The 2013 Louisville Show reports that through Jan. 9, there have been 34,514 page views and a total of 172,296 hits at LouisvilleManufacturedHousingShow.com. Pre-registrations are up over 2012. At the current pace, the Louisville Show could top 1,200 retailers, communities and other attendees, with the combination of attendees and exhibitors …
Responding to the qualified mortgage rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) president, Barry Rutenberg noted the balance struck between creditworthy borrowers seeking mortgages and lenders who are protected from potential lawsuits. MHProNews notes his words: “Our initial review of the …
A letter dated Jan. 9, 2013, from Henry Czauski, HUD’s Acting Deputy Administrator in the Dept. of Manufactured Housing, to Robert Solomon, Project Mgr. of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), says the Government Accounting Office (GAO) finished a study of air quality and ventilation systems in manufactured housing. The …
HousingWire reports Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray asserts manufactured homes may become less attainable under the newly defined CFPB’s regulations that deal with high-cost mortgages. For mortgages on properties under $50,000, a high-cost mortgage is now defined as a first mortgage …
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Writing in the Huffington Post, Corporation for Enterprise Development president Andrea Levere says the outdated notions that link manufactured housing with “Hurricane Katrina trailers” has put a damper on the efforts to house many homeless survivors of Hurricane Sandy that ravaged the northeast U.S. shores Oct. 29. While Federal Emergency …
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says its First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) rose from 201 in Dec. to 242 this month, an increase of over 20 percent. Now including 48 states and the District of Columbia, before being added to the list the metro area must show …
OriginationNews reports the person who helped plan staffing, enforcement and direction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now the regional director of the West Region office of the agency in San Francisco, covering 18 western states including Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. Edwin L. Chow is responsible for consumer …
The StandardExaminer reports from Farr West, Utah the Westwood Village Homeowners Association will meet Tue., Jan. 8 to discuss cracked and uneven sidewalks that pose a risk to the 400 seniors who live in the 350 homes at the MHC. After attempts to get a response from owner Equity LifeStyle …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that on Dec. 17th MHI staff and members of the manufactured housing industry met with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and staff members to push for housing finance rules that take into account the special challenges of the MH market. …
MHProNews has learned that the 2013 Louisville Show will include a free finance panel discussion that will feature all of the industry’s major lenders, showcasing their latest Dodd-Frank compliant lending programs. The focus of the panel presentation will be for each lender to highlight their top or new lending opportunities …
CNN Reports one day after officially ending his 32 years in the House of Representatives, Barney Frank may be returning to Capitol Hill to temporarily fill the Senate seat of John Kerry who will likely be appointed as President Obama’s Secretary of State. A long-time supporter of manufactured housing, Frank …
According to official statistics from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) says production of manufactured housing fell 18 percent from Nov. 2011 to Nov. 2012, 5,332 homes down to 4,365 units. While cumulative production is still up seven percent over …
The Manufactured Housing Institute informs MHProNews that the passage of the legislation by Congress to avert the “fiscal cliff” included extension of tax credits for Energy Star manufactured and modular homes. The New Energy Efficient Home Credit expired at the end of 2011 and has been extended to Dec. 31, …
In a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the National Association for Home Builders (NAHB) asks the Senate to support the Vitter/Warner/Nelson amendment to H.R. (House of Representatives) bill 4212 that strengthens the Contaminated Drywall Safety Act of 2012. In targeting the response to unsafe drywall, the amendment …
NuWireInvestor tells MHProNews the image most Americans have of manufactured housing communities comes from TV shows like “COPS” or from comedians like Jeff Foxworthy which not only portrays MHCs as undesireable but by association negates the investment opportunities that may be gained by investing in a community. While many of …
BusinessInsider tells MHProNews John Burns Real Estate Consulting offers the following five predictions of what will happen in the New Year in the housing market, “Assuming our leaders in DC come to some sort of agreement that keeps the economy growing and interest rates low, which seems like the most …
The Vancouver Sun says one of the hot topics in 2013, according to Adjunct Professor Michael Geller at the Simon Fraser University Centre for Sustainable Community Development, will be increased demand for modular housing in British Columbia, Canada. He says interest in factory-built methods will be spurred by the time-lapse …
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NationalMortgageNews tells MHProNews despite efforts to maximize tax incentives for low-income housing development, the shortage of affordable housing across the nation is critical, according to a study by CohnReznick LLP, one of the country’s largest largest business and tax advisory firms. These findings are also supported by the Joint Center …
According to Financial Advisor Magazine, 40 percent of the manufactured homes in the 100 cooperatively owned manufactured housing communities in New Hampshire are appreciating in value. Since 1984 the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund (NHCLF) has helped organize these 100 communities and began financing MH purchases in 2003, loaning $25 …
National Public Radio (NPR) reports Harvard economist Martin Feldstein says the Federal Reserve’s holding the interest rate down is assisting many borrowers in buying or refinancing a house, but it is also keeping some lenders out of the market because the lower interest rates reduce the profit margins lenders can …
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