The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for August lost eight markets from the listing in July, dropping to 247 metropolitan areas that show improvement, but three times the number included one year-ago August. The index measures job growth, home price appreciation and single-family housing …
With two Federal Reserve presidents hinting its bond buying program may begin tapering next month, investors stepped back; perhaps it is just the dog days of summer stepping in to slow things down. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid -93.39 points, -0.60 percent, to close at 15,518.74. The …
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The Elko County Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service northeast Nevada reports the number of site-built homes has quadrupled in the last five years, and in the first half of this year the median price of homes hit $258,900. While interest rates have risen this year, they are still lower …
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August 4-10 is being hailed in Washington, D. C. as National Building Systems Week, with demonstrations and model home and factory tours to educate consumers about the merits of off-site built housing. Sponsored by the Building Systems Council (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the event includes …
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The Moulton (Alabama) City Council discussed an ordinance to ban manufactured homes from all residential areas. According to dailytimes.com, the new ordinance will not require any rezoning, only the restrictions will change if it is approved. As MHProNews knows, Alabama ranks fourth in shipment states of manufactured housing. (Photo credit: …
With Millennials (ages 18-31) continuing to have problems finding suitable work, 36 percent of them lived in their parents home in 2012, an increase of two percent from 2009, according to the Pew Research Center’s analysis posted in wsj.com. For some 25-30 years, the percentage has hovered around 30 percent, …
While it is true that some older, pre-HUD Code homes may not be worth moving (except to the resident who cannot afford a better one), Robert Cochran, manager of Contempo Mobile Home Park in Spokane, Washington, disputes the notion that some homes are too old to be moved. While they …
June to July marked the first time this year the list price per square foot did not increase in pre-existing homes for sale, which could translate into home prices falling, and perhaps putting to rest the fears of another housing bubble. Movoto Real Estate says the steady list price month-over-month …
Private equity real estate firm Green Courte Partners, LLC announces the appointment of Cheri M. Scully to vice president. Scully has worked with Green Courte, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, on contract prior to joining the firm in January 2011 as an associate, MHProNews has learned from sources at the …
Investors stepped back from the table today to start the first full week of August as the three major indexes closed mixed and little changed after hitting new highs last week. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid -46.23 points, -0.30 percent, to close at 15,612.13. The Nasdaq rose …
The flooding that ravaged Calgary, Alberta, Canada in late June and early July, 2013 has resulted in a housing shortage that one Alderman is seeking to fill using Katrina Cottages. While relatively inexpensive at $115 a foot, the units are also small and easy to assemble. Alderman Druh Farrell would …
A home by the bay or in the mountains in a manufactured home may only cost $700-$1,000 a month for house payment, site rent and utilities, comparable to renting an apartment, and much less than the thousands more for a traditional home in a similar setting. Manufactured housing is becoming …
As a result of increased oil and gas and mining projects in Saudi Arabia and the consequent need for modular workforce housing, Red Sea Housing Services Company plans to build a fourth manufacturing facility, this one in the Kingdom. The $22.65 million plant, located in King Abdullah Economic City (KEAC), …
While the manufactured housing industry continues to recover, it still has a long way to go, according to Troy Hames of Hames Homes in Marion, Iowa. Noting the company has sold manufactured homes for 44 years in east central Iowa, Hames says new home sales in the state were 2,200 …
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Since 1980 the International Seamen’s Center of Wilmington, NC served its 3,000 officers and crew members from a pre-WWII building on the Port of Wilmington’s property. The facility had become inadequate in providing entertainment, computers, telephones, and other services to its members while their ships were in Port, so the …
Although the jobs report only came out with 162,000 new jobs instead of the 180,000 economists were hoping for, all three major indexes edged up for the end of the week. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +30.34 points, +0.19 percent, to close at 15,658.36. The Nasdaq rose …
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Statistics from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicate production of manufactured homes in June hit 5,388 homes, 5.1 percent over the 5,075 homes produced in June of 2012. Production for the year stands at 29,133 homes, similarly a 5.1 percent increase over the 27,715 for the …
One of the pioneering legends of the manufactured home industry, Curtis Olsted, passed away in Oklahoma Wed. night, July 31. During his final days in the hospital, according to Julie Dwyer, he kept wanting to leave to sell more manufactured homes. Deanna Fields, Exec. Dir. of the Manufactured Housing Association …
Newham in northern United Kingdom has hired architects to develop the first 40 of 2,000 modular homes for public housing that will be rented for 80 percent of the market rate to the private sector over the next five years. “We were looking for a design that was modern and …
Chicago-based Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) reports the company finalized selling ten manufactured home communities comprised of 4,925 home sites. Received as part of the $1.5 billion Hometown America acquisition in 2011, the properties did not fit the core business strategy of ELS, and overall occupancy only reached 70 percent. …
