Benzinga reports that Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI:NYSE) has begun an underwritten offering of 3,000,000 million shares of common stock, with a 30-day option for the underwriters to purchase an additional 450,000 shares. Sun intends to use the proceeds to pay down debt, fund possible future acquisitions, and for general corporate …
CNNMoney tells MHProNews the unemployment rate not only hurts those looking for work, it also hurts those with jobs. Why? Employers have no incentive to give raises because they know workers have few options. Hourly wages dropped by one cent in August, which indicates workers have little or no bargaining …
CNNMoney says caution continued to hover in the wind on Wall Street as investors awaited word from the European market and the Federal Reserve later this week, but this time sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up to 13,323.36, gaining +69.07 points, +0.52 percent. The Nasdaq edged up +0.02 percent …
BloombergBusinessWeek says while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has vowed to repeal Dodd-Frank, it’s more likely he would water down some of the restrictions on the most lucrative and profitable investments while providing sufficient oversight to protect the banks. Specifically, banks would toss restrictions on investments in private equity and …
BloombergBusinessWeek says just two months before the presidential election, the U.S. economy added only 96,000 jobs in August, indicating recovery from the recession still has a lot of ground to cover. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, due to 368,000 leaving the work force, as the labor-force participation rate …
CNNMoney reports the $25 billion settlement between the country’s five largest banks and the state attorneys general and federal government has led to JPMorgan Chase offering mortgage relief for thousands of its customers. The settlement gives banks the most credit for loan modifications completed in the first year, so Chase …
CNNMoney says caution was the word on Wall Street as investors awaited word from the European market and the Federal Reserve, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down to 13,254.29, losing -52.35 points, -0.39 percent. The Nasdaq also fell, dropping -1.03 percent to 3,104.02, while the S&P lost -0.61 percent …
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IHS Global Insight economist Patrick Newport, talking to nationalmortgagenews, says, “The trend is still away from homeownership. You still have a lot of foreclosures in the pipeline and people who lose their homes will mostly end up renting.” Rental rates have risen from 2.2% in 2011 to 4.1% in 2012, …
DallasNews tells MHProNews with 29 new multi-family projects beginning and 27 new staff members at Dallas City Hall in the building services department, which is funded solely by permitting and building fees, construction is steadily returning. The high end of single-family construction is improving, as is private sector commercial construction. …
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) says the number of improving housing markets increased from 81 in August to 99 in Sept., further indication that the housing market is recovering. Based on employment growth, house price appreciation, and single-family housing permit growth for six …
Hawaiireporter says Honolulu City Council member Tom Berg is proposing a five-year pilot program to erect temporary modular housing for farm workers on the Leeward Coast of Oahu, noting $1,600 a month rents make it difficult to keep long-term employees. Considerable resources are spent training new workers, but the availability …
sgvtribune reports from El Monte, California in the San Gabriel Valley an initiative on the November ballot will repeal a voter-approved measure that provides a ten percent discount to qualifying seniors who live in some of the MHCs in El Monte. The measure also gives the city council authority to …
nationalmortgagenews says according to John Burns Real Estate, before the housing downturn new home sales accounted for 16 percent of sales transactions, falling to five percent as the bottom dropped out. The new-to-existing home sales ratio fell from five to one to 17 to one, but has since climbed back …
A weak August jobs report left investors with added hope that the Federal Reserve will provide more stimulus when it meets next week, as the three major indexes made very minor gains. CNNMoney says the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.11 percent, +14.64 points, to 13,306.64. The Nasdaq moved up …
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According to information from Freddie Mac, as originationnews says, the average for a fixed rate 30-year mortgage fell four points during the week ending Sept. 6 to 3.55%, compared to 4.12% a year ago. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) tells MHProNews mortgage applications have fallen recently but lenders report the …
Notching the highest mark since the second quarter of 2005, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Production Index (MPI) rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, from 51 in Q1 2012 to 54 this most recent quarter. Measuring builder and developer sentiment about conditions in the apartment and condominium …
The Chisago County Press in Lindstrom, Minnesota tells MHProNews the Stonegate MHC is only the fifth community in the state to become owned by the residents. Stonegate Residential Corporation recently closed on the financing to make the 50 home site a co-op with the assistance of NorthCountry Foundation (NCF), which …
The European Central Bank’s bond-buying plan and better-than-expected job market data in the U.S. spiked a rally on Wall Street that sent the three indexes to their best numbers in years, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at its highest level since Dec. 2007. The Dow gained …
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Killam Properties, Inc., in its expansion efforts outside Atlantic Canada, announces it has acquired a four building, 244-unit apartment portfolio in Ottawa, Ontario, bringing its overall total to 11,638 apartment units. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, MHProNews has learned Killam owns and operates over 50 manufactured housing communities comprising …
journal-topics tells MHProNews even as an auctioneer rolled through Glenview, Illinois’ Sunset Village MHC in a sound truck auctioning off manufactured homes, residents remain hopeful they can buy the community out of foreclosure. Frustrated by neglect and issues with water quality, threatened with eviction in some cases, residents made rent-to-own …
