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Barron’s – Will Freestone Capital Become Next Public Manufactured Home Community Operator?

By / July 25, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Business, Communities, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry

Freestone Capital Management, an investing firm based in Seattle, WA, has spent the last decade working their way into becoming one of the larger owners of manufactured home communities in the United States. Now they are setting their sights on becoming even bigger.  And perhaps, going public. It all started …

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How Many Renters? How High are Rent$?

By / July 25, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Economy, Finance, home buyers, housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry

It’s not a secret that the need for affordable housing is a problem in major metro areas throughout the United States. A new Pew Research study reports there are more renters than at any time since 1965. Recent stories coming out of San Francisco are just one example of the …

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2018, 2020 Campaigns Underway, Bernie & Jane Sanders, Scandals, and Democratic Party Rebranding

By / July 25, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Economy, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Politics

Secretary Hillary Clinton gave what many felt was a graceful exit speech the morning after her election loss.  For his part, then President-elect Donald J. Trump said that he felt differently about going after her for the various allegations of corrupt and illegal activity.  He would let that part of …

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Passages, Rodrick Dennis ‘Monty’ Montange

By / July 24, 2017 / Manufactured Housing Industry, Obituary

Navy veteran, musician and manufactured housing industry professional Roderick Dennis “Monty” Montange, 80, has passed at his home on Friday July 7, 2017. Montange was born to parents Rodrick and Evelyn Montagne on August 23, 1936 in Fargo, North Dakota – per the Billings Gazette. It wasn’t until after his …

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Food Stamp Enrollment Down, Employment Up and Industry Opportunities Growing 

By / July 21, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Communities, Economy, Manufactured Housing Industry

When the Great Recession hit and unemployment was at its peak, the Obama Administration gave states the ability to waive working requirements for individuals without dependents looking to receive assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also commonly known as “food stamps.” That move was never designed to be …

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Hawaiian Modular Housing Advances

By / July 20, 2017 / Affordable Housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

Kahau’iki Village is shaping up as all-too-rare collaboration of state, county and private sector parties coming together to provide affordable housing for those in the community who are struggling. “It’s a dream come true, hopefully, for those who maybe felt powerless and disenfranchised.  We want children to see a brighter future …

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Climate Change, Tornadoes, and ‘Mobile Homes’ – Dangerous Oversights – Mark Skidmore Admits Michigan State Univ Study’s Omissions; Revealing Analysis & Report

By / November 5, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

“If the climatologists are right about the continuing effects of climate change,” said Mark Skidmore, MSU economics professor and co-author of the study, “then people living in mobile homes could be particularly vulnerable to tornadoes in the years to come.” – states the Michigan State University (MSU) study, “CLIMATE CHANGE, …

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An Executive Summary – 400 Words – Manufactured Housing Industry Obstacles and Billions in Opportunities

By / November 5, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

by L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach It could be boiled down to the 3-letter acronym at the end. Let’s first take a 400 word walk through the top obstacles and opportunities. 1) We’re in a trillion-dollar annual U.S. housing market.  There’s a growing demand for affordable housing.  So why is manufactured …

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Paving the Road to Hell – MHAction’s Kevin Borden & NYCC’s Jonathan Westin

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

Most know the maxim: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The Hill op-ed by Kevin Borden and Jonathan Westin on “The Private Equity Takeover of America’s Neighborhoods” at best typifies hellish “good intentions.” Key facts they ignored arguably harms those they claim to want to protect. Using …

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Extreme Makeover: “Mobile Home Edition”

By / October 30, 2016 / Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, People, Trends

Manufactured housing professionals know the benefits of living in a manufactured home.  But tens of millions in the public have little or no clue. That high value proposition can include pre-HUD Code mobile homes, as well as post code manufactured housing. So there is on ongoing need for manufactured housing …

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Insider Trades, as Short Interest in Sun Communities by Fund Managers Rises

