SeaCoastonline in New Hampshire reports town officials in North Hampton, NH near the Atlantic Ocean coast say the state Department of Revenue Administration has completed its review of the property assessment determination process and discovered the manufactured homes in the area are undervalued. Most town property, MHProNews.com has learned, is …
MHProNews.com has learned from WHIO-TV in Ohio students at the Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, in west central Ohio have turned out a number of homes. Their current project is a 1,400 square foot modular home for three developmentally-disabled individuals in Shelby County in Sidney, Ohio. Made in two …
From London, England OfficialWire tells MHProNews.com by 2017 the production of manufactured housing worldwide will reach 829,000 units. The report cites technological improvements, positive governmental regulations, and growing populations in the Asian and Latin American markets with disposable income as the driving force behind demand for middle-income housing. Noting manufactured …
The Diamond Green Apartments being built in Philadelphia near the Temple University campus will be the largest modular project in the city. Built by Mosaic Development Partners, the 92 unit complex will be home to 350 students. The apartments are part of a larger $20 million mixed-use complex with retail …
U.S. stocks were a mixed bag today: While worries of European debt continue to hang over the market, retail sales rose in March more than analysts expected as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 71.82 points, +0.56 percent, to end the day at 12,921.41. The Nasdaq lost -0.76 percent to …
RockwallHeraldBanner reports from Boyse City just northeast of Dallas the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says 50 homes were damaged, 13 of them destroyed, by the tornado that ripped through Southeastern Rockwall County April 3. Thirty-eight of those were stick-built and 12 were factory-built. Fourteen stick-built and six manufactured houses …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)’s “Supplier of the Year” award was presented to NTA, Inc. of Nappanee, Indiana at the MHI National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, April 11. Sys-Con tells MHProNews.com NTA has a cadre of engineers, draftsmen, technicians, and consultants who do …
The Register-News in Mt. Vernon, Illinois reports the Mt. Vernon City Council will hold a second reading on a proposed ordinance governing conditional use siting of manufactured housing in the city. The ordinance would require written permission from the owner of adjacent stick-built homes to allow a manufactured home to …
Killam Properties, Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada announces it will release financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2012 on Tuesday, May 8 after the close of the market. A conference call discussing the results will ensue the following day, Wed. May 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM …
RVBusiness tells MHProNews.com that Skyline Corporation reported for its fiscal third quarter ending Feb. 29, 2012 total net sales of $36.8 million, a 16 percent increase over the $31.8 million for the same period last year. Net loss for the fiscal third quarter amounted to $7.4 million, an improvement from …
CNNMoney tells MHProNews.com after a nice two day run-up, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell back -1.05 percent to 12845.59, down 136.99 points, as China reports it’s economy only grew 8.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, down from 8.9 percent the previous quarter. The Nasdaq dropped 1.45 …
The Kiowa City Council in southeastern Oklahoma voted to allow single section manufactured homes in areas outside communities and campgrounds. The AlvaReview tells MHProNews.com the oil boom has brought more people to the area, and the city can collect fees from the new residents if they bring in a manufactured …
Simcoe reports from north of the border a multi-story modular home comprised of 15 modules, was assembled in one working day in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto. “This one was a particularly large one. We wanted to put something together that shows what is possible with modular homes,” says …
Straightonline from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tells us the city council is set to vote on a set of two modular three-story housing complexes totalling 12 units, half of which will be for marginalized young women and the other half for older women who it is hoped can mentor the …
NewsandTribune tells MHProNews.com Kevin Carroll filed a $5 million lawsuit against Clayton Homes of Maryville, Tennessee, alleging he lost his business to Clayton after they loaned him $150,000 to buy out his partners, and two weeks later promptly closed a plant in Hodgenville, Kentucky that supplied him with manufactured homes …
The students at Bosworth Academy in Desford, Leicester, England used their math skills to site a modular two-story home on the grounds of the school. Principal of the school, Chris Parkinson, says of the building which will be used in part for vocational training, “The house will be used by …
U.S. stocks rallied again today despite the rise of unemployment filings, as the anticipated growth of the Chinese market and declining yields on Italian and Spanish trumped U.S. job woes. CNNMoney reports each of the indexes rose well over a percentage point. The Dow Jones Industrial Average regained 181.19 points, …
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The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports 4,139 new manufactured homes shipped in Feb. 2012, an increase of 45.3 percent from a year ago Feb, with single and multi-section homes both increasing, although single section accounted for 60.4 percent of the total. Jan. and Feb. 2012 MH shipments totaled 8,084 compared …
According to Trulia Inc., the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports in RealtorMag rents increased five percent over the last 12 months as the asking price for homes declined 0.7 percent, reflecting a continuing stall in the homes-for-sale market. Reis Inc. says the rental vacancy rate fell to its lowest …
The Santa Fe Association of Realtors (SFAR) tells the SantaFeNewMexican home sales are up in the area due to low interest rates and buyers fears that interest and prices will soon rise, but inventory is down as potential sellers wait for prices to improve. The median sales price for a …
