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MankatoFreePress reports a unique program to rid St. Peter, Minnesota, of pre-HUD Code manufactured homes will be expanded to include properties in two additional land lease communities (LLCs) in town–Summit and Mar Wey. The program began last winter in the Green Valley community, where four homes have been razed and …
Incentives to Replace pre-HUD Code Homes, Rehab Newer Ones Read More
CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 207 points during the day to close at 11,706.62, a loss of -1.74 percent, as jittery investors responded to falling financial stocks and concern over the proposed meeting tomorrow of European heads of state trying to iron out the region’s debt problems. …
MHProNews has learned that the National Building Systems Councils (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) bestowed 23 achievement awards to leading manufacturers and builders in the systems-built industry with the 2012 Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Home Design. The BSC awards were renamed to …
NAHB renames 2012 Systems-building award to honor Jerry Rouleau, winners announced Read More
MHProNews has learned the third quarter 2011 results for Sun Communities, Inc. Sun (SUI) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities. Sun’s highlights include Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”)(1) excluding certain items described in this release was $0.75 per diluted …
Sun Communities announces third quarter 2011 results Read More
CitizensVoice reports that Dave Valenti, owner of Wyoming Homes, says sales are up in Plains Township, so he is expanding and adding 10 new employees, including truck drivers, sales people and laborers. Valenti also plans to open another sales location and a warehouse center on outside Pottsville in early 2012 …
PA Retailer expanding, with another planned expansion to follow Read More
HeraldTribune reports that the the market for acquiring manufactured home communities in Florida has heated up. While the economic downturn has driven conventional housing prices down, making them more affordable, incomes are also down. This makes manufactured home communities more appealing. Recently, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) bought the nearly 300 …
Manufactured Home Community sales heat up in Southwest Florida Read More
Mortgageorb reports that Fitch Ratings revised loss expectations on 143 U.S. manufactured home residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions. Fitch says collateral performance has generally remained stable over the last year. Performance stability is attributed to consistent servicing practices and the seasoning of the assets. Some 95% of the transactions reviewed …
HousingWire reports Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance says over the last month, the time required to approve a mortgage grew from 30 days to between 45 and 60 days. The company’s Housing Pulse survey states lenders are having to spend more time dealing with mortgage refinancing. Appraisal issues with property damage on …
CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 105.20 points during the day to close at 11,913.99, a gain of 0.89 percent, as investors welcomed some good business news at week’s beginning. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value gained 3.63 percent to close at 760.01. Most housing stocks gained …
Dow Responds Well to Positive Domestic Business News Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) voted to conditionally accept an MHI (Manufactured Housing Institute) proposed federal sprinkler standard for manufactured homes. The vote came one day after the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) admitted that manufactured homes have fewer fires …
BlueRidgeNow reports from Etowah, Tennessee, Ceil Salvadori is developing 27 acres into five lots for horse lovers who will have a barn, pasture land, and a modular house, or “ranchette”, for a residence. Four of the five lots have frontage on the French Broad River in southeastern TN. The houses …
Horse Lovers Unite! Equestrian Community to have Modular Housing Read More
FridleyPatch from Minnesota reports it’s been eight months since the Park Plaza manufactured home community became a cooperative. Facilitated by the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation (NCF), at the time Park Plaza was the fifth MHC in Minnesota to become a co-op, and the second sold by Phil Johnson to residents. He …
LogCabinDemocrat reports from Little Rock, Arkansas, the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association has bestowed its “Twenty-Year Membership Award” on Hawks Mobile Homes of Conway, AR. Kevin Hawks received the honor from AMHA Chairman Dwight Chandler for 20 continuous years of membership, during the association’s 40th annual convention at the Peabody Hotel …
Inhabitat reports a Mexican architecture firm has developed a small modular home designed to serve poor families in Monterrey, Mexico. Stacion-ARchitectura Arquitectos’ Modulo 10 X 10 is wrapped in recycled fiberglass panels which can be added to expand the unit depending upon family size. Because of the intense heat in …
Modular Home Crafted from Recycled and Natural Materials Read More
CNNMoney reports investors once again thought well about the resolution of the European debt crisis as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 267.01 points to end the week at 11,808.79, a gain of 2.31 percent. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value gained 4.34 percent to close at 733.50. Most …
European Debt Crisis—Solved Again? Dow, (Most) Housing Stocks Gain Nicely Read More
Inside Tuscon Business reports Continental West manufactured housing community in Tuscon, AZ defaulted on a $10.95 million loan and will be sold at public auction 11 AM, Jan. 4, 2012 in the Pima County Courts Building. The 319 homesite community was built in 1960, and boasts two swimming pools, a …
CNNMoney reports over 6,000 people have come to Williston, ND to take advantage of the oil boomtown money to be made, but available housing has not kept up with demand. Some are living in their vehicles in parking lots, some in tents, some sleep in sleeping bags beside the road. …
Alexa Blog says Zeman Homes of Chicago has contracted with MA Interactive of Northfield, IL to develop a website more tuned in to the digital landscape, raising its profile and reaching more MH customers. Led by Michael Templeton and Allen Yakowitz, MA provides a range of internet marketing services. The …
MercerIslandPatch notes the innovative modular house the U.S. Plywood Association assembled for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, the “American Home of the Immediate Future”, is currently occupied by its third owner on Mercer Island, a suburb of Seattle. Some of the original bright paint is intact. Unlike the many futuristic …
stockrants states Zack’s Investment Research downgraded shares of Universal Forest Products, Inc., from neutral to underperform. Although their earning rose 123 percent year-over-year, it failed to meet Zacks’ estimate by two cents. The ongoing weakness in the residential construction and building materials market led to the top line falling 2.4 …
