A couple in Preston, Minnesota who live across the street from the Brownsville Mobile Home Park have asked that green belt screening be erected in front of the community to shield their view. A 1971 ordinance requires manufactured home communities to have a green belt around the periphery if it […]
Neighbors want Manufactured Housing Community Shielded from View Read More
Owner/operator of manufactured housing communities in Canada, Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities, Inc. is using air miles to lure customers to its newest retirement community in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada. Heritage Creek homebuyers can earn 10,000 reward miles on any new home purchase of $220,000 or more as long as the deal
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MHProNews has learned from fortmillstimes.com a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary has acquired Kova Solutions, LLC, a provider of business management software targeted to integrating and controlling residential construction and manufactured housing from beginning to end, from sales to scheduling to warranty. Chesterfield, Missouri-based MiTek, a Berkshire Hathaway company since 2001, with
Acquisition Feeds into Manufactured Housing Production Read More
City officials in Waseca, Minnesota in the south central part of the state have proposed a new way to pay for maintenance and repairs of city sewers and retention ponds—by adding a separate monthly fee to utility bills. The measure would more evenly distribute the burden among all property owners,
Manufactured Homeowners to Pay less than Site-Built Read More
As follow-up to a story we posted yesterday, Oct. 8, that the government shutdown may affect the shipment of manufactured homes because the IBTS has been issued a stop work decree, Lois Starkey of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) wants to be notified when manufacturers are running short on certification
Keep Lines Open to Manufactured Housing Institute Read More
Bellingham, Washington voters approved a tax levy in 2012 to provide affordable housing for indigent people. Of the three million a year the Bellinghma Home Fund will take in over the next seven years, in additon to providing rental assistance and preservation of existing buildings, $250,000 will be spent to
Local Taxes Will Repair Manufactured Homes Read More
The Wisconsin Housing Alliance has learned a “stop work” directive has been issued from the Obama Administration to the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) that may choke off shipment of new HUD Code manufactured homes (MH). IBTS is a non-profit that provides contractor support for monitoring services of
Shutdown May Shut Down HUD Code Home Shipments Read More
Factory-built and man-made portable homes have been in Montana for hundreds of years, from early settlers who followed the mining and timber industries from site to site, to modern day residents who want a house on their own piece of land, according to Zoe Anne Stoltz with the Montana Historical
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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy last October that ravaged over 100 factory-built homes in Moonachie, New Jersey’s Vanguard and Metropolitan Mobile Home Park, of the 3,500 people statewide awarded rebuilding grants, only ten were for manufactured homes. The 400 residences in the two communities comprise one of the most
Manufactured Home Owners of Moonachie Miffed in Jersey Read More
With home sites priced from $14,900 to $34,900, 23 out of 32 sites have been sold in Phase 2 at Country Estates manufactured homes subdivision in Fort Myers, Florida, says LeeCorp Homes. The 55-plus deeded lot development, according to naplesnews.com, offers lot and home prices from the low-$100,000s. MHProNews has
74 Percent of Manufactured Home Sites Sold Read More
Creative Concrete Products, LLC of Mount Vernon, Washington produces and installs Duraskirt, a concrete re-leveling skirting for manufactured and factory-built homes produced before 1995 that rest on steel frames supported by piers instead of a foundation. A change in leveling may be caused by the ground settling, resulting in doors
Leveling Solution Available for Manufactured Homes Read More
Freehold, New Jersey-based UMH Properties, Inc. has acquired manufactured home community (MHC) Rolling Hills Estates in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The 91 homesite community, situated on 34 acres, sold for $1,720,000, and brings the company’s holdings to 69 MHCs comprised of 12,900 sites, according to marketwatch.com. Samuel A. Landy, President,
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The government shutdown will immediately stifle approval of thousands of mortgages because lenders cannot access Social Security numbers and tax transcripts. If it lasts longer than a week or two it could dampen the slowly recovering housing market, according to what Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) CEO David Stevens tells bloomberg.com.
Government Shutdown Hinders some Manufactured Home Loans Read More
Updating a story we posted Sept. 26, 2013 regarding temporary manufactured housing for victims of the flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June, 2013, people with special needs or disabilities will begin moving in to the homes first. The work camp-like site is being established in the Great Plains Industrial
Manufactured Homes Provide Refuge for Displaced Flood Victims Read More
Manufactured housing community owner Sun Communities, Inc (NYSE:SUI) announces it will release its third quarter 2013 earnings results Thurs., Oct. 24, 2013 prior to the opening of the market. A conference call will follow that same morning at 11 AM eastern standard time, according to marketwatch.com. Call toll-free 888 549
Sun Announces date of Third Quarter Earnings Release Read More
In a program the energy company has conducted in other Washington state counties, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is offering free energy upgrades to residents of manufactured homes (MH) who have electric forced-air for their primary heat source around Kittitas County in the central part of the state. With up to
Manufactured Homeowners Receive Free Energy Upgrades Read More
A 1950’s San Angelo, Texas ordinance requiring all manufactured homes, including those for sale on a dealer’s lot, have skirting for aesthetic reasons was given an exception for licensed dealers. Clayton Homes asked for the change in the ordinance, as sanangeloLIVE.com reports, evidently after bringing a man camp onto their
Clayton Homes Convinces City to Change Outdated Ordinance Read More
Some 700 refugees displaced by the flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June of this year will be housed in manufactured home communities (MHCs) in the Great Plains neighborhood of Calgary, and may have to remain there through the winter. A longer- term neighborhood of manufactured homes will be sited
Refugees Living in Manufactured Homes Read More
Current zoning laws in Midland, Texas prevent updated manufactured housing (MH) from replacing dilapidated factory-built homes because the zoning has been changed since the homes were sited. 1F3 zoning in certain areas only allows for stick-built homes in certain areas. As cbs7kosa.com tells MHProNews, the city says up to 28
Restrictive Zoning of Manufactured Homes may be Lifted Read More
The chairman of the board of Third Avenue Assets Management, Marvin Whitman, announcing the company’s third quarter portfolio update, has acquired a 20 percent stake in Cavco Industries, Inc., a $510.4 million market cap with stock up over 25 percent in the last 12 months. He purchased 1,809,108 shares when
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