Mary McBrady, executive director of the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), noting the shortage of mid-priced housing in Mass., and a plethora of schools and researchers interested in housing policy within the state, says, “We, as an industry, need to be part of that conversation and dialogue.” As in many …
MHLivingNews says Massachusetts is Smacked with Shortage of Mid-range Homes Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted June 18, 2016 regarding a manufactured home that was sited in Stuttgart, Arkansas in a neighborhood not zoned for MH, city officials were initially told the home was a modular, which would be allowed. Now that the home has been sited, the mayor and two …
Federal Preemption should Allow the Manufactured Home to be Sited Read More
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Deer Valley Skyrockets, while Dow Drops -290 Points, NASDAQ Falls -2.41% Read More
Engineering students at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado have built modest modular homes for the Navajo Reservation for nearly 20 years. The materials are purchased by the Southwest Indian Foundation, sergeants oversee the labor of the cadets who build the homes from the ground up, using mostly …
Air Force Academy Cadets build Modular homes for Navajo Read More
In the wake of the sale of Lowry Grove manufactured home community (MHC) in the Minneapolis suburbs despite vigorous protests from the residents, and an attempted purchase by a nonprofit, as MHProNews reported June 17, 2016, the Metropolitan Council report says the easiest way to preserve affordable housing is to …
Twin Cities Trying to Preserve MH Communities as Affordable Housing Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Entry Level v Residential Style Manufactured Homes, Modular Homes and MH Appraisals – Tom Papszycki, Arrowhead Homes – Inside What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Louisiana Approves 336 home site MH community. Polish modular builder marketing in Sweden. Oregon legislator tryhing …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News June 19-June 26, 2016 Read More
MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that manufactured home community (MHC) owner UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) will hold its 2nd quarter 2016 financial results webcast and conference call Fri., Aug. 5, 2016 at 10:00 AM eastern time. Senior management will assess the results, current market conditions and future outlook. UMH’s second …
UMH Properties to Release, Discuss Q2 2016 Financials Read More
According to what RealtyTrac tells MHProNews, their Home Affordability Index indicates housing markets were less affordable than their historic norms in 18 percent of counties nationwide for the 2nd quarter. In the first quarter only five percent of counties were less affordable than their historically normal levels, having risen 13 …
MHProNews has learned that the Calcasieu Parish police jurors in far southwestern Louisiana voted 13-1 to approve rezoning from single-family residential to manufactured home community (MHC) for a 336-home site property on U. S. 90 East. Johnny Guillory, speaking on behalf of His Heirs LLC, called it a manufactured home …
Calcasieu Parish in LA Approves Manufactured Home Community Read More
The sale of new homes fell six percent in May, 2016 to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 551,000 homes, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau, but 8.7 percent above May, 2015 sales. “New home sales are up relative to the first few …
New Home Sales Fall in May but Remain above May 2015 Read More
In an attempt to preserve affordable housing, Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) convened a gathering at Portland City Hall to discuss what steps can be taken to preserve manufactured home communities (MHC), in the throes of a hot real estate market that sees them potentially jeopardized with redevelopment. Noting …
Oregon Legislator Wants to Preserve Manufactured Home Communities Read More
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Dow Plummets 610 Points; Most MH-related Stocks Drop, led by AMG Read More
President Jan Mikoluszko of Poland’s modular builder Unibep said the company is pulling out of Germany and ending its presence in Russia as well because “there is no space for foreign general contractors.” The company will now turn its attention to entering the Swedish market, as wbj.pl tells MHProNews. Mikoluszko …
In a video interview at REITWeek 2016:NAREIT’s Investor Forum, Sam Landy, President and CEO of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH), commenting on the 31 percent increase in core funds from operations (FFO) in Q1 2016, said: “It’s what we have been planning going back about six years when we started doing …
Freddie Mac may Finance Rental-only Community for UMH Read More
The Sulphur Land Use Commission in Sulphur, Louisiana declined to allow a manufactured home (MH) to be sited on a prepared lot because they were initially told it was a modular home, which would have been acceptable. Public Works official Keith Berry said the property would have to be re-zoned …
Louisiana Commission Denies Siting of Manufactured Home Read More
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UFPI Gains 4.51 percent; MHCV Advances 2.36 Percent Read More
A new report from the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates home ownership rates have fallen over the last ten years to 63.7 percent, as Millennials continue living in their parents’ basements or are renting. MHProNews has leaned from washingtontimes that 36.4 percent of U.S. households opted to …
Family Formation May Increase but Homeownership May Not Read More
Manufactured home producer Fleetwood Corp. in Western Australia has entered into a five-year agreement with NLV Group (National Lifestyle Villages) to supply them with manufactured homes for retirees. Fleetwood will produce the homes at its High Wycombe plant in Perth and install them in NLV communities across Western Australia. NLV …
As part of the USDA’s Rural Development Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Pilot Program, Dennis Miller is the first to purchase an energy efficient modular home, celebrating National Homeownership Day, in Putney, Vermont. Representatives of the USDA and Windham and Windsor Housing Trust (WWHT) were also in attendance. The program allows …
USDA Offers Low Interest Loans for Manufactured Home Purchase Read More
With interest rates remaining low and unemployment slowly falling, U. S. existing home sales hit their highest pace in nine years last month, as sales rose nearly two percent from April to May to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.53 million, according to data from the National Association of …
Existing Home Sales in U. S. Rise to Highest Pace in Nine Years Read More
