A program offered by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) offers residents of manufactured homes in Bonney Lake and Sumner, Washington the opportunity to receive free duct work sealing and other energy- saving devices. As Bonneylake-SumnerPatch tells MHProNews.com, the service has up to a $500 value and can reduce energy usage by […]
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The etruth in Elkhart County, Indiana says business leaders are cautiously optimistic about the future given business expansion and new jobs, but concerns remain about the increase in fuel costs that ultimately will be passed on to consumers that could drag the economy back down. Despite the 12.1 percent unemployment
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On the Pennsylvania House Agenda today was legislation known as SB 1141 and sponsored by Sen. Charles McIlhinney, R-Bucks/Montgomery. The bill defines a “relocated manufactured home” and requires the Department of Community and Economic Development to promulgate regulations regarding installation and safety requirements for relocated manufactured homes. The bill also
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While many manufactured and mobile homes are damaged or destroyed each year by tornadoes, many site-built houses are also destroyed. The truth is few structures can withstand the direct impact from a tornado. With that in mind the Insurance Institute for Business Safety (IBHS) has issued a Manufactured Home Inspection
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From North Dakota and KXTNews comes a story about the demand for manufactured housing in the oil-boom state. Soon after new homes arrive on sales lots, they leave for site placement. The sales manager for one business told the reporter sales have tripled in the past year, most destined for
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From Arkansas and the North Little Rock Times, MHProNews.com learns that The North Little Rock City Council voted unanimously Monday to send back to the city Planning Commission a proposal to pass zoning requirements that would have limited the placement of manufactured homes. Had the requirements passed, most neighborhoods in
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As follow-up to a story we published Feb. 24, 2012, homeowners in the 17 MHCs in Oceanside, California who have homesites under rent control might see their rents rise by 2.25 percent as of July 1, the NCTimes tells MHProNews.com. According to the rent control ordinance of 1984, community owners
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7ThSpaceInteractive reports from eastern North Carolina 76 of the 194 families who received Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured homes following Hurricane Irene in Aug. 2011 have been able to move into permanent homes. At first, the FEMA homes were not allowed to be sited in low-lying hazard areas given
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SeekingAlpha reports the manufactured housing industry sub-sector is the smallest sector in the FTSE NAREIT Index. MHProNews.com says the Index has different methods to rate the performance of commercial real estate investment and property sectors. It notes as of the end of Feb. 2012, there were 126 equity REITs (real
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In a press release, MarketWatch says NADAguides Manufactured Housing CONNECT provides instant valuation of homes from 1963-2012, in a web-based application, with adjustments for geographic location, community and loan valuation guidelines, condition, accessories, and repairs needed. The guide helps lenders, retailers and community owners evaluate MH. The release says NADAguides
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AL reports over 80 percent of the residents of Madison County, in northern Alabama, live in large apartment complexes, often with extensive amenities for the government contract workers in Huntsville. As a result, according to the U.S. Census, only 5.5 percent of the county live in manufactured housing, which distinguishes
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WickedLocal tells MHProNews.com Massachusetts State Sen. Marc R. Pacheco has scheduled a forum March 30 in Middleborough in the southeastern part of the state to review manufactured housing laws. In coordination with the attorney general’s office and the Department of Housing and Community Development, this forum will be for Plymouth
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From the headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire of ROC (resident-owned communities) USA, LLC President Paul Bradley informs MHProNews.com Michael Bullard has joined the ROC team as Communications and Marketing Manager effective April 9, 2012. For nearly ten years Bullard has been Executive Editor of the Cecil Whig newspaper in Cecil
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StLToday says the Joplin Globe reports some homeowners in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri are up in arms because modular homes are being sited next to more expensive houses. In one case a Habitat for Humanity low-income home was built across from a $280,000 house, and a modular home of lesser value
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BloombergBusinessNewsweek tells MHProNews.com manufactured housing shipments rose in Jan. to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 60,000, up from 59,000 in Dec. 2011. The number of placements remained the same at 48,000, and dealer inventory was unchanged at 22,000, all SAARs. The average median sales price fell from $62,600 to
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Building Code Commissioner for Iowa’s Department of Public Safety, William “Stuart” Crine passed away March 20 at age 51. He previously was a Tennessee State Fire Marshall. Joe Kelly, of the Manufactured Housing Association of Iowa, said Stuart was the only full time building code commissioner for many years. “Stuart
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From San Jose and the Mercury News, MHProNews.com learns that the city council is reviewing the conversion process of manufactured housing communities to other uses to “better prepare for the possibility in the future.” According to the report, five mobile home parks have closed since the original conversion ordinance was
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A legal debate is brewing in a Mississippi court regarding the distinction between a modular home and a manufactured home as it pertains to a restrictive covenant in a subdivision. In a case going back to 2006, developers Hudson Holliday and Darrin Harris filed a complaint to have home owners
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From Housingwire, MHProNews.com learns that according to Zillow.com, home prices could fall another 0.7 percent by the end of this year. Zillow arrived at its conclusion through a survey of more than 100 economists and real estate experts. A sharper drop than expected in the fourth quarter Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the manufactured housing industry may be poised for a rebound. Noting the 42.1 percent increase in MH sales Jan. 2012 over Jan. 2011, and the corresponding six percent decrease of new single-family stick built homes in 2011, the article says home buyers may be
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