Three-and-a-half years after Hurricane Sandy ripped up the east coast of the U. S. in Oct. 2012, leaving 7.9 million businesses and households without power, causing 147 deaths in the U. S., Canada and the Caribbean, families are still facing obstacles in resolving housing issues. An information session will be …
Manufactured Housing Issues Remain from Hurricane Sandy Read More
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Affiliated Managers Group Gains 3.48%; Dow Advances 222.44 Points Read More
MHProNews has learned from fidaily that Anchor Capital Advisors LLC has decreased its stake in Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) by 9.2 percent in the previous quarter, selling 104,377 shares valued at $3,967,000, leaving its current stock in Sun valued at $74,078,000. Advantus Capital Management increased its position in Sun by …
According to a report courtesy of HousingEconomics.com, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) states that 24.3 percent of the average cost of a new single-family home is the result of government regulations at all levels. Three-fifths, or 14.6%, of the eventual house price comes from regulations imposed during the …
Regulatory Costs for New Home Construction Keep Climbing Read More
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports to MHProNews for the first time ever it has allocated $174 million through the new Housing Trust Fund, an affordable housing production program to complement existing governmental efforts—local, state and national—intended to increase and preserve affordable housing for extremely …
New Housing Trust Fund has $174M to Acquire Affordable Housing Read More
Manufactured home community (MHC) owner and operator UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) reports for its quarterly earnings statement it met Thomson Reuters’ consensus earnings per share, as MHProNews has learned. The company reported Core Funds from Operations of $4,620,000, $0.17 per diluted share for the quarter ending March 31, 2016, as …
Caritas Corp., California-based non-profit affordable housing corporation, will adopt MRI Software’s multifamily solutions to keep track of 20 manufactured home communities (MHC) in its goal of maintaining quality, affordable housing for low income persons. With the dearth of reliable, long-term reasonably-priced housing, Caritas attempts to create vibrant communities where resident …
MRI’s Software Adapts well to non-profit Operator of MHCs Read More
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Consolidated net sales for Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:W) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2016 rose 17 percent higher than the comparable period of 2015, to $423 million, yielding net income of $36 million, as prnewswire tells MHProNews. For the supplier of components to the manufactured home (MH) and …
Drew’s Net Income for Q1 Rises $16 Million over Last Year Read More
MHProNews has been informed by ottawacitizen that award-winning modular home designer Karoleena of Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada has been acquired by Horizon North Logistics, Inc., a builder of relocatable modular workforce housing in remote areas, as well as camp management accommodations and catering. To meet the growing need for a …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Possible American Dreams! Engineer Skip VanZant on Evolving U.S. Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Innovative Building Systems said to be filing for bankruptcy, closing Maine’s Keiser. UMH wins community award. Clayton defies criticism, turns $706M profit. Alberta fire pushing …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News May 1-May 8, 2016 Read More
MHProNews has been notified by broadwayworld that UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) won the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Land Lease Community of the Year award for the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region, presented at the 2016 MHI Congress and Expo in Las Vegas, May 4, 2016. Pine Manor is an active 55+ community in …
UMH Wins Manufactured Home Community of the Year Award Read More
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) informs MHProNews that builder confidence in NAHB’s 55+ Housing Market Index dropped five points from the previous quarter, but remains at 56, where any reading above 50 indicates builders feel more positive than negative about the next six months. It also marks the …
NAHB:Builder Confidence in 55+ Market Slips, yet Still on Positive Ground Read More
MHPronews has learned from wmtw in Oxford, Maine that modular builder Keiser Homes is abruptly closing, ending work for 120 employees. Officials laid off 60 employees in April and said they would return by mid-May, but that was not to be. According to Julie Rabinowitz of the Department of Labor, …
Innovative Building Systems filing for Bankruptcy, closing Keiser in Maine Read More
The Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA) reports Marcia Janie “Marnie” Sinclair Carabell, entrepreneur and one time owner of four manufactured home communities, passed away at her home in Hudson, Ohio, May 2, 2016. She was the owner of Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, which she purchased …
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All Active Tracked MH-related Stocks Gain in Today’s Trading, Skyline Leading Read More
Clayton Homes will be hosting it’s Annual Asheville Home Show at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher, NC Fri., May 6 thru Sun., May 8, 2016. Now in its third year, the event is free and open to the public, children are welcome according to mountainx. While there …
Clayton Underwrites Third Annual Asheville Home Show Read More
Despite all the criticism aimed at Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes over allegations of predatory and discriminatory lending through its two finance wings, marketing director Carl Hill said Clayton has had a very good spring and continued year-over-year growth, according to reuters. As MHProNews has reported monthly, manufactured home (MH) production …
Clayton Weathers Storm, Turns $706M Profit in 2015, 2016 Looking Good Read More
Combining old world craftsmanship with modern modular designs has brought together a partnership combining East Coast Modern, which is an architectural firm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with builder Lloyoll Built, and the Port Mersey Commercial Park, where the modules are being built in Warehouse B. Formerly the Bowater Mersey Paper …
Architectural Firm and Builder Collaborate on Modern Modular Homes Read More
While the wildfire engulfing Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada has burned 1,600 buildings and forced 80,000 people to flee their homes, stocks for companies that produce temporary accommodations have shot up as much as 35 percent, according to what bloomberg tells MHProNews, although Andrew Bradford of Raymond James, Ltd. says …
Alberta Wildfires have Driven Residents to Safety in Workforce Housing Read More
