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.

Montana non-profit Helps Manufactured Home Community Residents Form Co-ops

By / September 29, 2015 / Advocacy, Communities, Company News, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

In 2013 the Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC) helped the 68 residents of River Acres manufactured home community (MHC) in Missoula become a resident-owned community, as themissoulian tells MHProNews. The residents faced eviction because the owner wanted to sell, but now they have long-term, stable housing and control of their …

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Modular Homes will Provide Housing on Mars

By / September 29, 2015 / Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Futuristic housing on Mars, as envisioned by Foster and Partners, would involve parachuting three different types of semi-autonomous robots onto the planet to build a modular housing settlement before the astronauts arrive. As part of a 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, one robot would be pre-programmed for digging, one for melting …

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St. Joseph, Michigan Amends Zoning to allow Manufactured Home Communities

By / September 29, 2015 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation, Zoning

MHProNews has learned from heraldpalladium the St. Joseph, Michigan commissioners heard the first reading on plans to alter zoning for multi-family districts so they would better blend in with other parts of the community. The planning commission had been directed to review the city’s R-3 zoning for properties that include …

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MHCV Slips, ELS Edges Up, Carlyle Falls

By / September 29, 2015 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Chesapeake Energy cuts 15 percent of workforce. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn supports Trump, says he’s looking out for the middle class. Ralph Lauren steps down as CEO of company. Puerto Rican officials looking for help to pay bills. Home prices up five percent nationwide. Meanwhile, …

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House Financial Services to Consider Bills Regarding CFPB Oversight

By / September 29, 2015 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

MHProNews has learned from acainternational that the House Financial Services Committee will consider two bills relating to oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at a hearing Wed., Sept 30, 2015 at 10 AM EST. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) introduced Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of …

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Australia Aims to Triple Size of Modular Home Industry

By / September 29, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

The ARC Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing, based at the University of Melbourne, in Australia has been established to create a $15 billion modular housing sector so that the most advanced manufacturing technology will be used in prefabricated construction. With funding from a research council and industry, the …

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Pre-existing Home Sales on High Track for 2015, while Pending Home Sales Slip

By / September 28, 2015 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

As nationalmortgagenews informs MHProNews, sales of single-family homes and condos are on course to reach an eight-year high, according to RealtyTrac‘s U. S. Home Sales Report for August. 1,947,028 homes were purchased through the first eight months of the year, which represents a 5.4 percent increase over 2014. The last …

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Hunt is on in Dublin for Modular Housing Sites

By / September 28, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Following a series of posts MHProNews last published Sept. 24, 2015 regarding modular homes for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, the city council’s head of housing, Dick Brady, has confirmed the selection of sites has begun. With more than 200 homes to be sited, Brady is looking at vacant council-owned …

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Nobility Homes Gains 20%+; Dow Drops 300 points+

By / September 28, 2015 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Pharmaceutical stocks pull down markets. New York Fed Chief says interest rate hike will come this year. Trump says unemployment rate is 42 percent. Global economic slowdown affects also stocks. Apple sells record 13 million new iPhones. Porsche introduces electric car to compete with Tesla. …

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Data Confirms Dodd-Frank Regulations Impede Manufactured Home Loans

By / September 28, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that data regarding lending at 7,000 financial institutions and covering nearly 10 million mortgage applications and six million loan originations reveals manufactured home lenders are not making HOEPA (Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act) loans because of the increased liability and burdensome rules …

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Single-family Renter Households more Likely to Buy

By / September 28, 2015 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, Trends

A June 2015 Freddie Mac survey reveals that 55 percent of renters of both single-family homes and multifamily homes plan to continue renting in the next three years, although 67 percent of multifamily renters and 60 percent of single-family renters say they are satisfied with their rental experience. However, 53 …

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Lippert Seeking Tax Abatement for Newly Acquired Plant in Indiana

By / September 27, 2015 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

Following a story MHProNews posted Aug. 20, 2015 regarding the purchase of Signature Seating in New Haven, IN by Lippert Components, Inc. of Elkhart, IN, kpcnews reports the $16 million acquisition also includes a plant in Auburn, IN where Lippert will invest $800,000 in new equipment. While Lippert is seeking …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept. 20-Sept. 27, 2015

By / September 26, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com The Kennedy – Model Home Video Tour – New Durham Estates, Westville, IN Jack and Betsy Norman, Whispering Pines 55+ Manufactured Home Community, Somerset, PA What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Justice Dept. settles two MHC discrimination suits. Judge clears path …

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Judge Orders Approval of Contested Factory-built Subdivision, Awards $650,000

By / September 28, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

Montana State District Court Judge George Huss abruptly ended a jury trial early in Bozeman, and awarded a development corporation $650,000 to be paid by the Gallatin County Commission for denying a proposal to develop the Gateway Village subdivision and site factory-built homes, MHProNews has learned. The commission had denied …

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$54,000 Raised Towards Eliminating RV/MH Hall Debt

By / September 25, 2015 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews that Darryl Searer, president and chairman of the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana reports $54,000 was raised toward Kevin Clayton’s Debt Elimination Challenge at the 4th International Networking Roundtable for Land-Lease-Lifestyle Communities in San Diego, California. Champion Home Builders, Inc. donated …

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Modular Housing in Italy, U. S. Look Nefarious from Air

By / September 25, 2015 / Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

A complex of modular housing units in a small town in southern Italy when viewed from the air looks like swastikas, according to what thetimesofisrael tells MHProNews. Nestled in a neighborhood of the small town of Specchiolla in the Province of Brindisi, the four housing units that form each swastika …

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MHCV Slips, Cavco Gains, Dow Moves Up

By / September 25, 2015 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: VW has chosen new CEO. The Oak Ridge National Laboratories has developed a way to charge your electric car while on the road. Traverse City, Michigan is best U. S. beer town. America’s companies are hoarding $1.4 trillion in cash. GroupOn is laying off 1,100 …

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Production Errors on Manufactured Homes Being Investigated

By / September 26, 2015 / Business, Company News, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

As soon as the manufactured home (MH) Donna Lewis purchased for $125,000 arrived, she realized there were problems, according to mynews4 in Reno, Nevada. “The home came severely damaged,” she told us. “It had an accident on the way. It looked like a bomb had gone off. Walls ripped open, …

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MBA Report: Household Formation may Rise to Nearly 16 million by 2024

By / September 25, 2015 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

According to what multifamilyexecutive tells MHProNews, demand for more housing units is expected to reach 13.9 million to 15.9 million by 2024 as more households are formed. “Household formation has been depressed in recent years by a long, jobless recovery and by a lull in the growth of the working …

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New Home Sales Rise in August, but Fed Head Concerned

By / September 24, 2015 / Business, Economy, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

Sales of new homes in August rose sharply to a seven-year high, increasing 5.7 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 552,000, well above forecasts of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. July’s rate was revised upward to 522,000 from 507,000, according to the Commerce Dept., as homebuyers continue to take …

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