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Patrick Industries to Release Financials

Manufactured housing component and building supplier Patrick Industries, Inc. (PATK) is set to release its financial results for 2013 before the market opens on Thurs., Feb. 20. According to twst.com, a conference call will be held later that morning at 10:00 AM eastern time to discuss the results. CEO and …

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Fannie Mae Finalizes Repurchase Liabilities

Fannie Mae has collected nearly $14 billion from eight mortgage lenders since the start of 2013 for repurchase claims, and just agreed to $591 million from Wells Fargo, which will mark the end of its efforts to collect on defective loans it bought from private lenders during the the peak …

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The CFPB Boondoggle

Writing for bankstocks.com, commentator Thomas Brown says while the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is supposed to insure consumers get a fair shake when obtaining a mortgage, it will end up making credit more expensive and tougher to get for the people it was intended to help. It is accountable …

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Patrick Rises, Skyline Falls, Dow is Flat

All three major indexes made very modest gains in today’s trading as investors waited for testimony from Janet Yellen, the new head of the Federal Reserve. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up +7.71 points, +0.05 percent, to end the day at 15,801.79. The Nasdaq advanced +0.54 percent, …

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Awards Given to DeRose, McNeil

The Indiana Manufactured Housing Association/Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA/RVIC) honored past president Adriane DeRose with the President’s Award, bestowed upon a deserving board member each year. From Carefree Homes of Pendleton, Indiana, DeRose received the honor from IMHA/RVIC President Eric Oaks. The Citizen of the Year Award, presented to someone …

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One More Manufactured Housing Plant Working

Following up on the manufactured housing statistics for 2013 MHProNews.com posted Feb. 4,  the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports total floors shipped in December 2013 were 6,289, an increase of 15.1 percent compared with December 2012. As shipments increased 9.7 percent year-over-year, the number of plants reporting increased by one …

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Sandy Victims Initially Denied Modular Home Rebuild

MHProNews.com has learned from asburyparknews.com in New Jersey, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage told a family displaced from their home by Hurricane Sandy in Oct., 2012 they could not use their insurance check to purchase a modular home. It would cost $300,000 to repair the home in Brick, NJ, and they …

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Cardinal Homes Bidding on Texas Building

The former AIM High School Building in Ector County, Texas is up for sale by the Ector County Independent School District (ECISD). The highest bid of $1,352,000 was submitted by Cardinal Homes, Inc., according to newswest9.com. Headquartered in Wylliesburg, Virginia, MHProNews.com has learned Cardinal has a network of modular home …

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Red Sea Housing Distributes a Share for each Share Owned

The Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Housing Services Co., a publicly traded modular housing company, has recommended the distribution of 75 million Saudi Arabia rials (SAR), roughly $20 million at the current exchange rate, as cash dividends for 2013. According to what zawya.com tells MHProNews.com, the board …

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Fannie Mae Loans for Manufactured Homes Rise in 2013

According to multihousingnews.com, government services enterprise (GSE) Fannie Mae reports in 2013 it provided $28.8 billion in multifamily finance, covering 507,000 multifamily units. Over 85 percent of of the multifamily units financed by Fannie Mae in 2013 were affordable to tenants earning at or below the median income in their …

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Dow, Nasdaq, S&P Recover from Choppy Week; Tracked Housing Stocks Mixed

The lukewarm jobs report from the federal government did not damper investors’ enthusiasm as the week closed on a high note after a choppy ride. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +165.55 points, +1.06 percent, to end the day at 15,794.08. The Nasdaq advanced +1.69 percent, +68.74 points, …

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Justice Hits MHC with Fair Housing Complaint

The U. S. Department of Justice has informed MHProNews.com that the owner and manager of Four Seasons Estates Mobile Home Park in Effingham, Illinois have been charged with violating the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) prohibition against racial discrimination in their 126 homesite community. Owner Lorraine Wallschlaeger and manager Barbara Crubaugh, …

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Zell: U. S. becoming more Urbanized

In an interview with Bloomberg News‘ Betty Liu, investor Sam Zell says the residential market in 2014 will be benign. “The demand for single-family houses is, in my judgment, muted.” Asked what happened to all the demand for the generation Xers who are supposed to be moving out of their …

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Leading Housing Markets Index Nudges Higher

According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI), markets in 58 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity, a net gain of two points over last month. Based on current …

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Louisiana Pacific Advances; Dow, Nasdaq, S&P Climb over One Percent

All three major indexes gained over one percent in today’s trading as investors anticipate a good jobs report from the government tomorrow, Fri., Feb. 7. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained +188.30 points, +1.22 percent, to end the day at 15,628.533. Nasdaq advanced +1.14 percent, +45.57 points, to finish at 4,057.12, …

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Component Supplier to the Manufactured Housing Industry to Release Financials

BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC), a component supplier to the manufactured housing industry, will release fourth quarter financial results before the market opens on Thursday, Feb. 20, according to Nasdaq.com, followed by a conference call at 10:00 AM. CEO Mitch Lewis, and CFO and treasurer Doug Goforth will discuss the company’s …

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Modular Housing Growing in Africa

Following the thread of a story MHProNews.com posted Feb. 3, 2014 regarding the Kenya government’s plan to build thousands of modular homes for low-income residents, Canadian investor Charles Field-Marsham says the growing middle class among the 800 million in sub-Sahara Africa offers lucrative markets to tap into. A stockbroker in …

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As Mortgage Apps Edge Up, Rates Edge Down

A Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) report says mortgage applications nudged up 0.4 percent for the week ending Jan. 31 from the previous week, while refinance mortgage activity remained at 62 percent of mortgage applications. While the refinance index grew 3% from the previous week, the purchase index declined 4% from …

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Louisiana Pacific Manages a Gain as Most Tracked Housing Stocks Fall

Investors remained off the dance floor today as they weighed concerns about the American economy and awaited the government’s jobs report, due out Friday, as the three major indices floated into negative territory. CNNMoney reports the Dow slid -5.01 points, -0.03 percent, to end the day at 15,440.23. Nasdaq also …

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Rent Control Initiatives Challenged by Land Lease Community Owners

Following a story MHProNews.com first posted Aug. 23, 2013, both the Lake County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors and the Lakeport City Council have rent control initiatives regarding manufactured housing communities on separate ballots sponsored by a “Save our Seniors” group. While the county ballot is set for June, and the …

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