Manufactured and Modular Housing News

NAR Affirms Housing Recovery Begins Existing-home sales rose again in September, affirming that a sales recovery has begun, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing-home sales jumped 10 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.53 million in September from a downwardly revised 4.12 million in August, but […]

MHMSM Responds to Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Bill White MHMSM.com reached out to Texas Governor Candidate Bill White, thanking him for agreeing to make a manufactured home his home should he reach the statehouse in Austin. In the letter we also took the opportunity to correct White’s use of the word

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Executive Housing at Affordable Prices Fox News reported Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White announced Wednesday his first executive decision as governor would be to trade his $2.1 million mansion for a manufactured

Executive Housing at Affordable Prices Fox News reported Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White announced Wednesday his first executive decision as governor would be to trade his $2.1 million mansion for a manufactured home. “It will start when I move, on the first day that I’m sworn into office, out

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Fed Says Manufacturing Up, Housing Markets Still Weak The most recent Beige Book report from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts says that, on balance, national economic activity continued to rise, albeit at a

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Buffet Says Employment Improving, Housing to Lag Experts say one of the biggest barriers to economic recovery in the U.S. is employment, and Fortune magazine contributor Ben Stein recently asked Warren Buffett when

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Builder Confidence Rises The National Association of Homebuilders says builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose three points to 16 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for October.

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Buffets’s advice to youth applies to MH Industry Warren Buffett, owner of Clayton Homes, was on hand at an Iowa Dairy Queen to introduce the new Thin Mint Blizzard and gave a group

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: IF YOU’VE EVER LIVED in New York, you’re familiar with the Daily News headlines. Imagine seeing this one Wednesday: “Housing hot again! Home sales shoot up 18% in city; total sales prices climb

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: REUTERS REPORTS that Warren Buffett will be played by Ed Asner in Too Big to Fail, an upcoming television movie about the financial crisis. Reuters says the movie will be based on a

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: A NEW SURVEY released Monday by the National Association of Business Economics finds the economy will grow this year and next at a slower pace than previously thought, weakened by governments and consumers

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: BANK OF AMERICA announced Friday the company is halting foreclosure sales in all 50 states as part of a widening investigation into flaws in the process. The announcement came two days after JP

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: REUTERS REPORTED THURSDAY that President Barack Obama will not sign legislation that could have made it more difficult for homeowners to challenge unjustified foreclosure actions. The bill would have required courts to accept

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Wednesday for the week ending October 1 showing an increase in purchase activity. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 9.3 percent from one

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: FROM PHILLY.COM comes an article about a coming shift in U.S. housing policy from one favoring ownership to one favoring apartments. FBR Capital Markets’ financial policy group indicated in a report to clients

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS reports that the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 4.3 percent to 82.3 based on contracts signed in August, from a downwardly revised 78.9 in July, but are

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: TO MOST PEOPLE these days, a trailer is a short preview of a movie. Unfortunately it’s still misused in some media reports where the words manufactured home belongs. The most recent culprit was

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MANUFACTURED HOME INDUSTRY made the Wall Street Journal this week. The paper chose to use the word “mobile” in the title and then began the article by saying the builders of manufactured

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae Thomas Donilon [DON-ih-lun] appears to be on the short list to replace White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel. According to CNBC,

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT that passed the Senate a week ago has been signed into law by President Obama. The bill Small Business Administration’s floor plan financing program provides loan guarantees through