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Historic Manufactured Housing producer Skyline Corporation Making Moves

By / October 13, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Manufactured housing’s historic producer, Skyline Corporation, closed a deal made with Evergreen Recreational Vehicles, LLC on Oct. 7. The Real Property Purchase Agreement transferred Skyline’s RV business segment at an approximate cash price of $981,000. The sale executed a few days ago includes the RV manufacturing facility located in Bristol, Indiana. …

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New Consensus Recommendation for The Carlyle Group

By / October 12, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

12 analysts gave the asset management company, The Carlyle Group, a consensus ‘Buy’ rating for it stock, the Ticker Report advised MHProNews. Analysts recently changing their rating on shares of The Carlyle Group from an “under perfom” to a “neutral” has brought the price target on the stock at a …

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Ron Howard on CFPB’s Promotional Video – Your Tax Dollars at Work

By / October 10, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

On Feb 2, 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) uploaded the video below to showcase their message and mission to the American public. At 2:40 PM on 10.10.2014, 33,119 views of the video had reportedly occurred, with 77 thumbs up and 7 thumbs down. Actor-Director Ron Howard was used …

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MBA’s Lobbying seeks to ease CFPB’s Mortgage Regulations

By / October 10, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As midterms elections approach, the Mortgage Banker Association (MBA) is seizing the lobbying opportunity to fund Congressional campaigns; hoping to open more discussions to gain relief from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations currently in place in the U.S.. National Mortgage News told MHProNews that Dave Stevens, president and …

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SearchCore’s Wisdom Homes of America announces Q3 2014 sales

By / October 10, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Wholly owned SearchCore Inc. subsidiary Wisdom Homes announced sales of $351,500 generated by the sale of manufactured homes in Q3 2014. “This was a milestone quarter for the Company because it was our first quarter having our Tyler, Texas retail center fully operational. Inventory arrived in early August allowing us …

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Congressmen Stutzman and Walorski backing bill distancing RVs from Manufactured Housing definitions

By / October 10, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Congressmen Marlin Stutzman (R-3 IN) and Jackie Walorski (R-2nd IN) announced Thursday October 9th legislation they’ve introduced legislation aimed preventing recreational vehicles from being regulated as manufactured housing. Brian Francisco at the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette tells MHProNews that the RV industry is seeking to avoid “restrictive taxing, zoning and …

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HUD’s Pam Danner draws robust welcome during address at FMHA annual event

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) President Cyndi King introduced the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Manufactured Housing Program director – Pam Beck Danner, JD – to the FMHA’s packed 2014 annual meeting in Orlando on 10.8.2014. Danner described the busy 6 months she’s had at HUD, which included no …

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12 Million MH Community deal in Rio Grande Valley

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Parkbridge Capital Group, LLC manager Lee Meekcoms, whose name is already well established in the real estate industry, led the closing of a $12,000,000 transaction between a private investor from Florida and Paradise Park in the McAllen-Pharr area of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Clearwater FL based Parkbridge specializes …

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Canadians Mini-Dwellings – Video Report – on north-of-the-border Tiny House Movement

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Global News tells MHProNews how her tiny house has changed Lydia Holden’s way of life. With just a little over 100 square feet to live in, the 24 year-old has found an affordable way to become a home-owner. Lydia paid “only” $30,000 for her 136 square foot home. The tiny …

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Hazmat stocks Spike on Ebola fears as Dow Plunges 335

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Hazmat suit stocks are rising fast on Ebola fears, but the Dow took its biggest dive of 2014, CNN Money tells MHProNews. China and Vietnam are reportedly more optimistic than the U.S., as economic and political concerns mingled with frets over the Fed reportedly moved investors into the nose dive. …

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CFPB Plans Regulations of Auto Lenders, Leasing Contracts too

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In a move that should be monitored by Manufactured Housing (MH) Industry professionals; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that could go into effect before the end of 2014, Jim Henry at Automotive News (AN) tells MHProNews. “The cost of compliance …

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Times’ Talton tells housing affordability woes with two tables

By / October 9, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Jon Talton at the Seattle Times shares his take on the housing affordability challenge with MHProNews that could be summed up with this quote: “In other words, housing is less affordable because most American workers are making less.” Talton notes that some areas on the West Coast have “crazy high …

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The “Preeminent” Manufactured Housing Industry Professionals News Source

By / September 23, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

For-the-record comments and ‘quotable-quotes’ continue to be sent to MHProNews in anticipation of the 5th Anniversary celebration in October. Here is a sneak peak at one of the growing number of kind comments already in hand. “Over the past 5 years, MHProNews and its family of websites has grown to …

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Manufactured Housing Institute announces Executive Committee election results

By / September 15, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has announced the election of their new officers, which took place during their annual meeting at Scottsdale, AZ 9-15-2014.   The executive committee officers are; Nathan Smith (SSK Communities), Chairman.   Tim Williams (21st Mortgage), Vice Chairman.  Howard Walker (ELS), Treasurer.  Kevin Clayton (Clayton Homes), Secretary. …

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The Big 5 Point 0 Rapidly Approaching

By / September 10, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

 In anticipation of the 5th anniversary celebration of MHProNew’s service to the factory-built housing industry, Howard Walker, Vice-Chairman of Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), sent this message with his okay to quote: “The emergence of Tony Kovach’s group of publications has brought a new standard of professionalism to the industry. The …

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Hoarding along with dozens of cats found at home in MHC

By / August 31, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“Is there an unwritten rule that every third MHCommunity has someone who hoards and/or has a bunch of cats?” quipped manufactured home industry consultant and publisher, L. A. “Tony” Kovach. The comment flowed from the discovery of dozens of cats seized from the Niagara Mobile Home Park in Newfane, NY. …

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Manufactured Housing’s Labor Day 2014

By / August 31, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Wikipedia says: “Labor Day in the United States is a holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It is a celebration of the American labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made …

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William ‘Bill’ Steenberg, Award winning Steenberg Homes founder, Passage

By / August 31, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

William “Bill” Steenberg died Sunday, August 24, 2014, in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida, after a short, courageous battle with cancer. His fiance Wendy was by his side when he passed away. Bill’s children, Julie, Shelly, and Jeffrey and his granddaughter, Miranda, visited a couple weeks earlier in Florida.  Bill founded …

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Equity LifeStyle’s stock hit record high as August ends

By / August 29, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The glow of investors and commentary for Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (NYSE:ELS) hit a peak as August drew to a close. ELS witnessed the stock hitting a record high on Friday. The stock traded as high as $45.81, up 39 cents from yesterday’s record closing price of $45.42. The Street, Trade-Ideas  …

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