According to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), before leaving for the August Recess, the House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 5062) amending the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) – which is Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act – to provide protection against waiver of state and federal law privileges for …
Only 142,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, a far cry from the 226,000 economists expected, and breaking the six straight months of growth over 200k monthly. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews, and all three major indexes gained only +.40 percent to …
Liberty Plummets, Skyline Drops, S&P hits another High Read More
Plans to site 166 new modular homes in a proposed development in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on both sides of the South Alouette River are raising concerns with nearby residents—and the eyebrows of district staff. The increased density for the area would move from 2.5 residential units per hectare (nearly …
Modular Housing Development to Straddle Canadian River Read More
Noted Seattle architectural firm CollinsWoerman, which MHProNews last covered April 22, 2011 as it developed plans for a multifamily modular unit in Seattle, has teamed up with Intellectual Ventures to strengthen its intellectual property regarding component parts of its modular system. The joint venture, called Innovative Building Technologies, LLC (IBT) …
CollinsWoerman Readies Patented Modular Housing Components for Market Read More
Sam Zell, Chairman of real estate giant Equity International, and Equity LifeStyles, which owns/has an interest in 380 manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities in North America, noting corporations that have missed their expected goals were low on the revenue side, which means the demand is not there for their …
Zell, Soros, Druckenmiller and Icahn Agree: A Big Board Correction is Imminent Read More
In the continuing saga between developer Forest City Ratner and builder Skanska regarding the battle over construction of the largest modular apartment building in the world, as MHProNews posted here last Sept. 2, 2014, both parties have filed suit against the other. In its complaint, Skanska alleges “serious commercial and …
Forest City and Skanska Cross-File Lawsuits over Massive Modular Housing Project Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that the “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” as it applies to manufactured housing, according to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), will be “revisited” under Melvin Watt, the new head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). …
Residents of Los Angeles use a larger portion of their paycheck for housing than people in San Francisco, New York or Miami. “They’re bottom earners living in a high-priced housing market,” said Dowell Myers, a policy, planning and demographics professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Lower-income …
Los Angeles Singing the ‘Rising Housing Cost Blues’ Read More
The European Central Bank is providing a stimulus to the economy, similar to the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program, that will give regional countries more financial ability to import goods. However, markets were rather flat in today’s trading on the U.S. Big Board, as the three major indexes slipped modestly. The …
Writing in centraljersey.com, Anne Waldron Neumann tells MHProNews the Tiny House movement is attractive because it is off the grid—solar panels, recycled building materials, composting toilets, propane tanks—and it offers an anti-consumerism while still being community/neighborhood-friendly. She even suggests they could create more population density in Princeton, New Jersey by …
While the oil boom in the Bakken Formation area near Watford City, North Dakota has brought a lot of quick prosperity to many local residents, the character of the town is changing due to the growth of the 1,400 residents six years ago to 10,000 today. As The atlantic.com tells …
Affordable Housing still Wanting in the Bakken Oilfields area of North Dakota Read More
Eighty percent of the outstanding common stock of manufactured home builder Deer Valley Corp. (DVLY) is being acquired by software developer Peerless Systems Corp. in a deal valued at $3.68 million, according to streetinsider.com. Based in Guin, Alabama, Deer Valley builds, distributes, finances and provides warranty and repair services for …
Peerless Systems acquires Majority of Deer Valley Homebuilders Read More
Due to over-and under-crowding in the Wake County (North Carolina) Public School System, board members discussed changing the academic calendar from a ten month calendar to a multi-track calendar, or install 21 modular classrooms to relieve overcrowding in the elementary and middle schools. Capacity in the different schools range from …
The five percent fall of the Euro against the dollar over the last three months, and the slide of prices for goods leaving European factories may ring an alarm bell for other Western countries because of the close ties of the world economies. In today’s trading on Wall Street the …
MH Composite Drops again, Liberty Homes Plunges, Deer Valley Moves up Read More
Some of the vacant lots in manufactured housing communities (MHCs) could meet the needs of truck drivers for the Southern Minnesota Sugar Beet Cooperative and its members as the season’s work begins Friday, Sept. 5 in Renville County. Jill Bruns, public health director, told the Renville County Board of Commissioners …
Manufactured Homes could Provide Housing for Seasonal Workers Read More
According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform, the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) statistics reveal that production of manufactured homes jumped 18.4 percent in July over July 2013, 5,675 HUD Code homes this year as compared to 4,793 produced in July 2013. On the …
HUD Code Production Rises Nearly 20 Percent in July Read More
A new campus comprised of three modular homes on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts will provide a retreat for up to 27 residents recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, as mvgazette.com tells MHProNews. The result of a $3 million capital campaign, two homes will be for men and one for women, …
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 3.3 percent in July over June to 105.9, marking an increase in the National Association of Realtors (NAR) measuring stick for four of the last five months, with three of the four regions registering an increase. While still below July, 2013 (108.2), according …
A veteran of over 40 years in the manufactured and modular housing industry, and the owner of Prevatte’s Home Sales in Lumberton, North Carolina, for 25 years, Tonnie Prevatte received the Rollan Jones Member of the Year award as voted by the members of the North Carolina Manufactured and Modular …
Prevatte Honored by NC Manufactured and Modular Housing Industry Read More
Following a story MHProNews last published July 2, 2014 regarding a plan by the Affordable Housing Committee of Bluffton, South Carolina to offer assistance to ten qualified residents to purchase modular homes, the town is now considering expanding its Small Home Series program, since eleven people have inquired about the …
Manufactured Homes may be Included in SC Affordable Housing Plan Read More
