Many factors in the broader housing market directly or indirectly impact manufactured and modular housing, pointing to challenges as well as opportunities. Builderonline (BO) says that 2015 could be a turn around year, an “inflection point” for more first time buyers entering the home buying market. BO cited the National […]
2015 could be year first time buyers return to housing market Read More
Having a sustainable green home in today’s housing market can mean more than just having solar panels. It can often mean technology and better quality building components. With sustainability and energy key buzz words, homebuyers are often looking to minimize environmental impact and total financial outlays. This can be done
Gizmag says top sustainable housing includes prefabricated homes Read More
Who speaks for you in manufactured housing (MH)? Associations? Individuals? Corporations? There are many voices in MH, and with the Industry Voices (IV) guest blog, any MH Professional, enthusiast or aficionado can submit a letter to the editor or an OpEd guest column. Industry Voices is one of our most
Who Speaks for You in MH? Manufactured Housing’s Industry Voices Read More
M. Mark Weiss, JD, the incoming president for the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), laments the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) stance on the proposed Department of Energy (DOE) standards for manufactured housing. The essence of MHARR’s position is that the DOE’s standards are far more costly than the
Incoming MHARR president calls on DOE Secretary to Reject Proposed MH Energy Standards Read More
Jobs and economic properity go hand in glove with home sales. What President Bill Clinton and his advisers understood, “It’s the economy, stupid,” may slowly be sinking into Democrats today after their mid-term electoral thrashing. New York Senator (D) Charles “Chuck” Schumer, speaking at the National Press Club this week was
The Manufactured Housing Industry is into year 5 of its recovery. For the next few moments, we will focus on a few facts like which should cause us to be grateful. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into
Happy Thanksgiving, Markets Closed Today Read More
The fig leaf offered by HousingWire senior financial writer, Trey Garrison, is that both political parties have done the same thing; namely, use their influence to cause a false or misleading report to be issued by an agency of the federal government. In this case, Garrion’s pointing the finger squarely
MHReadership continues to rise! According to facts released early today by Webalizer, the number of readers on MHProNews exceeds the monthly totals of others publishers’ readers in just 2 or 3 days. To rephrase, from facts available, MHProNews has 10 to 15 times more readers (visits) logon during a month
Webalizer says Numbers Soaring for Manufactured Housing ePublisher Read More
What’s all the buzz about a tiny green house up for auction on Ebay in Austin Texas? With a starting bid of $37,800, but you can skip the bid and buy the home for $49,800. Austin’s BizJournals tells MHProNews that this 288-square-foot green modular home is supported by the Home Builders
Homebuilders auctioning green Tiny Modular Home on eBay Read More
MarketWatch reports that housing is normalizing and with low rates and credit may ease, so there should be a tail wind behind continuing housing recovery. But a Daily Business News story that will go live on Thursday suggests, not so fast. There are allegations that federal officials are “cooking the
Manufactured Housing closes up before Thanksgiving, DOW rises too Read More
Jesse Harrell and John Vaught have joined forces to what may seem to them – and may be for others – a sign of things to come for manufactured and modular home sales. The GCDailyWorld’s Rick Curl tells MHProNews that Solsberry, Indiana’s Harrell has done contracting and excavating for some
Realtor, Contractor Moving into Manufactured Housing – Sign of more to come? Read More
The Tennessean tells the tale of the HOME program, $250,000 in federal grants going to each of three TN counties, Gallatin,Portland and Westmorelan. The program is designed to repair – or in the past, even replace – homes that had update needs, up to $40,000 per qualifying resident. Deemed a lifesaver
Mobile and Manufactured Homes Dropped from HOME Program Read More
Michigan’s HomeFirst is an innovator in offering luxury manufactured homes (MH) rather than “shade and shelter” models, as is more often seen in the current MH market environment. Their motto is simple, “Affordability and Luxury.” BroadwayWorld tells MHProNews that HomeFirst Director of Sales and Marketing, Danya Mallad said: “We’ve always
Luxury Manufactured Homes in Michigan attracts Buyers Read More
The markets are closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving day, but you will find our routine market and other news items and blogs today; PLUS a nice helping of fresh Daily Business News stories to greet you Thursday morning, Nov 27th, 2014. For MH professionals and enthusiasts, you know this is a
Happy Thanksgiving from MHProNews – U.S. Markets closed Thursday Read More
The Manufactured Housing Composite Value rose, even as Marketwatch explained why Oil and OPEC’s upcoming Thursday meeting contributed to a modest dip on the Dow. Manufactured home communities generally did well, as did suppliers and producers. Today’s trading, by the numbers… Dow 17,814.94 -2.96 -0.02%. Nasdaq 4,758.25 +3.36 +0.07%. S&P
Manufactured Housing Composite Rises, Oil hits 4 year low, Dow slides Read More
Families in the Lake Elmo, Minnesota manufactured home community of Cimarron Park are getting a much desired center for youth. The area is mainly occupied by low-income families which have struggled for housing. The Twin Cities StarTribune tells MHProNews that the building space for community activities which includes a day
Equity Lifestyle teams up with agency in Twin Cities Suburb for a youth recreation center Read More
In the new world of innovation, the construction and architectural industries have been shown how 3D printing technology can make their jobs quicker without the compromise of quality. According to Rob Francis, Shanka Ventures director of innovation and business improvement: “3D concrete printing, when combined with a mobile prefabrication centre,
Bonnie Sinnock, writing in National Mortgage News, outlines various viewpoints on the debated topic of how much value there is to pre-mortgage counseling for borrowers versus using other options. Programs like HAWK, Home Owners Armed with Knowledge, are among those explored. Since manufactured housing lenders face the question of
Housing Counseling and Loan Performance – what works, and others options for Home Buyers? Read More
Mona Charen, writing in the Albany Democratic Herald, said that during the 2012 presidential campaign, one of President Obama’s favorite themes was to poke fun at Republicans saying, “they have the same prescription they’ve had for the past 30 years. … Take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations, and
Dodd-Frank’s economic impact under-stated, says Charen in Albany Democrtic Herald Read More
As was previously reported on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews and in the Daily Business News, the RV industry is pursuing legislation to remedy concerns with HUD over regulations they feel hampers their business. As shown at the links above, Congressmen Marlin Stutzman (R-3 IN) and Jackie Walorski (R-2nd IN) introduced House Resolution 5658, entitled
