In his political blog, Jim Shella of Indianapolis notes U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly chose to tour a vocational school in Indianapolis instead of attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC this week. Responding to Republican opponent Richard Mourdock’s attack ads aligning him with President Obama, Shella notes it …
Democratic Senate Candidate Donnelly Skips Charlotte Read More
Killam Properties, Inc., in its expansion efforts outside Atlantic Canada, announces it has acquired a four building, 244-unit apartment portfolio in Ottawa, Ontario, bringing its overall total to 11,638 apartment units. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, MHProNews has learned Killam owns and operates over 50 manufactured housing communities comprising …
journal-topics tells MHProNews even as an auctioneer rolled through Glenview, Illinois’ Sunset Village MHC in a sound truck auctioning off manufactured homes, residents remain hopeful they can buy the community out of foreclosure. Frustrated by neglect and issues with water quality, threatened with eviction in some cases, residents made rent-to-own …
originationnews says while home values are expected to rise around four percent this year, the increase is driven more by low inventory than by rising demand. The rise in some markets is due to investors buying especially lower-priced homes, and flipping them in six months to a year as prices …
The three major indexes did not move more than 0.19% up or down today as investors waited to hear whether the European Central Bank will protect the Euro, and what the U.S. jobs report due out on Friday will yield. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.09 percent, +11.54 points, …
The Three Indexes Move Little; Patrick Gains, Louisiana Loses Read More
santamariatimes says the Santa Maria, California Parks and Recreation Department wants to add a 40 X 20 foot modular building to the Newlove Neighborhood Center for office space, classes, and for policemen who work that side of town. The Santa Maria Planning Commission is meeting tonight (Sept. 5) to consider …
CNNMoney tells MHProNews first time jobless claims held steady last week at 374,000, the first time in three weeks the rate did not increase, according to the Labor Dept. Approximately 3.3 million people received their continuing unemployment benefits during the week. Paul Dales of Capital Economics predicts the jobs report …
For the second time in two months, residents of a manufactured home community in the State College, Pennsylvania area have been notified they need to find a new place to live. This time, according to centredailytimes, Hilltop Mobile Home Park sent letters to those who own their homes this past …
nationalmortgagenews tells MHProNews the CoreLogic house price index (HPI) rose 1.3 percent in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly increase, and following the same increase in June over May 2012. The HPI is up 3.8 percent over July 2011, which is the largest increase year-over-year since Aug. 2006. CoreLogic’s chief …
Manufacturing activity dropped for the third consecutive month and construction activity slowed, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down to 13,035.94, losing -54.90 points, -0.42 percent, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq gained slightly, moving up +0.26 percent to 3,075.06, while the S&P lost -0.12% to 1,404.94. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured …
Roger Bull’s Sunday Notebook in jacksonville reports the sale of two manufactured housing communities in Jacksonville, Florida to Rufus & Roxy LLC of Bainbridge Island, Washington. An extensive Google search led to the owner, Scott Fallows, who bought Sunny Oaks North Mobile Home Park and Briarwood Mobile Home Estates, which …
MHProNews has learned from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) statistics compiled by the U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) show HUD Code manufacturers produced 4,221 homes in July of this year, a 14.8 percent increase from July 2011 when 3,676 homes were manufactured. This …
A reader tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal he purchased a new manufactured home in 2006 for $85,000 with $50,000 down and financed the balance for 20 years at 6.5%. The loan balance is $30,500 and the home is assessed at $56,000, but he cannot find a lender to help him …
MHProNews has received communication that the U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is offering disaster relief assistance to portions of Mississippi and Louisiana in the wake of damages from Hurricane Isaac following President Obama’s disaster declaration Wed. Aug. 29. Families that have been forced from their homes …
In an indication that home values are rising and that home purchase transactions are slowly increasing, nationalmortgagenews tells MHProNews the two year slide of mortgage debt— mortgage servicing rights, or MSRs— triggered by the housing crisis, has come to an end. Residential consumer debt rose from $8.9 trillion Q1 2012 …
CNNMoney tells MHProNews while Las Vegas has the record for the worst foreclosure rate in the country, the following cities had the fastest-growing rate in 2010. Spartanburg, South Carolina had a foreclosure rate of one in 60 homes, a 228% increase in 2010, due to questionable mortgages and unemployment that …
From Q1 2010 to Q1 2012 low-wage occupations grew at a rate 2.7 times faster than those in the middle to higher-wage categories, HousingWire tells MHProNews. According to the advocacy group the National Employment Law Project, 1.7 million of the jobs added the last two years were in the services, …
All U.S. stock markets are closed today in observance of Labor Day.The markets will re-open Tue., Sept. 4 at 9 AM. (Photo credit: Wikipedia–New York Stock Exchange)
According to nationalmortgagenews all 12 Federal Reserve banks reported improvements in residential real estate in their districts, as noted in the Beige Book. Compiled on Aug. 20, the snapshot says the housing market is “positive with continued increases in activity expected.” While the Philadelphia and Kansas City banks remain cautious …
Federal Reserve District Banks upbeat on Housing Market Read More
Oak Tree Development of Cambridge, Mass. has been chosen by the Federal Real Estate Investment Trust to develop the residential section of a 222,000 square foot retail plaza in Reading, Massachusetts, according to PRWeb‘s story based on a Boston’s weekly Real Reporter article. Oak Tree tapped Keiser Maine, a division …
