News Reports: Housing news updates and reports for Manufactured Home and Modular Housing Industry professionals and investors. Business – daily fact checks, market reports, and analysis.
From Indiana and the Star Press comes a report that prefab homes are poised to take off as the economy improves. The article says more U.S. consumers and developers are turning to factory-built housing for speed, quality and energy efficiency. The prefab market, the article says, is positioning itself for […]
Indiana Paper Sees Prefab as Sitting Pretty Read More
Haven Custom Homes, a leader in the construction of custom modular homes for more than 40 years, officially announced its acquisition of a new production facility in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The facility was previously part of Penn Lyon Homes, a modular home manufacturer who closed their doors last summer. The company
Haven Custom Homes Officially Announces Acquisition of PA Facility Read More
Tinamarie Smith, president of the Manufactured Housing Association of Maine shared a letter with MHMSM.com she wrote in preparation for a meeting January 12th with Senator Olympia Snowe and Professor Elizabeth Warren, who is tasked with establishing the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was created by the
Maine Exec Asks Regulators to Understand MH Issues Read More
Those attending last week’s International Building Show (IBS) in Orlando have seen the future and it’s not in the suburbs. The Wall Street Journal published a piece this week on one focus of the event hosted by the National Association of Homebuilders: the urban preferences of generation Y. There’s a
Outnumbering Boomers, Gen Y Wants Walkable Neighborhoods Read More
Housingwire reports that while Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren believes recent data show a recovery is finally taking root, he doesn’t expect the housing market to spur economic growth. “In many areas of the country, the impaired balance sheets of borrowers, high foreclosures and high vacancy rates
Fed Official Cites Additional Pain for Housing Read More
The REI Bulletin reporting from the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) International Building Show (IBS) indicates housing starts will see gradual improvements in 2011, establishing momentum for 2012. NAHB Economists told an audience at the show that job growth will provide a stronger stimulus to housing than last year’s
NAHB Says Housing Picture Improving Read More
Stocks moved higher Friday, marking seven straight weeks of gains. Cavco, Deer Valley, All American Group, Drew Industries and Universal Forest Products all recorded gains of one percent or more. Nobility Homes and Global Diversified Industries closed down. The Manufactured Housing Composite Value moved ahead 1.7 percent.
Stocks End Seventh Week Higher Read More
Any recipe for a housing rebound will include a revamp of Fannie and Freddie, at least according to Ben Bernanke. Housingwire reports the comments by the Federal Reserve Chairman Friday at a confab presented by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The situation, Bernanke says, is set against a backdrop of
No Housing Recovery without Fannie and Freddie Revamp Read More
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation recently held a forum on small lending to explore ways in which credit can be made more accessible to the small business sector. As a result of the forum and in recognition of the importance of available credit to small businesses, the FDIC announced the
FDIC Announces Hotline for Small Businesses Regarding Availability of Credit Read More
Modular Home Builder reports that it has confirmed from several sources that Haven Homes is purchasing the former Penn Lyon factory in Selinsgrove, PA. This will be their third factory in central PA and they hope to open the plant in February.
Penn Lyon Factory to Reopen Read More
AZJournal.com reports that Dale Call, the administrator of the Snowflake Arizona Planning and Zoning/Building Safety Department, made a presentation on a proposed overlay zone for manufactured homes at the Jan. 11 town council meeting. The report indicates the council has asked staff to research the feasibility of creating a new
Snowflake Could Get Manufactured Housing Overlay Read More
From the Manufactured Housing Institute’s Week in Review, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) has indicated that the committee will begin the process of overhauling the U.S. tax code, which has not undergone a fundamental retooling since 1986. The committee will hold its first hearing the week
Congress to Begin Look at Tax Code Changes Read More
Exhibitors and attendees were heading home Friday from the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Promoters indicate the event was a resounding success with nearly 1,000 attendees. MHMSM.com Publisher and Marketing Director L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach reports that “homes were sold, exhibitors were overall happy; attendees were in a good, upbeat mood.” More
Two Trade Show Event Roundups Read More
Hats off to Dennis Hill and the MMHF states, and to all who made the comeback of the Louisville show a success! Attendance was 970, plus the exhibitors! As our video follow-ups will reveal, homes were sold, exhibitors were overall happy, attendees were in a good, upbeat mood. A good
Hats Off to Dennis Hill and MMHF! Read More
“Come on down” to the Show, says MHMSM.com Publisher, Marketing and Industry Consultant ‘Tony’ Kovach. See photos and video from Thursday’s Show at The Masthead, click here.
Update: Louisville Manufactured Housing Show – Day Two Read More
MHMSM.com Contributor and Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber took a break from a busy schedule at the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) International Building Show (IBS) in Orlando today to tell us about some of the excitement surrounding home exhibits by both Champion and Palm Harbor Homes. Suzanne provides some insight about
MHMSM.com Extra: IBS Day Two Read More
The Dow closed down 28 points Thursday ahead of several corporate earnings reports. The Manufactured Housing Composite Value was down another 2.6 percent Thursday after a disappointing performance Wednesday. On January 12, the website Benzinga again called out the manufactured housing industry as one of the worst performing, citing a
MH Industry Again Cited as Worst Performing Read More
Fox Boston claims its undercover report lead to changes in the Massachusetts Building code that require the ceilings in modular homes to be affixed with more than glue. While the glue may hold fine under normal circumstances, inspectors there claim it can collapse on emergency responders in the event of
Glue Not Enough, Officials Rule Read More
A report on Bloomberg citing information from Realtytrac indicates there could be a 20 percent jump in foreclosure filings in 2011 as banks resume seizures. The good news: the article indicates the peak in foreclosures and the bottom in notices of default, auction or repossession in 2010, a 2 percent
Bloomberg: More Foreclosures in 2011 Read More
