Manufactured and Modular Housing News

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

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: RADON REQUIREMENTS are seeping into the manufactured housing industry in Oregon. Despite a HUD Code that some Manufactured Housing Industry pros would contend preempts local requirements on manufactured housing, Oregon is gearing up

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 now been passed by the House and heads to the Oval Office for the President’s signature. Among other provisions, the

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS reports that Santa Monica officials have found a solution to the City Council’s Arizona boycott dilemma. After passing a ban over that state’s controversial illegal immigration policy, the

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: EVER NOTICE that reports of crime don’t often mention the construction method of where the event occurred, unless it happened in a “mobile home?” Just this week, a half dozen or so stories

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH decided today that the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. That reassurance only goes so far. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reported that builder confidence

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: ACCORDING TO THE MHI Week in Review, on September 15, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on the future of housing finance and

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: NEW YORK GOVERNOR David A. Paterson recently announced 23 awards totaling more than $6 million to not-for-profit housing agencies and local governments in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley that will help to

MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: AN EXTENSION to the SBA floor plan lending program is included as part of the Small Business Jobs Act, HR 5297 that passed a key vote in the Senate this week. Elizabeth Shappell

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