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.

County Receives Funding to Demolish Abandoned Manufactured Homes

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has awarded Alamance County $24,000 to demolish and recycle 17 abandoned manufactured homes. Eligibility requirements state that the home must be privately owned and vacant, and owners voluntarily agree that the homes need to be demolished, according to thetimesnews. A pilot …

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City Undecided about Manufactured Home Ordinance

According to marlindemocrat, a request to site a manufactured home (MH) near the Marlin Men’s Civic Association building led to some confusion at the Marlin (Texas) City Council meeting recently. While city attorney Mike Dixon remembered drafting an ordinance regarding the placement of MH, City Secretary Sandra Herring said no …

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MHCV, most Manufactured Housing Stocks Advance in Today’s Trading

In the News: Three of the fastest growing cities are in Texas (Houston, Austin and San Antonio), overdraft fees top $1 billion at the big three banks, college-educated workers took the biggest pay cut last year, and China has over one million millionaires. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value …

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Wisdom Homes Offering Land-Home Package Deal for Manufactured Homes

Manufactured home (MH) retailer Wisdom Homes of America, Inc. (OTCQB: WOFA), based in Tyler, Texas, is teaming up with Sherman Countryside, LLC to sell MH to consumers who will purchase homesites on land developed by Sherman in six subdivisions comprised of 185 developed lots in Sherman, Texas. Wisdom Homes will …

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Idle Wheel Mobile Home Park Rolls to a New Owner

Capital One Multifamily Finance secured an interest rate of 4.15 percent in arranging a $5 million Fannie Mae fixed-rate loan for the acquisition of Idle Wheel Mobile Home Park in Woodland, California. According to abladvisor, Damon Reed, Sr. Vice President and Capital One Multifamily’s Director of MHC Finance, arranged the …

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Before you Dismantle Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae………

While he supports free enterprise in the mortgage market, former Ginnie Mae President Joseph Murin, in a blog on housingwire, says without the federal guarantee offered by the Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Agriculture and Veterans Administration mortgages, the U. S. economy may have fallen farther than it did. …

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Patrick Industries Finalizes Acquisition of Structural Composites

Elkhart, Indiana-based Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) has completed its acquisition of Structural Composites of Indiana, Inc. (SCI). Based in Ligonier, IN, SCI manufactures fiberglass components for the recreational vehicle (RV) and other industrial markets, according to prnewswire. The net purchase price of $20 million was funded by the company’s credit …

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Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 Tumble on Fears of Rate Hike

All three major indices fell over one percent in today’s trading as concerns grew over the impending rise in the interest rate, although it is not definite when the increase will hit. Meanwhile, Time Warner stock rose 7.26 percent on word Charter Communications intends to buy the conglomerate for $55 …

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Georgia Senator Introduces Measure to Harness CFPB

U. S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) has introduced legislation to make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) more accountable by bringing it under the Congressional appropriations process and thereby give it Congressional oversight, according to nationalmortgageprofessional. The CFPB is currently under the Federal Reserve which is beyond the each of …

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Manufactured Home Owners have One Year to Move

The residents of Firwood Lane Mobile Home Park in Kirkland received notice they have one year to move from their 32 homesite manufactured home community (MHC) as the result of a change in ownership. The new owners, PSW Real Estate, intend to built 19 new homes valued at $700,000 to …

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Modular Containers Spreading to Multiple Uses

While 90 shipping containers have been repurposed to make the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, Sudan, and 86 containers have created the eight-story Travelodge Uxbridge Central Hotel in London, they are being reinvented in the Tampa Bay (FL) area as modular taverns and restaurants. Tampa architect Brandon Hicks …

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Manufactured Housing Component Supplier Patrick Splitting Stock

Component supplier to the manufactured housing (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) industries, Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) stock will split 3-2 on the morning of Monday, June 1, 2015, according to what dakotafinancialnews tells americanbankingnews. Shares will be issued to stockholders following the close of the market Friday, May 29. Patrick …

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Old Manufactured Homes and Tiny Homes address the Florida Homeless

In an attempt to help house the homeless and low-income residents of Bithlo, Florida, outside Orlando, Tim McKinney, CEO of United Global Outreach (UGO) has designed a 456 square-foot tiny home that can be assembled with a screwdriver and wrench, meets current hurricane standards, and has a 40-year warranty on …

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Drew President Unloads Shares

MHProNews has learned Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) President Scott T. Mereness sold 3,803 shares of company stock at $63.50 a share for a total value of $241,490.50, as disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It was not immediately known how many shares Mereness continues to …

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3D Structure offers Quick and Economical Assemblage during Catastrophe

At the 3D Printer World 2015 in Burbank, California, Zachary Schoch and Eugene Lee exhibited a prototype of snap-together architecture 3D printed in 18 hours and assembled in ten minutes. The parts for the floor, walls and roof are identical, and all fit into the trunk of a car, according …

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Sunday Recap May 18-May 23, 2015

In this week’s News: Despite Zoning, MH would be Replaced. Modular Housing adding up. Builder Confidence Slips. Aries Mods in NC. Art’s Way Honored. Deer Valley Stock Zooms. Owning Cheaper than Renting. Good Housing Deals in Rust Belt. Rent Stabilization Extended. Mainstream Media Hinders MH Buyers with no Recourse. Correct …

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Interest Rates will Likely Ease Upwards this year, says Janet Yellen

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that if the economy maintains the path of improvement it is on currently, it will be “appropriate” for the Fed to raise the Federal Funds Rate later this year, which will increase the interest rate for mortgages, according to housingwire. “Because of the substantial …

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KMHI Scholarship Awarded to Resident of Manufactured Home

Allison M. Johnson of Baxter, Kentucky has been named a recipient of the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) 2015 Scholarship Award, according to harlandaily. She received one of three $1,000 scholarships awarded to a graduating high school senior who lives in a manufactured home. A senior at Harlan County High …

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