents will have to be elevated four feet. To satisfy the National Flood Insurance Program, homes that will cost more than 50
FEMA: “Canal Could Flood MHC”—Water Co. Employee: “No Way” Read More
NationalMortgageNews tells MHProNews.com the American Bankers Association (ABA) reports delinquency rates fell across all the loan categories the ABA monitors in the fourth quarter of 2011, the first time that has happened since 2004. The ABA defines delinquency as being late 30 or more days. The report notes consumers made
Overall Delinquency Rates Decline Read More
Noting a story we posted April 10, 2012, outlining the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), fresh from its annual National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, announces in it’s newsletter the bi-partisan support it has gained for the legislation
Congressional Support Growing for HR 3849 Read More
Business confidence rise in Germany and strong earnings from corporate America was enough to send the Dow Jones Industrial Average up one half a percentage point, +0.65, to end the week at 13,029.19. The Nasdaq lost -0.24 percent to close at 3000.45, while the S&P gained +0.12 percent, to 1378.53.
Mfg. Housing Composite and Dow End Week Upbeat Read More
Regarding another story we covered April 16, 2012 from Mt. Vernon, Illinois concerning a proposed conditional use for siting MH in the town, the city council voted to prohibit manufactured housing from RM2 residential areas. The new ordinance endorses a conditional use provision that allows factory-built homes to be sited
City Ordinance Sets Deadline for Siting MH Read More
Following another story from Sept 23, 2011, residents of problem-besotted Edgeway Mobile Home Park in Middleboro, Massachusetts seek to replace the Town Selectmen with a rent control board to govern the operations of MHCs, according to SouthCoastToday. The license for Edgeway owner Cory Farcas was revoked in 2004 for health
Dissident MHC Residents Want New Government Read More
HousingWire says average weekly mortgage rates barely changed from last week, the Freddie Mac survey showing the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage (FRM) moving little, from 3.88 percent to 3.9 percent this week. MHProNews.com has learned last year the 30-year FRM averaged 4.87 percent. The 15-year FRM also moved little
Mortgage Rates Barely Move Read More
