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The Greenback Boogie – CFPB’s Manufactured Housing Appraisal Rule hits July 18, 2015

By / / Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home

“The manufactured housing industry’s professionals are racing to contort themselves into yet another new shape to fit their federal masters.” So sayeth a company official off-the-record to MHProNews, as the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) appraisal rules hits home on July 18th, 2015.  State associations and the Manufactured Housing […]

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Sylvia Silver, mother of Daily Business News writer Matthew Silver, dies at 101

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Indianapolis, IN – Legacy  says that Sylvia W. Silver passed away peacefully on June 27, 2015, at the Hooverwood Jewish Home, in Indianapolis, IN. She was 101. Sylvia was Born in Chicago, IL in 1913, to Austrian immigrants Herman and Rose Werner. Sylvia later married Leo Silver, and moved with

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Appraisal Rule Implementation Looms for HUD Code Manufactured Home sales

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) reminds MHProNews that the new appraisal disclosure rules go into effect on July 18, 2015. The rules apply to those homes that go beyond QM status limits set by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulations. DataComp and NADA are going to be the

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Manufactured Housing Institute’s National Modular Housing Council reports dip in Q1 Modular Home shipments

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As part of the ongoing mixed signals from the factory built housing market, the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) National Modular Housing Council (NMHC) reports that 2,763 new MODs were shipped during the first quarter of 2015 in the states where they track shipments. That is a 3.9% decline over the

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Greek Banks Closed, PR’s Gov says can’t pay debt, Dow Plunges and MHCV sheds 3½%

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The markets took their biggest hit in about 2 years, as the crisis in Greece grows with the limiting of ATM withdrawals over the weekend, and bank closures today. Closer to home, Puerto Rico’s $72 billion dollar debt may also be at risk, per words spoken by their own governor.

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Experts Compare Manufactured Homes to Apartments and Conventional Houses

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Jon Johnson is a senior service technician who has years of experience with a number of property management firms in the multi-family housing industry. Inspector Tim Bunch has inspected literally thousands of houses over the years, including new construction, existing resales and manufactured homes. These two distinct video interviews each

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Another Attempt by Locals to regulate Manufactured Homes may violate Federal Law

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Melonie Roberts of the Monett Times  informs MHProNews of another incident of a troubling trend where local jurisdictions are attempting – perhaps out of ignorance – to regulate manufactured homes in a fashion apparently contrary to federal preemption. Pierce City, MO “Aldermen also approved an ordinance governing the age of

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Manufactured Housing’s Sunday Morning Weekly News Recap June 21-28, 2015 adds a New Feature!

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Every week, the ‘history’ of modern manufactured and modular housing is passing before the eyes of our readers here. We cover some mainstream housing news too, when it ought to be of keen interest to those in some aspect of factory-built housing. Our web reports tell us there are those

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Analysts Give Manufactured Home Community giant ELS Thumbs Up

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

NASDAQ.com published the following on Friday about manufactured home community sector giant, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS). “In trading on Thursday, shares of Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc’s 6.75% Series C Shares (Symbol: ELS.PRC) were yielding above the 6.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.6875), with shares changing hands

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Richard W. Florea named President and CEO of Skyline Corporation, Manufactured/Modular Home Builder

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

ELKHART, IN., June 25, 2015. Skyline Corporation (NYSE: SKY) announced their Board of Directors named Richard W. Florea as President and Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the Board of Directors effective July 27, 2015.  The company also stated that Bruce G. Page who previously was President, Chief Executive

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Manufactured Housing Composite Value Rose, Tracked Stocks Closed Mixed

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Marketwatch’s  Michael Gayed asks; are investors living in the eye of the storm? “There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.” – Willa Cather. Greece, domestic and other international matters have created a volatile mix for the market, but today there was relative calm. Meanwhile,

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High Dollar Community Closure Looms for Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

San Jose, California – The closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park draws closer. Given the impact on 400 low income residents, Santa Clara County supervisors voted Tuesday to offer $6.5 million tied to a similar commitment from the city of Palo Alto, CA. “Time is of the essence,” said

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Another New Manufactured Home Community Plan Advances

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

BLOOMINGTON — There is an emerging trend in various parts of the nation, where new manufactured home communities are being authorized by zoning officials and are being built. One of these examples is in Bloomington, IL, where the Pantagram’s  Maria Nagle tells MHProNews that a site plan for a new

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Clayton Bank named #1 Community Bank in the Nation by ICBA’s Independent Banker

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Knoxville, TN – – Clayton Bank and Trust has been named the #1 Community Bank in the Nation by the ICBA Independent Banker, the award winning magazine of the Independent Bankers Association. The list published annually covers banks in the $1 Billion assets and Sub S category annually as the

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New Featured Articles Scheduled to Go-Live by 11 PM May 2

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Due to an extended Inside MH Road Show, the prior week at the MHI Congress and Expo, pending special announcements and other factors, the new Featured Articles (FAs) on MHProNews are scheduled to go live by approximately 11 PM May 2nd. Until then, you’ll find recent articles on MHLivingNews.com, such

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New Affordable Modular Housing Units Proposed for Vermont

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The Addison County Community Trust has applied to the Waltham Development Trust in Waltham, Vermont for a conditional use permit to allow the trust to install seven modular duplexes on 2.3 acres that once housed the Gervy Trailer Park, as addisonindependent tells MHProNews. A public hearing will be held May 13 to

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Manufactured Housing Stocks Close Mixed; MHCV Gains

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

 China Stimulates Wall Street Rally, Oil Industry Bleeds More Jobs, U.S Economic Growth Needs Faster Track and Hospitals Pulling Up Stakes, Seeking Greener Pastures. On the Big Board: The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +1.17 percent, +208.63 points to end the day at 18,034.93. The NASDAQ gained +1.27 percent, +62.78 points, to close

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From Hollywood to Manufactured Housing Professional Growth, Profit

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The Hollywood Hotel and Casino – along with the neighboring Resorts Hotel and Casino – are the site for this years 2015 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. Differing from the previous Harrah’s property, the Hollywood lives up to its name by featuring scenes and memorabilia from Hollywood movies and TV Shows.

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Tunica MH Show Forecast – Wednesday Warm, Thursday Wet, Hot Deals and Profit-Building Event!

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The ‘all new’ 2015 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show long-range forecast suggests that you bring a jacket and umbrella, so MH pros can take advantage of the hot deals and free business building seminars predicted for the event. The 2015 Tunica Show is dubbed ‘all new’ by its organizers, as the

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