By / October 26, 2016 / Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks

Sun Communities, Inc. saw its short interest rise significantly in September, reports Chris Copeland for Baseball News. As of Sept. 30, the real estate investment trust’s short interest reached 1,758,243 shares, an increase of 77.5% from the 990,646 shares it had just 15 days earlier. According to an average daily …

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Assistant Mayor Pushes to Remove “Trailer” Terminology

By / October 25, 2016 / Advocacy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry

Portsmouth, NH assistant mayor Jim Splaine is doing what he can to put an end to the stigma that’s often felt by people who live in manufactured homes. Too often, the areas where manufactured homeowners live are referred to as “trailer parks,” reports seacoastonline’s Jeff McMenemy. “I think it does …

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Manufactured Housing – “Where Do We Go from Here?” – Industry Discussion

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

with – Kevin Clayton, Joe Stegmayer, Keith Anderson, Gary McDaniel, Todd Baker and Don Westphal  “We have to learn how to reach out and communicate with them (Millenials).” — Keith Anderson – Champion Home Builders Model home, Champion Home Builders. Moderated by energetic 45-year industry veteran Dick Ernst, the “Where …

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Regulatory Impact – CFPB rules – Manufactured Home Buyers, Sellers & Lenders – Richard Cordray, Sen Joe Donnelly, et al – Video Report

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

“I actually don’t think there was ever much high cost lending in the manufactured housing market.” — Richard Cordray, director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mark Carter is a pastor of an independent church in the Ohio River Valley of Western Kentucky and a part-time school bus driver. Susan Gaines is …

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Reframing Manufactured Home Lending LO Comp Debates – Inside MH Video -Triad Financial’s Don Glisson Jr.

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

by L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach In an exclusive video interview that could help reframe the discussions about MH Lending in Washington, DC – as well as with consumer advocacy groups nationally – Triad Financial Services Chairman and CEO, Don Glisson Jr. shared with MHProNews the following exclusive video interview. Don …

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Manufactured Housing Connected Stocks in 2015 – Comparing Value and Performance from Jan 1 to December 31, 2015

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

It is common for media to do a look back at the year that was. In the publicly traded markets, MHProNews, decided to apply that concept to the stocks connected with Manufactured Housing. Each stock below is one that tracked by the ever-popular Daily Business News and its market report. In …

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Doug Ryan, CFED, Manufactured Housing and Financing – What’s Wrong, What’s Right

By / November 6, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

“What is wrong,” said the brilliant G.K. Chesterton, “is that we don’t ask what is right.” Let’s apply this principle to Doug Ryan, the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) and the utter need for the quality affordable living millions could find in today’s modern manufactured housing.   Doug Ryan, CFED …

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Manufactured Home Personal Property Loans – Are They Predatory? Are CFPB Regulations Helping or Harming Consumers and Home Owners?

By / November 7, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

Beyond confusion on finance related issues, there are many myths and misunderstandings about modern manufactured housing.  Among these are: > that MH is somehow more vulnerable to wind storms (that’s not true, as the first video below features a preview that will blow that false impression away). > That manufactured …

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Solution for compliance with the new HPML Appraisal Rule: NADAguides New Manufactured Home Price Tool

By / November 7, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

National Appraisal Guides, Inc. is thrilled to introduce the NADAguides New Manufactured Home Price Tool. This new product assists lenders and retailers in complying with the new Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans (HPML) Appraisal Rule, and it was designed with efficiency and affordability in mind. The HPML Appraisal Rule goes into effect …

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The New Appraisal Rule for HPML on Manufactured Homes – Finding the “Good” In Regulation and Change

By / November 7, 2018 / Industry in Focus Reports

by John Walters It is conference season for those of us in the manufactured housing industry. Attendance and participation has demonstrated an overall growing economy and the increased activity that comes with it. However, there still is an overhang of the next wave of regulations. Their potential impact looms on …

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