Matthew Silver

Following a 25-year career operating a custom hardwood furnishing business and occasional writing, Matthew Silver has been writing professionally for over a dozen years, six of those for the factory-built housing industry. Otherwise, he may be found performing folk music in the Indianapolis area.

MHCV slips; Dow Regains Half of Previous Trading Day’s Points

The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value slipped slightly, -0.13%, to end the day at 600.3, while stocks we cover related to the manufactured housing industry closed mixed or even, with Skyline Corp. gaining the most at +1.99 percent. CNNMoney tellls MHProNews the Dow Jones Industrial Average regained about half …

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Resident-Owned Manufactured Home Communities offer Savings

The Country Lakes Co-Op Inc., a resident-owned manufactured home community in Palmetto, Florida, with 471 homesites, has homes for sale with and without a co-op share. The homes range from $12,000 to about $35,000 without a co-op share, according to Judy Smith who lives here and is licensed to sell …

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New Jersey Community has Energy Star Manufactured Homes

Noting that New Jerseyans must earn $24.92 an hour to afford a two-bedroom fair market rent apartment without paying over 30 percent of their income, mycentraljersey tells MHProNews manufactured homes have emerged as a viable alternative. Robert Dolan, owner of Edison Mobile Estates in Edison, NJ says the “mobile” in …

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Rep. Neugebauer Questions Overreach of CFPB without Oversight

Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), evaluating the five-year history of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), informs MHProNews the agency does not perform in a sustainable manner, lacks transparency and accountability, and is “susceptible to political influence.” He sees value in the agency but …

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New Manufactured Housing Act Needs Your Action

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports the National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) has endorsed H. R. 650, the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015, which was introduced in the House Feb. 2, 2015 by Representatives Stephen Fincher (TN), Terri Sewell (AL), Andy Barr (KY) and Krysten Sinema …

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MH Rebuilding Funds still Available in NJ for Sandy Victims

MHProNews has learned from capemaycountyherald.com that rebuilding efforts continue following the ravaging of Superstorm Sandy in October, 2012 that affected over 50 million people along the northeast coast in 24 states, killing 109, and causing damages in excess of $65 billion. The Christie Administration in New Jersey has extended the …

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MHVC Slips; MH Stocks Split Pluses and Minuses; Dow Drops 100+ Points

Yahoo!Finance informs MHProNews the Manufactured Housing Composite Value dropped -0.77 percent to 595.6, while the Carlyle Group posted the largestt gain and Skyline Corp. fell the most. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -106.47 points, -0.58 percent, to close at 18,096.90. The Nasdaq dropped -12.76 points, -0.26 percent to close …

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Funding Provides Repairs for Manufactured Homes

MHProNews has learned from napavalleyregister.com that Calistoga, California has received $500,000 from the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program to assist low-income homeowners with needed repairs or reconstruction, offering up to $20,000 for owner- occupied manufactured homes. The housing rehabilitation loan program does not require loan payments or interest for 30 …

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Google Search Turns up Modular

Expanding its base from search engine to broader technological interests, MHProNews has learned from U. S. Modular that Google will use modular construction methods to add 2.5 million square feet onto it’s existing four-million-square-foot campus in Mountain View, California. The tent-shaped glass and metal structures, created by London’s Heatherwick Studio …

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HUD Code Production Continues to Climb

The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that HUD Code homes producers manufactured 4,969 homes in January 2015, a 12.8 percent increase over the 4,405 homes produced in January 2014. Statistics compiled by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveals this marks the sixth year …

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Modular Australian Home Ships via Container

Sydney, Australia’s TEKTUM Ltd. has installed a HOUSE 2.0 on the side of a hill previously thought to be undevelopable because of its location. The drop from the front of the house to the rear is 25 feet. The tailor-made modular home was basically folded up and placed in a …

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Final Qualified Residential Mortgage Rule Set

Financial regulators released the final Qualified Residential Mortgage rule (QRM) definition, intended to limit the risky credit lending that kicked off the housing crisis originally, and dropped the 20 percent down payment requirement that would have necessitated lenders keep five percent “skin-in-the-game.” Instead lenders have to meet the general definition …

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Manufactured Home Community Needs to be Brought up to Code

After residents of a West Spokane, Washington manufactured home community (MHC) complained of dangerous conditions, the city said exposed wires presented a fire hazard and the community needs to be brought up to code, according to krem. “It’s the property owner’s responsibility to make sure that he’s providing for conditions …

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Patrick Ind., Sun Gains; Dow, S&P Set New Highs

The stock market ended the week and October, 2014 on a high—the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed at records highs, the Nasdaq hit the highest point since 2000. Dow Jones Industrial Average 17,390.52 +195.10 (+1.13%). Nasdaq 4,630.74 +64.60 (+1.41%). S&P 500 2,018.05 +23.40 (+1.17%). The Yahoo! …

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Japanese Retailer Muji adds Modular Homes to Homegoods

Homegoods retailer Muji in Japan has entered the modular housing business, according to gizmodo.com.au, adding modular homes to its line of 7,500 housewares. Japanese homes last on average 38 years (100 years in U. S.) because people there prefer to tear down existing buildings and build to their own specs. …

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Manufactured Home Community Residents turn back Adjacent Path Plan

The 2014 Active Transportation Plan (ATP) of Calistoga, California originally included a pedestrian and bicycle pathway that wound around the Calistoga Springs and Chateau Calistoga manufactured housing communities (MHCs), but residents of the communities are overwhelmingly against the path. Seniors in the communities have safety and privacy concerns, leading the …

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Drought Affecting Water Quality in California

The Del Oro Water Co., which serves the Quail Trails Village Mobile Home Park in Paradise, California, in responding to resident’s complaints about the foul-smelling water, says that because of the water shortage, more chemicals are needed to treat the existing water. But the company adds that it is bacteria …

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Liberty Homes Keeps Falling, losing -20 percent today

Oil selling on the world market for $83 a barrel is bad news for Iran, Nigeria, Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, who all depend on oil selling above a certain level. Iran’s budget, reports CNNMoney, is based on oil at $135 a barrel, while the Saudis can withstand oil at …

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Application for Manufactured Home to Tend Animals Questioned

Derek Tansell and his partner Sharon Snook were denied the right to site a manufactured home in a rural area of Chapmansdale Parish, England, in order for someone to live on the premises and take care of the couple’s alpacas, ponies, chickens, horses and ducks. According to fromestandard, the couple …

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Affordable Housing Provider Celebrates 40 Years

Frontier Housing, a non-profit affordable housing steward in Morehead, Kentucky that offers factory-built homes as one of its options, is celebrating its 40th anniversary of providing housing solutions in northeastern Kentucky Nov. 15 at the Morehead Conference Center. Following entertainment and dinner, three awards will be announced: the Amanda Yarber …

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