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JPMorgan Grant Focuses on Manufactured Housing Communities

MHProNews.com has learned from heraldonline.com that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has created a new community development financial institution (CDFI) Collaboratives program to stimulate economic growth and opportunities in distressed and underserved communities, committing $33 million spread over 21 states. The financial services giant, with over $2.4 trillion in assets …

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Content to Rent

The number of renter households is expected to increase five to six million in the next ten years above the nearly 40 million now in the housing stock, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Even as Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reports 162,000 one-time homeowners became …

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New Addition—Mix of Manufactured, Modular and Site-Built Homes

Woodward County Commissioners in Woodward, Oklahoma have approved the final plat for a housing addition that will allow site-built as well as manufactured and modular homes. Riata Ranch was approved for a second time as commissioners felt the need to spell out covenants and restrictions in more detail. In assuring …

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CFPB Director Cordray Grilled at House Financial Services Committee Hearing

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray received criticism during a hearing Tue., Jan 28 from the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Jeb Hensarling, (R-TX), who said his committee is already hearing negative feedback from consumers regarding the Qualified Mortgage rule which went into effect Jan. 10. …

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Skyline Corp. Tops Advances Second Consecutive Day

Investors, plowing through corporate returns and responding to turmoil in emerging markets settling down, moved the three major indexes into the plus column as the Dow advanced nearly 100 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 90.68 points, +0.57 percent, to end the day at 15,928.56. The Nasdaq …

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New Home Sales Fall in December but Rise on the Year

Despite sales of newly-built, single-family homes falling seven percent in December to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 414,000, home sales in 2013 rose 16.4 percent over the previous year, reports the National Home Builders Association (NAHB). “Consumers are getting used to more realistic mortgage rates, which still remain favorable on …

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Skyline Advances almost 4%; other Tracked Stocks Fall or Remain Even

Despite a good economic report from bellweather Caterpillar, investors’ concerns about corporate earnings and emerging markets turned the first day of the week to red ink as all three major indexes fell. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -41.23 points, -0.26 percent, to end the week at 15,837.88. …

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Equity LifeStyle Properties to Issue Financials

According to wkrb13.com, manufactured housing community (MHC) owner Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) will announce its earnings results Tue., Jan 28. While the stock opened at $37.10 Mon., Jan 27, it has a 52-week low of $33.36 and a 52-week high of $42.86. The company has a market cap of $3.091 …

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Facit Homes: 3-D Printing On Site

Another on-site modular home builder has come to the attention of MHProNews.com, this time from Great Britain. Facit Homes, finalists in the INDEX: Awards, is responding to the housing shortage in the larger cities, where prices have risen 53 percent in four years, offering 3-D printing of the parts on …

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Sun Projects Positive Results for 2014

The board of directors of real estate investment trust (REIT) Sun Communities, Inc. has announced an increase of $0.08 per common share for its 2014 target distribution rate to $2.60. While the board has adopted this new rate, it will still be subject to approval by the board each quarter …

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Wolfpack and North American Extrusion Sign Exclusive Deal

MHProNews has learned from private sources that North American Extrusion and Assembly (NAEA) has inked an exclusive agreement with Wolfpack Chassis to provide the manufactured housing (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) industries with premium windows. The Noble line of windows were introduced at the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show this past …

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Lippert’s Rezoning Request Receives Ratification

Lippert Components, Inc. of Elkhart County, Indiana received final approval from the Goshen (IN) Plan Commission to rezone 56 acres from Agricultural A-1 to Industrial M-1 for future use by the company. The city originally annexed the area April 1, 2012, according to RVBusiness.com, with the intent to rezone it …

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Single-family Project to include Manufactured and Modular Housing Quashed

According to willistonherald.com, the Williams County (North Dakota) Planning and Zoning Commission denied a request for a 55 home single-family residential development to be built outside Ray, ND, just northeast of Williston in the housing-strapped Bakken Oil Field region. Limited to manufactured, modular and site-built homes, the 164 acres were …

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Large Homes are Growing Again

Just as we learn half of our Congressional representatives in Washington are millionaires, and that the rich are getting richer, MHProNews has learned more Mr. and Mrs. D. Pockets are back on the scene building mega mansions. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), applications for home loans of $625,000 …

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Former Fuqua Homes Plant Sold

The 125,000 square foot industrial space in Bend, Oregon at one time occupied by Fuqua Homes, Inc. has been sold to a hedge fund manager and his wife for $2.7 million. The couple will likely develop it into a multi-tenant facility, according to bendbulletin.com. Fuqua Homes built manufactured and modular …

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India may be Inundated with Millions of Modular Homes

American architectural firm KieranTimberlake (Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake), taking a page from Henry Ford and his numerous prototypes (the “Model T” derives from the 19th letter in the alphabet, because Henry had 18 previous failures), are working to transform architecture beyond its traditional guidelines into the domains of software …

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Cavco, Drew Drop 4% Plus; Dow Plunges 318.24 Points

In its worst week since Nov. 2011 the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled nearly two percent, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 both fell over two percent, as investors worried about an economic slowdown in China. CNNMoney reports the Dow dropped -318.24 points, -1.96 percent, to end the week …

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NAR: Previously Owned Home Sales Shoot Up

Marking the highest level of sales since the housing boom year of 2006, 5.1 million previously owned homes sold in 2013, up 9.2% from 2012 and almost 20% more than 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). As CNNMoney informs MHProNews, in the first month-over-month increase since July, …

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Louisiana Pacific Gains, Nobility Falls, Three Major Indexes Drop

All three major indexes fell in today’s trading as investors continued to express concerns over corporate earnings. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -175.99 points during the day, -1.07 percent to close at 16,197.35. The Nasdaq dropped -24.13 points, -0.57 percent, to end at 4,218.87, while the S&P …

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Foreclosure and Home Price Decline Bodes Well for Stability

Gordon Crawford of DataQuick, noting the months of increasing home values in the 42 markets the company analyzes in its Property Intelligence Report (PIR), says the substantial drop in prices in December is a good sign that the housing market is leveling off, according to nationalmortgagenews.com. “It shows that home …

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