PRNewsWire reports CoveView Capital Partners, LLC has acquired all the assets of modular builder HandCrafted Homes, LLC of Henderson, NC. Paul Jarvis, the new President of HandCrafted Homes, says, “The infusion of new capital will allow us to fund growth initiatives as the housing markets begin to recover, and is …
InForum says Target Logistics’ fleet of modular man camps serving the Bakken oil field in western North Dakota are being sold for $625 million to Algeco Scotsman. The 3,400 units, located in Tioga, Williston, Watford City, and Dunn County, will continue with the Target name but a tag mentioning Algeco …
While U. S. stocks closed mixed for the day, investors were enough pleased with corporate earnings reports to send the Dow within 200 points of its all time high. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.34 percent, +47.46 points, to end the day at 14,018.70. The Nasdaq …
An article in NuwireInvestor refutes the charge in a Wall Street Journal piece from Dec. 11, 2012 that the manufactured housing market is declining while the site-built market is rebounding. Of the 50,000 MHCs in the nation, 45,000 serve as affordable housing for those who pay around $500 a month …
TradeArabia reports Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Housing Services, which provides modular housing for gas, oil and mining excavation projects, has signed a partnership with U. S.-based Sherwin-Williams to provide paints and coatings to select markets in the Middle East. With headquarters and manufacturing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Premier Paint …
AOLRealEstate reports a survey by Prudential Real Estate reveals 77 percent of the respondents 25-34 and 78 percent of those 35-44 see homeownership as very important as the recession fades into history. Eighty-five million Generation Xers and Millennials, many of whom were not impacted by the housing bubble, are generally …
With the Dow and S&P up nearly seven percent and the Nasdaq up almost six percent this year, investors stepped back from the trading table as the three indexes dropped slightly. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.16 percent, -21.73 points, to end the day at 13,971.24. …
The rutlandjournal reports that Mountain View Modular Homes has relocated its office and showroom to a more visible location in downtown Rutland, VT. Owner Drew Pierce offers custom modular homes made by Ritz-Craft of Pennsylvania starting below $100,000, as well as log cabins and garages. As MHProNews has learned, Pierce …
FastCompany is reporting the tenth top most innovative architectural firm in the world is Lake|Flato Architects of San Antonio, Tex., reinvigorators of the Hotel San Jose in Austin and the Thunderbird Motel in Marfa, Tex. MHProNews has learned the company recently announced the design of a series of high end, …
The chicagotribune informs MHProNews Ill. Governor Pat Quinn has signed Senate Bill 16 to speed up the foreclosure process on abandoned single-family homes and multifamily buildings of less than seven units. The current average of 600 days will be shortened to 90-180 days for foreclosure. In addition, lenders will be …
Better-than-expected earnings reports helped push U. S stocks to the plus column today as the S&P and Nasdaq made gains for the week. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.35 percent, +48.92 points, to end the day at 13,992.97. The Nasdaq gained +0.91 percent, +28.74, to close …
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MHProNews has learned from nationalmortgagenews the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey remained steady at 3.53%, while a 15-year FRM dropped four basis points to 2.77%. Compared to last Feb. at this time, a 30- year average FRM is 34 basis points …
Investors stayed against the wall of the dance floor sifting through mixed economic news, including a drop of two percent in business productivity for Q4 2012 and and weekly jobless claims that came in above forecasts, sending the three indexes to the red zone. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial …
RVBusiness informs MHProNews Drew Industries, Inc. of White Plains, NY will release its financials for Q4 2012 before the market opens on Wed. Feb. 20, and then host a conference call that same day at 11 AM ET for institutional investors and analysts. Others may listen to a live webcast …
MHProNews has learned the Standing Rock Housing Authority of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota will be accepting bids for multifamily modular housing to be transported and set on foundations at three different locations within the Standing Rock Reservation. The specifications call for (4) four plex and one …
The nationalmortgagenews tells MHProNews in true supply and demand fashion, the apartment vacancy rate fell to 4.5 percent, it’s lowest level in more than a decade, says Apartments.com, while rents rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier. In a survey of over 1,300 renters, the number of previous homeowners who …
Concerns about the Eurozone continue to trouble U. S. stocks, driving caution into the minds of investors, as the three main indexes moved little in either direction. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.05 percent, +7.22 points, to end the day at 13,986.52. The Nasdaq lost -0.10 …
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) reports the number of improving housing markets grew in Feb. to 259, up from 242 markets in Jan., and now includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The IMI measures changes in housing permits, employment, and …
Speaking at a University of Montana economics seminar in Billings, Montana, economists noted Billings has the most robust growth of any urban area in Montana, and has nearly equaled its growth rate of 2007. As MHProNews has reported on several occasions, most recently Dec. 7, 2012, Billings is home to …
CNNMoney tells MHProNews investors are dashing to buy assets in every aspect of the housing supply chain—builders, undeveloped land, foreclosed homes, and building suppliers. Paulson and Co. has bought enough land in three western states to build up to 25,000 homes and is looking for more. Blackstone Group (BX) shelled …
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