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.

Deer Valley Skyrockets; Colonel Sanders Squawking Again

In the news: Walmart’s bottom line hurt by wage hike, airbag maker Takata responsible for the recall of 34 autos, KFC is resuscitating Colonel Sanders, more bankers willing to break the law to get ahead, and Lane Bryant is buying Ann Taylor’s dresses for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured …

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Art’s Way Scientific wins Modular Honor

Having last reported on Art’s Way Scientific May 1, 2012 when it was providing 24 modular buildings for scientific animal research, MHProNews has learned Art’s Way has been awarded a 2015 Award of Distinction by the Modular Building Institute (MBI) for its modular transgenic swine facility. Built for Iowa State …

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Aries Moving on Modular in North Carolina

The Texas modular construction company, Aries Building Systems, is expanding into the North Carolina market where it intends to bid on government and school projects that have traditionally gone to general contracting firms. Currently in negotiations with several private firms for projects in the Triangle region of NC, Aries will …

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Fleetwood Snags Two Year Australian Deal

According to au.news.yahoo, the Fleetwood Corporation will produce manufactured homes for Gateway Lifestyle to populate its 36 manufactured home communities in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, in Australia. The announcement of the two-year contract, with a possible two-year extension, moved the share price up 7.87 percent. MHProNews has learned …

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Housing Market, including Manufactured Homes, tight in East Texas

Speaking of the housing market in Smith County’s Tyler, Texas, realtor Amy Montayne says, “It’s getting crazy now. There are just so many people moving to Tyler, migrating here from other states and big cities. It’s exciting, but we’re working ourselves to death. It’s a very, very competitive market.” According …

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MHCV Outpaces the Dow, Most Manufactured Housing Stocks Advance

In the news: China is the biggest holder of U. S. debt, kids do better in school if they leave their smartphones at home, Netflix shares hit $600, and American Pharoah will likely earn much more for stud fees than for winning races. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value …

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Builder Confidence for New Homes Slips in May

According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Wells Fargo Index, builder confidence for newly built single-family homes has fallen four out of the last five months, dropping to 54 this month from 56 in April. Any number above 50 indicates builders regard conditions as good. According to bloomberg, …

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Proposal would Add Modulars to Housing Stock

According to a proposal in North Platte and Lincoln County, Nebraska titled “Project Shot in the Arm for Housing,” to help ease a housing shortage, DEVCO (Development Corporation of North Platte) has applied for a $172,000 grant in Quality Growth Funds (QGF), which would be matched by DEVCO to incentivize …

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Although in Commercial Zone, Manufactured Homes would be Replaced

The city commissioners in Polk City, Florida are proposing to amend the city’s land development code to protect manufactured homes as well other residences in case they are damaged or destroyed in the future. Since the area is zoned C-2, general commercial, the current code would not necessarily allow homes …

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Sunday Morning Recap May 11-May 16, 2015

ROC USA notches 113th Co-op. MHC Owners Honors Industry Members. RV/MH Chooses 2015 Class. Deer Valley Plummets. Rising Rents makes MH Living more Feasible. World Expo Modular. New MHC Approved. CDBG not for MH. England Modulars. Sen. Shelby proposes MH Access. Habitat Modular in New Jersey. Nadeen Green Honored. Aussie …

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Manufactured Home Community has Right to Re-rent Homesites

The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld an appeal’s court ruling which gives the Cleveland Mobile Home Park in Richland, MS the right to re-rent vacated homesites in the manufactured home community (MHC). The city of Richland wanted to reduce density in the MHC, arguing homesite re-use was non-conforming and therefore in …

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Property Tax Rolled Back in Manufactured Home Community

When David Sims received his property tax statement recently from the city of Raymond, Alberta, Canada, he was outraged that his yearly payment had increased from $411 to $1,111. Living on a fixed government pension in a manufactured home community (MHC) of 32 homes, his MH was assessed at three …

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S&P 500 Sets New High; MHCV Nudges Up

In the news: Netflix gains 4.5 percent, American icon Avon declining, activist investor Carl Icahn investing $100 million in ride-sharing company Lyft, and Honda recalls five million cars because of air bag problem. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) gained +0.38 percent, to close at 666.1. Manufactured housing …

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Arizona Manufactured Home Community Sold

MHProNews has learned from azbigmedia that the Last Chance Mobile Home Park in Phoenix Arizona was sold April 27, 2015 for $855,000 to a local private investment firm. John Sheedy with Park Brokerage, Inc. represented the buyer and seller for this 40 homesite all-age manufactured home community in north Phoenix. …

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Manufactured Home Siting Approved, but Owners Yield to Residents’ Suggestions

Bud and Tiffni Graham’s plans to install manufactured homes received approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission in Bandera, Texas, just northwest of San Antonio, as bccourier tells MHProNews. Although sited in the floodway of the Medina River, the homes were to be placed on pilings to remain above a …

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Scotland Considering Modular Homes for Health Workers

With 15,000 on the house waiting lists in Aberdeenshire and 5,000 on the list in Aberdeen, the Aberdeen City Council in Scotland is considering installing modular homes, called ‘pop-ups’ because of the speed with which they can be erected, to draw key workers to the North East. Aberdeenshire Council leader …

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FHFA Stretches Multifamily Affordable Housing Lending Categories

Both of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, operate under a $30 billion cap for purchases of multifamily loans, according to costar. Since they each hit $10 billion in the first quarter, they would max out by the third quarter, leaving no available funds to finance deals …

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Manufactured Housing Industry Objects to Ohio Legislation

MHProNews has learned Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA), testified against objectionable EPA language in the Ohio state senate’s budget legislation before the Senate Finance Committee. Of particular concern in the state budget bill (HB 64) is the requirement that, if a water system is …

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Manufactured Home Community Refinanced by Fannie Mae

Commercial real estate lender Hunt Mortgage Group has provided a $4.5 million Fannie Mae loan facility to refinance Terra Vista Manufactured Housing Community in Tucson, Arizona, as digitaljournal tells MHProNews. Founded in 1970, the age-restricted (55+) community is comprised of 129 homesites set on 14.5 acres with no permanent structures …

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Most Tracked Manufactured Housing Stocks Rise, including the MHCV

CNNMoney says: Verizon buys AOL for $4.4 billion, Germans are buying gold at a frantic pace (people typically invest in gold when they fear for their economic future), and Whole Foods is preparing to offer a lower cost line of goods. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) gained …

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