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Heckaman Homes – A+ with BBB – celebrates 45 years and 20,000+ systems built homes

Founded in 1969, Nappanee, Indiana based systems builder, Heckaman Homes has surpassed the 20,000 homes produced milestone. Rated A+ by the local Better Business Bureau (BBB), Heckaman was purchased by Craftech Building Systems Inc. in 1986. President John Mahnken “Started on the production line 25 years ago,” says Jeff Tanner, …

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U.S. Markets Down, Skyline leads gainers while MH Composite slides

Twitter’s CEO sounded off on Snapchat’s 10 billion dollar valuation not being “absurd,” on a day that saw a modest retreat in U.S. exchanges. Dow 17,102.31 -4.39 (-0.03%). Nasdaq 4,564.85 -5.79 (-0.13%). S&P 500 1,997.83 -2.19 (-0.11%). Yahoo! Finance’s Manufactured Housing Composite Value: 848.7, today’s change: -0.63%. Affiliated Managers Group …

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CNBC says 5 to 6 Million Renting Should Own – Affordability = Credit Access, Rates & Price

Tim Rood with the Collingwood Group was part of a CNBC discussion that pointed to factors that manufactured home professionals relate to: the many – and often competing – dynamics that cause someone to buy a home or stay in a rental. Elements such as price and interest rates, CNBC’s …

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Mobile Home Energy Makeover Contest Winner, Timely Tips

Manufactured home owner Connie Jeffries, a home health aid and member of Petit Jean Electric Cooperative, won an energy efficiency makeover for her house, ECT Coop tells MHProNews. “They’ve already installed the new roof, windows, water heater, patio door and the geothermal heat pump system,” Jefferies said. “My son has …

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Canadian Housing experts divided – soft landing or continued house price growth?

Teranet-National house price index continued to rise in July. The index tracks single family home sales in 11 major cities, and is up 4.9% year over year and 4.1% year to date. “On the same day, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation [CMHC] predicted the Canadian housing market would experience …

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Market & Tech Talk – iPhone 6 & Housing Hot, Best Buy, Not

Two weeks to the expected release date of the iPhone 6, and the shake, rattle and (death?) roll of Best Buy were among the headline grabbers that Marketwatch  touts to MHProNews. Housing is widely seen as looking up, and so went the markets overall today too. Dow 17,124.63 +47.76 +0.28%. …

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Boomers are Zoomers, Kevin Clayton says in latest PR Image Campaign announcement

“Our customer research has revealed to us that this generation wants a home designed for entertaining and hobbies,” Kevin Clayton, CEO of Clayton Homes, says to MHProNews. “In fact, contrary to what some might think, this generation of retirees is very active and social. That is why they are referred …

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Triangle Investor Doubles Manufactured Home Community Portfolio, buying 4 MHCs

Cary NC based Affordable Communities Group (ACG) president Mike Conlon announced they have purchased 4 more manufactured home communities (MHCs). ACG has bought 16 land lease communities so far in 2014, totaling 1,700 total home sites, bizjournals  tells MHProNews. “What has happened is that a lot of park owners are …

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Rand Ghayad’s HuffPo OpEd questions Dodd-Frank factor in Lower U.S. Employment

Rand Ghayad, PhD, questions which is adding to the depressed U.S. labor market more, regulations or a lack of demand for goods and services? Writing in the Huffington Post, Dr. Ghayad cites Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures pointing to only 0.3 loss due to “government regulations/intervention,” vs. “25 percent …

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China-based international HomeBuilder Targets U.S. with $1,000,0000,000 in Projects

Landsea Group Co. Ltd. announced investments of more than $1 billion in the U.S. housing market over the next several years, NassauNewsLive tells MHProNews. The first projects will begin with residential developments in three of our nation’s largest housing markets: New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. To highlight the company’s entry into the U.S., …

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InvestorPlace says sell AMG, GFIG and TAXI

  This week, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG) drops from a C (a hold) to a D (sell) rating, says InvestorPlace to MHProNews. Affiliated Managers operates as an asset management company providing investment management services to mutual funds, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals in the United States. AMG’s stock has …

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Sales of SF New Homes hit 4 month low, Manufactured Housing Composite edges up

MarketWatch tells MHProNews that sales pace of new single-family homes fell to a four-month low in July, missing analysts’ estimates. The Dow closed up, the S&P 500 hit an all time high of 2000 before retreating. DOW 17,079.98 +78.76 +0.46%. NASDAQ 4,557.35 +18.80 +0.41%. S&P 500 1,998.28 +9.88 +0.49%. The …

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WCTrib Says Improvements Appreciated by Manufactured Home Community Residents

Evictions of problematic residents and the removal of dilapidated homes are among the valued improvements the Churchill Group of Carbondale, Colorado have made at the Regency East and West manufactured home communities (MHCs) in Willmar, MN. “We’ve gotten rid of a lot of the (problematic) people that the former manager …

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NAHB and MHARR agree, even $1000 price increase Reduces potential Home Buyers

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released a study, cited by MHARR, that points to the fact that every $1,000 in price increase on a home decreases the number of potential home buyers by some 200,000 nationally. The study opens with the statement, “One of the often overlooked impacts …

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$1,000,000,000+ Property Damage in North Bay Earthquake, most Manufactured Homes Survive

The north bay area, near Napa, CA was rocked Sunday August 24 by a 6.0 magnitude earth quake, followed by over 50 aftershocks. NBC Bay Area TV’s Vicky Nguyen tells MHProNews that some 33 buildings were red tagged by inspectors in Napa, while newer and more earth quake resistant city …

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SILVAR President Tonna says Internet, Education key for Today’s Home Buyers

David Tonna, President of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors (SILVAR), is on a mission to educate today’s home buyers, MercuryNews  tells  MHProNews. Some 90% of all home buyers begin their home shopping online. Most search for a property for 6 months before they contact a real estate agent. But …

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Big Houses Soar, MH Snore?

Analyzing data released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), total U.S. housing starts in July advanced at the rate Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 1.093 million units. ReedConstructionData noted to MHProNews  that this is the second highest level since November 2007 …

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Yellen Didn’t Help Markets; Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value Rises, Dow Slips

U.S. stocks slipped amid Ukraine-Russian woes. Marketwatch tells MHProNews  that investors shrugged over a “balanced speech” by Federal Reserve Chairwoman, Janet Yellen. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.01% slipped by 1 point, or less than 0.1%, to 1,991, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.04% shed 10 points, also less …

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All Parks Alliance for Change Lobbying Congress opposing Minnesota Community Owners Support for a Floor Vote on the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR1779)

Mark Brunner at the Manufactured and Modular Housing Association of Minnesota (MMHAMN) tells MHProNews that the All Parks Alliance for Change (APAC) is lobbying Congress to oppose The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 1779). Brunner says APAC has sent out the following call-to-action statement to their members. “House …

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