Matthew Silver

Following a 25-year career operating a custom hardwood furnishing business and occasional writing, Matthew Silver has been writing professionally for over a dozen years, six of those for the factory-built housing industry. Otherwise, he may be found performing folk music in the Indianapolis area.

No Damage from Flood in IL Manufactured Home Community

Residents of the Mallard Lake manufactured home community at Pontoon Beach, Illinois, near Alton, were forced from their homes by a flood. Upon their return, up to a week or more later, some were surprised to find eviction notices taped to their door for late payment, as advantagenews informs MHProNews. …

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Chicago Residential Market under Construction

New data obtained by MHProNews from skylinenewspaper indicates existing residential property prices rose 8.9 percent over the last year in the greater Chicago area, while the median price of a single-family home spiked 11.6 percent, according to the Chicago Tribune. The average price of a single-family home rose to $217,700, …

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Wells Fargo has money in Manufactured Home Community Owner UMH

In a Schedule 13G/A Disclosure filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), MHProNews has learned Wells Fargo & Company owns 6.3 percent of manufactured home community owner UMH Properties, Inc. The 1,697,525 shares of stock are valued at $16,126,488. UMH stock has a one-year low of $9.01 and a …

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Drew Draws another Floater from the Boaters

MHProNews has learned from streetinsider that Lippert Components, Inc., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) has acquired the pontoon furniture manufacturing business of Highwater Marine, LLC, which is a leading manufacturer of pontoon boats and other recreational marine craft. Both Drew and Highwater are situated in Elkhart, IN. …

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Dow Continues its Volatility, most Tracked MH Stocks Fall

In the news from CNNMoney: Commute to work on a one-wheeled scooter that travels on any surface. Federal Reserve says U. S. economy lost momentum at end of 2015. Primary care physicians are highest paid in Arkansas, lowest in Delaware. Coffee prices fall. Black drivers in Fla. are nearly twice …

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Commissioners Suggest optional Underpinnings for Manufactured Homes

An ordinance mandating brick foundations under manufactured homes that was passed in 2001 in Caswell County, South Carolina is being reexamined by the Caswell County Board of Commissioners who are considering adding other options to keep costs down for MH residents. Opponents to the change like the aesthetic uniformity of …

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City Prevents Senior MHCs from Converting to All Age Communities

In an attempt to maintain affordable housing for seniors, the Santa Clarita (Calif.) City Council voted to prevent senior-only manufactured home communities (MHCs) from converting to all-age communities. Council members unanimously approved an “urgency ordinance” that establishes a 45-day moratorium on such conversions, according to signalscv, while city officials continue …

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Should the Manufactured Housing Institute’s CEO Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison resign?

Dozens of comments from MHPros coast to coast came in within hours in response to an OpEd by publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach. Writing on the Masthead blog, Kovach outlined examples of errors and tensions within the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which allegedly point back to the national association’s CEO …

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Indiana City Still Trying to Regulate Manufactured Homes

Updating a story MHProNews last posted Jan. 12, 2016 about the ongoing attempt at classifications and placement of manufactured/mobile homes by the Washington, Indiana City Council, the council sent the ordinance back to the plan commission for stronger language about where “Type III, what is typically found in mobile home …

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Dow Continues its Volatility, most Tracked MH Stocks Active

In the news from CNNMoney: Oprah loses 26 pounds, Weight Watchers stock soars. China stocks lose another six percent, as cries of U. S. recession get louder: Survey of economists reveal 18 percent chance of all-out recession. Disney sued for replacing American workers with foreigners. Kalashnikov AK-47s now made in …

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ELS Posts EPS up $0.09 over Last Year

Missing the Thomson Reuters estimate by $0.01 earnings per share (EPS), Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. posted Q4, 2015 EPS of $0.74, earning $201.60 million for the quarter, as compared to analysts estimates of $189.09 million. Revenue increased 5.9 percent over the same quarter last year when ELS posted EPS of …

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Patrick Sets up Stock Buyback Program

In a news release from prnewswire, the board of directors of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) has authorized a repurchase of up to $50 million of the company’s common stock over the next two years. Share buyback will be made on the open market or in private transactions. CEO Todd Cleveland …

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Opposition Mounts against Modulars for Dublin’s Homeless

Following another chapter in the attempt by the Dublin, Ireland City Council to site up to 500 modular homes to house the homeless, as MHProNews last reported Jan. 18, 2016, Pinewood Residents and the Balbriggan Community Council (BCC), where the first 22 homes were to be sited, have vowed to …

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Cape Coral Carolers Chorus Criticism on Off-site Constructed Crib

Updating a story MHProNews last posted Jan. 8, 2016 regarding a modular home being sited in Cape Coral, Florida that is raising hackles from residents and Realtors who maintain the home is threatening property values, dozens of people attended a city council meeting to further protest the $200,000 home. While …

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Public Hearing Set for Pacific Skies Estates Upgrade

Following a story MHProNews posted Jan. 18, 2016 regarding a dispute between the owners of Pacific Skies Estates (PSE) manufactured home community (MHC) and the California Coastal Commission over the necessity of a permit for upgrading the community, the full commission is set to hold a public hearing April 13 …

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Deer Valley Plummets; Volatile Dow Falls 208 Points

In the news from CNNMoney: All day breakfast fills McDonald’s bottom line. San Francisco’s Yellow Cab files for bankruptcy. Iran wants to acquire 500 planes and resume flights to U. S. Shake Shack’s CEO continues to eat Chipotle’s burritos. Hong Kong has the least affordable housing in the world. Oil …

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Cavco to Release Quarterly Financials Jan. 27

Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) is set to announce its earnings results for the most recent quarter on Wed., Jan. 27, 2016, with analysts expecting the company to announce $0.80 earnings per share (EPS), according to emqtv. The company last released its quarterly financials on Thurs., Oct. 29, 2015 reporting EPS …

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Manufactured Spec Home to be Sited in Development

The Crookston, Minn. Housing and Economic Development Authority has agreed to site a manufactured spec home in a housing development called Carmen Terrace. Red Lake Falls, MN-based Homark Homes will build the home in their 95,000 square foot facility and transport it to Crookston, according to information MHProNews has received …

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Block Grant Funds available for Manufactured Home Repair

MHProNews has been informed by redrocknews that the city of Sedona, Arizona, will receive $309,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for a citywide housing rehabilitation program. The funds are aimed at helping moderate-to-low-income homeowners make needed health and safety upgrades to their homes. Manufactured homes are included …

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