Architect Joshua Woodsman (Pin-Up Houses) designed a tiny house, named “France,” that can snap together in three hours or less, reports Inhabitat’s Lucy Wang. Woodsman’s Pin-Up Houses supplies Do It Yourself (DIY) plans for tiny houses like “France,” along with cabins, sheds, cabins, cottages and playhouses. His hope is that …
Prefabricated “France’ – tiny house is cheap, cheap and sets up in 3 hours Read More
The Skinny: New residential construction company Sm+RT Homes, LLP, based in Fridley, MN is teaming with Dynamic Homes of Detroit Lakes, MN to provide affordable, factory-built houses in North Minneapolis as well as a modular home manufacturing plant in that part of the city. North Minneapolis has suffered from foreclosures, …
Sm+RT Homes Teams with Dynamic Homes, mulls North Minneapolis Plant Read More
Presidential campaigns often revolve around policies and personalities. Related issues like character, health and others also arise. Manufactured housing professionals mirror to some extent the views of the broader nation. There are Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Republicans. Look hard enough, and a supporter of Jill Stein and her Green Party …
Campaign 2016 – Hillary’s 911 and Manufactured Housing Read More
Due in part to the sheer volume of new content, during Superior September, 2016 the new featured articles have been phased in on the MHProNews home page. Among the most recent published is a new exclusive interview; A Cup of Coffee with…Mark Weiss, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing …
Manufactured & PreFab Housing Industry Publishing Announcements Read More
Venator Capital Management Ltd has purchased up 466,541 additional shares in Skyline Corporation during the most recent quarter end, the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC, reports TheFoundersDaily. Venator’s website describes themselves in these terms, “Venator Capital Management Ltd. is a Toronto-based investment firm that strives to …
Skyline Corporation – Management Fund’s Major Move – Manufactured Housing Market Watch Read More
These Manufactured Housing Industry News weekly recaps are a mix of headline news and commentary that tees-up each Sunday morning issue. That said, there are some weeks – like this one – where there are so many hot, interesting or newsworthy topics covered that it becomes difficult to decide which …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept 4 to Sept 11, 2016 Read More
Cavco Industries, Inc., the nation’s second largest producer of manufactured homes in the United States, recently hit a new 52-week high, when it reached a peak of $109.43. Cavco closed Friday night at 101.17, down after a broader retreat by the markets A possible benefit of a company hitting a …
Milestone: Cavco Industries (CVCO) stock reached new 52-week high Read More
Dezeen’s Lucy Wang, writing in Inhabitat spotlights a home in Princeton, New Jersey that has turned 5, which was set in a day, built in plant in a month and was completed in 1/3 the time of conventional construction. The Quarry House was designed by a local architect, Marina Rubina, …
LivingHomes founder Steve Glenn established his prefab modular building operation in 2006, says BuilderOnline. Initially using other producers of factory built homes to supply their needs, as housing has recovered, Glenn’s operation was increasingly being squeezed by those producers. “They’re taking more time to get back with bids and engineering, …
Doing “End Around” Other Factory-Builders, LivingHomes Sprouts Plant Prefab Read More
As it’s owners, managers, policy wonks, investors and working professionals who are the largest likely group of readers of MHProNews, it’s useful on this Labor Day to think beyond the celebration and the paid federal holiday, and look at what’s happening to labor in the United States. Because much of …
Labor Day 2016, By the Numbers – and Manufactured Housing Read More
“Revolution Pre-Crafted Properties is a collection of limited edition dwellings, ranging from functional pavilions to modular homes,” explains DesignBoom. “The average price for one of these homes or pavilions is US $300,000, which I think is very compelling, because not everyone has access to these architects. And even if you did, you would …
Dutch DUS architects have produced a 3D cabin, where they invite anyone in Amsterdam to come and stay the night. It is part of a more ambitious and larger project, says Katie Medlock in Inhabitat. The cabin could be used for disaster relief or for other possible urban applications, perhaps …
Cavco Industries director Jack Hanna has filed a Form 4, according to a report by StreetInsider, see that as a download, linked here. On August 29, Director William C. Boor disclosed the sale of 2,500 shares sold last May 4th, for an average price of $86.81, states FinanceDaily. Boor’s reported …
Fair warning to thousands of regular readers: this week’s Sunday morning weekly recap of manufactured housing industry news headlines may never look like this edition again. With the Daily Business News’ Matthew Silver away on some well-earned time off, the editor gets to do this recap. So we’ll try something just …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug. 21-Aug. 28, 2016 Read More
