CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -16.88 points (-0.15%) to close at 11,416.30, the market peaking and falling all day as investors waited to hear Slovakia’s decision concerning the European bailout fund. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value also dropped, falling -0.36% to close at 722.60, as …
Financial News Service ranks Universal Forest Products, Inc., (NASDAQ:UFPI) number one in sales per share (SPS) at $92.83 in the Building Products Industry. Universal supplies lumber products to the manufactured and modular housing industry, as well as to lumberyards and other builders. The stock outperformed both the Dow and the …
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Futures and Commodity Market News reports that SmarTrend, that inveterate follower of 5,000 stocks daily, says Cavco Industries (NASDAQ:CVCO) has the lowest Forward Earnings Yield (FEY) in the homebuilding industry. Based on projected earnings for the year, Cavco is at 0.11% FEY, followed by Meritage (NYSE:MTH) at 0.14%, and Toll …
MHProNews has learned from Lois Starkey, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will offer a series of free webinars aimed at providing information on the Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals …
CNNMoney reports stocks shot up nearly three percent (2.97%) as investors were buoyed by good news from the Eurozone, the Dow Jones Industrial average closing at 11,433.18. Yahoo! Finance says the Manufactured Housing Composite nudged down 1.19% to close at 725.20, as housing stocks closed mixed. Affiliated Managers Group 83.82 …
WSILTV in Pinckneyville, Illinois, reports 300 volunteers turned out at Contempri Industries, Inc. in Pinckneyville to help build a modular house for Joplin, Missouri, residents devastated by the May 22 EF-5 tornado that destroyed 7,000 homes. Some of the workers came up from Joplin to lend a hand. Part of …
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The National Mortgage News reports the acting head of the Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CFPB), Raj Date, speaking at the annual Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) convention, offered to work with the bankers to help resolve the housing crisis. But MBA President David Stevens, noting their responsibility in creating the crisis, …
Bloomberg reports Peter R. Orszag, vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, says the weak housing market holds down the weak economy, and vice versa. He says the quickest path to economic recovery would be for the government to …
Immediate Depreciation for Abandoned House Investment Could Spur Economy Read More
RVBusiness says the Vancouver Sun reports a new community of factory-built micro cottages is being developed at Port Renfrew, British Columbia, in Canada. The first 40 unit phase of the Wild Coast Cottages Oceanside, each 400 square feet, is nearly sold out. The second, Water’s Edge at Wild Coast Cottages, …
The Seattle Times reports longtime Seattle architect Gordon Walker’s contemporary modular home on Orcas Island arrived on two flatbed trucks, one carrying the steel frame, the other the side panels. The home was assembled in seven days. A practicing architect for 49 years, he says, “I can’t find anything in …
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MHProNews has obtained the official list of award winners from the 2011 Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) annual meeting held earlier this week in Phoenix AZ. MHI’s Chairman Award: Tim Williams, President, 21st Mortgage Corporation State Association Executive of the Year: Deanna Fields, Executive Director, Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma Jim …
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces a meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) will be held Oct. 18-20, 2011, at the Sheridan Suites Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia, beginning at 9 AM on the 18th. Citizens wishing to address the committee are encouraged to contact the …
villagesoup reports a survey of 3,000 renters and home owners showed 68 percent say it is a good time to buy a home, although the tight credit and uncertain job market continue to dog actual sales. “We thought people would be soured after watching home values fall, but instead we …
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ArgusLeader reports modular producer Builders Choice will open in Vermillion, South Dakota, later this month adding 30 jobs initially, with expectations to double that number by year’s end 2012. Company president Mark Larson says this site was chosen for the available labor, central location, and access to transportation. The Anchorage-based …
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DailyItem reports from Pennsylvania that two modular home builders, Integrity Building Systems Inc., of Milton, and Icon Legacy Custom Modular Homes LLC, of Selinsgrove, have agreed to merge operations by year’s end. Icon Legacy, owned by Don Stimley, has been in business four years in Selinsgrove. Stimley will lead the …
CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained for the third day in a row, moving up 183.38 points to close at 11,123.33, an increase of 1.68 percent, as investors were encouraged by the European Central Bank’s policy changes. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value fell -0.75 % to …
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WorldPropertyChannel reports National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) assistant vice-president and economist Robert Dietz says eliminating or reducing the mortgage interest deduction (MID) would hurt the chances for younger families to buy homes, as well as damage the already shattered housing industry and the economy in general. Testifying before the …
BerksmontNews reports the MH retail business Leo Houck began along Old Route 22 west of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, is now located in Shoemakersville, just north of Reading, and is celebrating its fiftieth birthday. His daughter, Athian Wilson, took over the business after he passed away in 1973, and now operates it …
SustainableBusinessOregon reports Ideabox is developing a five-home neighborhood community based on the small homesite idea of manufactured housing communities. Founder and CEO Jim Russell says, “The goal was to take tiny lots and see what we can do with them. We’re trying to create a small, livable community. We wanted …
REJournals reports Atlanta-based broker ARA sold a manufactured housing community in Groveport, Ohio, to October Investment Properties LLC, of Chicago. The 126 homesite Greenfield Estates, an all age community, is sited on 20.5 acres in Groveport, Ohio, 11 miles southeast of downtown Columbus. Established by David Worth in 2001, October …
