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Deer Valley’s Alabama Factory Unharmed by Area Tornadoes

Market Wire reports from Deer Valley’s corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida, that their production facility in Guin, Alabama, was not damaged by the tornadoes last week, but they did lose communications and power for a day.  All utilities were restored, and the facility reopened Monday, May 2, according to Charlie …

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Rent Control Challenged in San Diego County

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Jerry Kern, city council member of Oceanside, California, wants to phase out rent control in the city’s 19 land lease communities with the proposal applying only to new residents.  The current ordinance is administered by the city and limits rent increases to a percentage of …

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U.S. Stocks Slip Slightly, Housing Stocks Mostly Stumble

Stocks fell slightly .02 percent on news of economic reports, following news of Osama bin Laden’s death, to close at 12,807.36.  Most all housing stocks closed down, except Palm Harbor, which gained 20.69 percent.  Cavco dropped 3.74 percent, Sun Communities fell 1.51 percent, MSC dropped .31 percent, Equity Lifestyle Properties …

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Drew Industries Registers Gains Quarter Over Quarter

American Market & Business News reports Drew Industries, manufacturer of components for the manufactured housing and RV Industries, announced their quarterly revenue gained 15.80 percent for the first quarter 2011 over the same period 2010.  The company said earnings for 2010 were .30 cents per share, as opposed to .42 …

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City Wants to Include Pre-HUD Code Housing in Figures

The Daily News of Massachusetts reports that officials in Salisbury are trying to include pre-HUD code housing that has not been moved in 20 years in their housing stock in order to meet the requirements for affordable housing under Chapter 40B housing laws of 1969.  The state has said in …

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Weather Radio in Manufactured Homes could Become Federal Law

From Alabama, the Birmingham News reports that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) has initiated legislation that would require new manufactured homes to have weather alert radios installed in them by the manufacturer.  The same bill passed in the House in 2007, but it did not make it out of the Senate. …

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Tornado Preparedness in Southeast Pennsylvania

From Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online spoke with emergency management officials concerning tornado preparedness in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in the southern U.S.  The area has several land lease communities, and is the single area in the state where tornadoes historically have struck.  The Lancaster County Emergency …

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FEMA Hastens to House Homeless in North Carolina

From North Carolina, the Fay Observer reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide manufactured homes in North Carolina counties hardest hit by the April 16 tornadoes.  In the 18 counties declared disaster areas by the federal government, there are almost 1,000 homes destroyed or uninhabitable that will receive …

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Buffett and Clayton Respond to the Media

Fox Business interviewed Warren Buffett, of Berkshire-Hathaway, and Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes.  Buffett remarked that it is good new housing has not gotten better because of the excess inventory of housing.  He says when new home construction returns, employment will improve more than many people think.  Kevin Clayton …

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Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa OK Generates Excitement

TULSA, OKLAHOMA.  The 2011 Great Southwest Home Show is in full swing, and members of our MHMSM.com team are on hand to give you a sense of the excitement of this show.  See Glimpses of the Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa OK on The Masthead Blog for  a video-photo …

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The Dow Rises Again as Housing Stocks Close Mixed

On strong earnings from blue chip manufacturer Caterpillar, the Dow gained 62.19 points to close at 12,810.16.  In housing stocks, Equity Lifestyle Properties was up .10 percent, and Skyline Corporation gained .46 percent.  Others closed down or flat: Sun Communities was minus .72 percent, Cavco dropped .68 percent, and both …

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Forty-two Unit Modular Dormitory Assembled in Three Days

Following up on a news story from March 4, 2011, WSLS10 in Roanoke, Virginia, says the modular dormitory Ferrum College ordered in the spring was completely assembled in three days, as workmen set in place the last of the 42 units that comprise the building.  College President Jennifer Braaten says, …

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City Council Adjusts Homesite Rental Ordinances

From California, The Sun of San Bernardino County says that the City Council of Yucaipa released a 49-page report on new methods to monitor homesite rents at manufactured communities.  The report was criticized for being twice as long as the ordinance itself, and also for pitting residents against community owners. …

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Boomers Housing Needs May Become Problematic

Senior News reports that the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is trying to determine what kind of housing Boomers will want in the next 20 years, and what they can afford.  The average age of people needing assisted-type care is 85, so that leaves a potential 20-year span for …

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Energy Star Rating Gets Support from South Carolina

In a communication from Allen Hutto, General Counsel of the Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina (MHISC), MHMSM.com learned that the Institute has received a $20,000 grant from the state’s Energy Office to publicize Energy Star certified manufactured homes.  The publicity begins next week on TV.  Recently, the state legislature …

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Dr. Henry Fishkind Foresees Economic Improvement

Las Vegas, NV.  At the recent MHI National Communities Council (NCC) Pre-Conference Forum in Las Vegas, NV, Dr. Henry Fishkind, one of Florida’s premier economic consultants, expressed to the attendees his perception of a three percent economic growth, retail sales rising and jobless rates going down.   Noting that everyone is …

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Division of Clayton Honored at MHI Congress

The Daily Times of Blount County, Tennessee, reports Clayton Building Solutions, a division of Clayton Homes, walked away with three very impressive awards from the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, April 28.  The Fort Sam Houston project in San Antonio, …

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Dow Moves Up Again, But Housing Stocks Not as Strong

The Dow rose 72.35 points to close at 12,763.31 as investors ignored mixed earnings reports and disappointing economic news.  Housing stocks closed mixed, with Sun Communities gaining 2.18 percent, Nobility Homes moved up 1.69 percent and Equity Lifestyle Properties gained .35 percent.  Palm Harbor lost 3.33 percent, Skyline Corporation moved …

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New Guidelines to Direct Fannie and Freddie Servicers

Housing Wire reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been ordered by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to synchronize their methods of dealing with delinquent mortgages, requiring the mortgage servicer to begin engaging the borrower as soon as they become delinquent.  The foreclosure process cannot begin if both …

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Real Estate Professor Gives Government Bad Marks

Speaking at the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) annual Congress & Expo in Las Vegas, Dr. Mark T. Dotzour, of Texas A & M’s Real Estate Center in College Station, said the federal government is swinging by a long rope that is near the bottom of its arc.  The government is …

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