Manufactured and Modular Housing News

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SENATE VOTED TUESDAY by a 61-to-37 margin to move the $42 billion Small Business Jobs Act forward, which means back to the House of Representatives for approval before it reaches President Obama’s […]

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: IN AN EFFORT TO INFORM the current discussion on the future of the housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released data on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday that compare

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: MORE CALLS came late this week to eliminate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Led by Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Dallas, House Republicans say they’re eager to curb government’s involvement in the housing

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: ABOUT HALF OF AMERICANS who claimed the tax credit on their 2009 tax returns will have to return the money. According to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the Housing and

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY reports that a practice being referred to as “flopping” is the latest real estate scam. A play on the practice of “flipping,” or cosmetically upgrading a home and selling at

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: SMALL BUSINESSES are the “primary drivers of job creation,” and aid in the form of legislation should be the first order of business for Congress when it reconvenes next month, according to President

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: SEPTEMBER IS THE FINAL MONTH for the SBA’s Floorplan Financing Program unless Congress acts to renew it. In order to extend the program, a bill currently under consideration, the Dealer Floor Plan Program

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE between the rates of crime in manufactured home communities relative to other residential areas, so concluded William P. McCarty, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: HURRICANE EARL is heading north and threatening communities from North Carolina to Maryland. Manufactured home owners can be reassured, however, that their homes can withstand the event as well as site-built homes, if

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: PRESIDENT OBAMA Monday urged Congress to “rise above the politics of the moment” and pass the jobs bill that is currently stalled in the Senate as soon as members return from their recess

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. DID YOU KNOW that MHMSM’s News at Noon is available on iTunes? To access, simply start iTunes, type MHMSM into the search box and the Podcast list will appear. Now we begin with these stories: MHI REPORTS that

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. DID YOU KNOW that MHMSM’s News at Noon is available on iTunes? To access, simply start iTunes, type MHMSM into the search box and the Podcast list will appear. Now we begin with these stories: MHI REPORTS that

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: SEVERAL STATE ASSOCIATIONS have launched an exploratory effort to look into whether the industry could benefit from additional lobbying help in Washington. A high-profile lobbyist could both help provide a unified voice and

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S U.S. Census Bureau released data Tuesday on new residential construction in July 2010.  Permits for new housing units declined 3.1 percent in July.  An Associated Press article noted that was

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: GLOOM ABOUNDS in the national housing market, but the Christian Science Monitor recently featured profiles of six cities in a housing bloom of sorts. They include Decatur [deh-KAY-tur], Illinois, where employment is starting

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: A REPORT ON BLOOMBERG.COM Monday noted that while housing has led the U.S. out of seven of the past eight recessions, this time it could lead it back into recession. “If foreclosures continue

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE AGE OF THE McMANSION is apparently over. Some towns have passed ordinances against the lot-engulfing giants, but the end may have come from within as a result of changing consumer preferences and

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: ESTIMATES SAY there are some two million manufactured homes in the United States built before June 1976. The homes are both inefficient, and in some cases unsafe. Replacing them is the aim of

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: IN WHAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (NAHB) is calling a major victory for affordable housing, sound science and more sensible regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been forced to withdraw

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: BANKING EXECUTIVES WERE IN WASHINGTON Tuesday to weigh in on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Reports indicated the group overwhelmingly advocated the government should maintain a large role propping up