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.

Manufactured Home Community Changes Hands in Pennsylvania

MHProNews has learned from pennlive that Pine Terrace MHP LLC, of Atglen, PA has acquired a 75 home site manufactured home community (MHC), Strohecker MHP, in Halifax Township, just north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Chuck Heller and Drew Bobincheck handled the transaction on behalf of the sellers, Curt and Janet Strohecker. …

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The Dodd-Frank Legacy: Billions Spent, More Designated, Questionable Gains

Six years after passing the Dodd-Frank Act, which was designed to avert another financial crisis, the American Action Forum (AAF) asserts Dodd-Frank has imposed over $36 billion in final rule costs plus 73 million paperwork hours. That is an increase from last year’s $24 billion in final rule costs and …

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Petitioners in Ill. City Seek Special Use Permits for MH Sitings

On the old business agenda of the Madison County Planning and Development Committee in Edwardsville , Illinois, its next meeting will consider the petition of a couple requesting a special use permit to continue the siting of their multi-section manufactured home “for a period not to exceed five years.” At …

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Dow Jones Ends Run-up; UFPI Falls -2.31 Points

In the news from CNNMoney: Roger Ailes leaves Fox News. Chinese immigrant cleaned houses, walked dogs, and is now head of Stanford U.’s artificial intelligence lab. Feds try to seize Wall Street Journal reporter’s phones at LAX. Facebook valued at $1 trillion? Starbucks sales are slowing: stock sinks. America’s biggest …

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UMH Properties, Inc. Stock being Pursued

As of the close of the second quarter, 2016, Boulegeris Investments bought 248,865 shares of manufactured home community owner UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH), according to tradecalls, and now owns 1,285,191 shares valued at $15,833,553. UMH comprises 10.47 percent of Boulegeris’ portfolio. Another hedge fund, Creative Planning, upped its stake in …

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22 Million Tune into GOP Convention; the Media Rundown 

Nielsen Ratings reports during the 10 PM eastern time slot when Donald Trump’s wife Melania and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani were addressing the first night of the Republican National Convention, several cable news outlets raised their viewer audience substantially over four years ago, while one slipped in the ratings. …

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Patrick Industries Subsidiary Creating 60 Jobs in Mississippi

A division of Patrick Industries, Inc.,a component supplier to the manufactured home and recreational vehicle industries, is investing $600,000 and creating 60 jobs, building a facility to produce countertops in Baldwyn, Mississippi, according to bizjournals. With a scheduled beginning of operations in Sept., 2016, AIA Countertops is a large, natural …

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Hedge Funds Upping Stake in Drew Industries, Inc.

MHProNews has been informed by baseballnewssource that BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. upped its stake in shares of Drew Industries Inc. (NYSE:DW) during the first quarter, adding 7.5 percent, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm now owns 661,687 shares of Drew Industries, …

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Dow Jones Continues Upward; Louisiana-Pacific Tops MH-related Stocks

In the news from CNNMoney: Dow rises for ninth consecutive day. Half of Brazilians are against the Olympics. Air BNB hires Eric Holder to address discrimination. Roger Ailes, dominant founder of Fox News, on the way out. HSBC banker arrested at JFK in trader scheme. Drone made by 18 year-old …

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Housing Starts, Single-family Home Construction Shows Promise in June

The Commerce Department tells MHProNews that housing starts rose 4.8 percent in June to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.19 million. While the June rate was the highest since Feb., it was down from 1.21 million a year ago, according to philly. Meanwhile, construction of single-family homes increased 4.4 percent …

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Builder Confidence Index Slips in July, but Still in Positive Territory

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) tells MHProNews builder sentiment slipped from 60 to 59 in July, although economists had predicted it would remain at 60, the highest number it has hit so far this year. All three components of the index—current and future sales expectations and buyer traffic—slipped. …

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ELS Q2 2016 Indicates Revenue, Income and Community Growth

Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) reports for the second quarter ending June 30, 2016 total revenues rose $8.6 million, or 4.3 percent, to $210.1 million, as compared to $201.5 million for the same period in 2015. Net income available for common share stockholders increased $3.7 million, or $0.04 per diluted common …

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Large Religious Camp Seeking Manufactured Homes for Participants

The Indian Springs Holiness Camp in Flovilla, Georgia plays out to its estimated 5,000 expected visitors when it closes after a ten day run July 24, a gathering that has been continuous for 126 years at the camp. Its 300 acres encompasses 120 cabins owned by individuals who stay there …

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MHCV Falls -5.78 Percent; Dow Jones Continues Flying Higher

In the news from CNNMoney: Because it’s a scary world, it’s a good time be in the war business, as defense contractors’ stocks outpace the broader markets. Ford teaming up with Jose Cuervo—will use agave plant to make bioplastic auto parts. Trump’s GOP wants to break up big banks. Goldman …

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Despite the Bashing, Hispanic Politicos Endorse Trump as Stronger than Clinton

MHProNews has learned from washingtonpost a group of conservative Latino leaders who asserted they could never support Donald Trump because of his criticism of specific Hispanics, and his policy and rhetoric about minorities, have decided that he would be a stronger unifying force than Hillary Clinton. “We are not enamored …

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Two Tornado-struck Families Receive Gifted Manufactured Homes

A Blue Ridge Texas family who lost their home and their three-day-old baby last December to a tornado that tore through Collin County have been gifted a manufactured home (MH), donated through the efforts of two churches—First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge and Christ Fellowship in McKinney, TX. There are …

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Laramie, WY Updating 50-year old Manufactured Home Regulations

As kowb1290 in Laramie, Wyoming tells MHProNews, licensing of manufactured home communities (MHC) began in the 1950s, before zoning even existed, and has remained mostly unchanged as part of the zoning code since. The city council will consider the third and final reading of updated standards for MHCs on Tuesday, …

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Canadian City to Deal with MH Community Rezoning, Hold Housing Forum

The Sooke City Council in British Columbia, Canada, south of the Vancouver area, is off for the summer, but when it returns in the fall, the councillors will be taking up an issue dealing with the owner of a manufactured home community (MHC) who wants to rezone 11,300 square feet …

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Cavco Industries tops Today’s Gainers, as Dow Rises ever Higher

In the news from CNNMoney: Millennials are earning less than their parents. Walmart starts cutting off Visa in Canada. CMMG, assault rifle AR 15 maker, moving factory from Fayette to Boonvile, Missouri, less than 20 miles. Fiat Chrysler sales numbers questioned by Feds. Turkey’s currency plunges amid military coup. Pokemon …

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Sweden wants to Site Modular Homes on Tiny Island

While the 163,000 asylum-seekers who entered Sweden last year have been a boon for the country’s low income and temporary housing contractors, the jury is still out on whether the immigrants have helped the country’s economy. Meanwhile, the government’s Migration Board wants to provide modular housing for 2,000 on the …

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