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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News-July 12-July 19, 2015

By / July 19, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, Stocks

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Congressman Stephen Fincher is demanding Fairness for MH owners Deer Valley CFO Steve Lawler Inside MH Video and Home Tour Cancer Cures and Today’s MH What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform’s (MHARR) Mark Weiss documents …

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Texas Manufactured Home Sales Slowed in April, and Preliminarily in May as Well

By / July 16, 2015 / Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Texas Manufactured Housing Association tells MHProNews titles for both new and used manufactured homes fell in April from the previous month as well as from April 2014. For May, preliminary results indicate both shipments and processed titles have slipped for the month. However, with most of the state receiving …

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Council Set to Deny Siting Request for three New Manufactured Homes

By / July 16, 2015 / Business, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

An attempt by Danny Wyant to site three new single-section manufactured homes (MH) on his mother’s property in Waynesboro, North Carolina is being met with stiff opposition from neighbors and the city council, even though Planning Director Michael Barnes said current ordinances do not prohibit the placement. Siting of manufactured …

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Multi-section Home Production Rose in May

By / July 14, 2015 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Updating a post MHProNews published July 6, 2015 regarding the 1.1 percent rise in production of HUD Code homes in May over May 2014, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has revised the increase to 1.6 percent, 5,828 homes over the 5,798 first reported. Additionally, production of single-section homes fell 2.5 …

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Huntsville City Council to Vote on Prohibiting Manufactured Homes from City

By / July 13, 2015 / Business, Communities, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Following a story MHProNews posted July 9, 2015 regarding the Huntsville (Texas) City Council initial vote to prohibit manufactured homes from being sited inside the city limits, unless they are in a manufactured home community, opposition to the vote has surfaced. Due to be finalized at the July 21 city …

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Manufactured Homes Post the Top Returns

By / July 10, 2015 / Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

According to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), in the first six months of 2015 manufactured homes were the REIT industry’s best performers, posting a 3.75 percent return. Self storage REITs came in a close second at 3.72 percent. Apartments gained +0.82 % during the first half, …

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North Carolina City Updates Manufactured Home Community Regulations

By / July 10, 2015 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Wilkesboro (North Carolina) Town Council updated codes and ordinances that apply to new manufactured home communities (MHCs), including an amendment requiring approval by the Wilkesboro Board of Adjustments (BOA). Ordinances were last updated in the 1960s. Under the amended ordinance, there can be no more than five MH per …

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Work has Begun to Repair Manufactured Homes in Land Lease Community

By / July 10, 2015 / Communities, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Several residents of The Woodlands manufactured home community (MHC) in Lockport, New York were told two years ago that the owner of their community would repair cracks that had begun appearing in the walls, ceilings and floors of their manufactured homes (MH). Although Equity LifeStyle Properties owns the community, but …

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Legislation would Classify Manufactured Homes as Affordable

By / July 10, 2015 / Business, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, Modular, regulation

Chapter 40B, Massachusetts’ comprehensive permit law, which encourages the production of affordable housing, allows developers of low cost housing to override some local zoning laws if the affordable housing stock of the community does not equal ten percent of total homes. Specifically, the new housing projects do not have to …

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Texas City Votes to Keep Manufactured Homes only in Communities

By / July 9, 2015 / Business, Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Huntsville, Texas City Council agreed with the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation that prohibits manufactured homes (MH) from being sited outside MH communities, while grandfathering in existing MH, according to itemonline. Although Councilman Ronald Allen mounted a spirited opposition to the ruling, noting that people have paid taxes on …

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May Manufactured Home Production Shows Modest Gain

By / July 6, 2015 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

According to official statistics released by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), production of HUD Code manufactured homes hit 5,798 in May, 2015, a modest increase of 1.1 percent over the 5,733 homes built in May of 2014. However, industry production on the year is 8.8 …

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Demand Continues for Manufactured Homes in the Twin Cities

By / July 6, 2015 / Business, Communities, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, Trends

While the startribune informs MHProNews that manufactured homes (MH) were the original affordable housing in rural and suburban Minnesota, in the twin cities area of Minneapolis-St. Paul the number of occupied MH has fallen 12 percent since 2001 to 13,660 homes. Nationally, the number of manufactured homes shipped dropped drastically …

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Manufactured Housing’s Sunday Morning Weekly News Recap June 28 to July 5, 2015

By / July 4, 2015 / Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends

Our goal in presenting news and views from the manufactured and modular home industry is to help you, our readers, make the best possible decision in your business. To that end, we continue to upgrade our presentation to better inform you. In this week’s news you will read of developments …

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Restrictions Lifted on Manufactured Homes Siting

By / July 4, 2015 / Business, Canada, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation

The appeal to people who cannot afford traditional built homes is leading the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada to alter its land use rules for manufactured and modular homes so that any singe-detached home can be classified as a dwelling and sited anywhere in town. Planning Commission Chairman Brian …

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Rentals Increasing for UMH; Date Set for Releasing Q2 2015 Results

By / July 3, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

With buyers experiencing difficulties finding financing to buy manufactured homes (MH), UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) President and CEO Sam Landy says the company is doing well with rentals and expects occupancy rates to reach “high 90 percent,” according to reit. Noting that the company intends to add 500 rental units …

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Proposal Restricts Siting of Manufactured Homes

By / June 30, 2015 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

In a legal ruling similar to one MHProNews reported June 29, 2015, regarding the siting of manufactured homes (MH) within a jurisdiction based upon age, Lake County, California is proposing to exclude homes older than ten years, but with exceptions. If the home has been owned by the applicant for …

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Home Ownership for Millennials could Lead to Manufactured Homes

By / June 30, 2015 / Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Trends

Noting that the current rate of homeownership of 63.8 percent is the lowest since 1989, A. Mechele Dickerson writes in nationalmortgagenews that the housing industry needs to be more creative in the housing it builds, and local jurisdictions need to be more flexible in the types of housing allowed in …

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SSK Communities Plans Revamping of Manufactured Home Community

By / June 30, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

MHPronews has learned from wfie14news that SSK Communities has acquired the 353 home site Lamp Lite Estates manufactured home community (MHC) in Owensboro, Kentucky and intends to “make significant improvements” which will include changing the name to Riverbend Pointe. Nathan Smith, SSK co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors …

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Tax Bills Mailed for Manufactured Homes in Ohio

By / June 25, 2015 / Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

MHProNews has learned from timesleader of Martins Ferry, Ohio that Harrison County Treasurer Vicki Sefsick announced all real estate and manufactured home bills for the county for the second half of the 2015 toax season have been mailed to those who own property or manufactured homes. The county seat, Cadiz, …

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Texas Dealer Offering Manufactured Homes at Cost to Flood Victims

By / June 25, 2015 / Business, Company News, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

After spending a day cleaning up debris around Wimberly, Texas, in the wake of the flooding that ravaged parts of the state, Alberto Pina, general manager of Mobile Homes Direct 4 Less, is offering new manufactured homes at cost to people who lost their homes, according to PRWeb. “The pictures …

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