The Wisconsin Housing Alliance tells MHProNews.com data gathered by the American Banker’s Association’s (ABA) Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin loan delinquencies for manufactured housing dropped to 3.76% from 4.08% during Q4 2011. While the ABA says a delinquency is 30 or more days past due, TransUnion, the third largest credit bureau …
CNNMoney reports Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson, says the market has declined in May in three out of the last four years, and this one is no exception. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the month with a quiet whimper, losing -0.21 percent, 26.41 points, to end …
FoxBusiness reports gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual 1.9 percent in the first quarter of the year according to the Commerce Department, down from 3.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Excluding inventory values, which fell in the first quarter, the economy grew at a rate of …
Benzinga tells us the mortgage rate has found another hole that it has fallen through to a record low, as the 30-yr. fixed rate has hit 3.78% and the 15-yr. Fixed rate plunged to 3.08%, according to Bankrate. Still, the reticence of would-be buyers due to job insecurity, tight credit, …
CNNMoney reports two economist have studied 600,000 housing transactions near 159 new Walmart stores and determined home prices rose 2-3 percent in the two and a half years following the opening of a new Walmart within half a mile. Economists Jaren Pope at Brigham Young University and Devin Pope at …
CNNMoney reports investors shied away from the stock market as fears rose anew concerning the possible failure of Spain’s banking system, leading to a rush of investments in U.S. Treasuries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a little more than what it gained yesterday, falling -160.83 points, -1.28% percent, to …
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HousingWire says CoreLogic reports half of the 66,000 foreclosures completed in April were from five states: California, Florida, Michigan, Texas and Georgia, in that order. The National Foreclosure Report says the April rate compares to 78,000 a year ago. Since the housing downturn in Sept. 2008 3.6 million foreclosures have …
Bloomberg reports the National Association of Realtors (NAR) says the index of pending sales of previously-owned homes fell 5.5% in April, the highest rate in a year, on the heels of a 3.8 % gain in March 2012. Record low mortgage rates have failed to sustain the pace of demand …
LivingstonDaily in Michigan reports Mike Hendee has been trying to develop his 144-acre site halfway between Lansing and Detroit into a 498 site manufactured housing community since 2002. Favorable rulings by the Livingston County Circuit Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals were overturned by the state supreme court which …
OriginationNews tells MHProNews.com according to the Federal Reserve, single-family loans lending by the 25 largest banks has spiked this quarter, increasing $11.2 billion, at an annualized rate of 56 percent, to a non-seasonally-adjusted total of $4 trillion for the week ending May 9. Home mortgage lending was just below 40 …
RTTNews says while total revenues for Cavco Industries for the fourth quarter 2012 spiked 156% over the same period last year, from $38.8 million to $99.5 million, net profit for common shareholders was $1.65 million, or $0.24 per share, compared to $1.61 million or $0.23 per share for the same …
All three indexes gained one percent or better today as investors did not receive negative news from Europe, and hopes abound that China will support its economy. CNNMoney tells us the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 1.01 percent, 125.86 points, to close at 12,580.69. The Nasdaq gained 1.18 percent …
The National Modular Housing Council reports shipments of new modular homes rose 18.7% compared to the first quarter 2011, hitting 2,922. Shipments by state relative to the first quarter last year indicate 16 states received more than last year, three received fewer homes, and 12 states experienced no significant change. …
The lights in the housing market in Phoenix suddenly became very bright, according to a report from Keefe, Bruyette, and Woods (KBW) that HousingWire picked up. Following discussions with home builders, banks, and developers, KBW says new home building permits are expected to rise 50 percent in 2012 , as …
MHProNews.com reported in a story earlier today a Stone Creek Homes facility in Marshall County, Indiana south of South Bend abruptly closed its doors earlier this week, allegedly with no advance warning and without paying the 40 employees. Now word comes to us from WOWT-TV that the Stone Creek Homes …
SmartPlanet tells us graphic designer Michael McDaniel has developed a reusable, portable disaster relief shelter made of polypropylene, the same material used for soda bottles, that can sleep up to four people. The Exo Reaction Housing System has slots in the walls for attaching bunk beds that can convert into …
TahoeDailyTribune reports South Shore Capital bought Tahoe Shores Mobile Home Park near Stareline, Nevada in 2002 to develop the 17 acres into 143 condominiums. While the project awaits funding, South Shore has been buying the remaining homes and renting them out, telling residents the community could officially close at any …
WSBT-TV in South Bend reports employees of the Stone Creek Homes plant in Marshall County, IN say they were laid off this week without notice and did not get their final check. They were allegedly told to take their personal belongings, the layoffs were indefinite, and they would be called …
Earlier this month the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) contracted with noted legal experts SNR Denton to pursue statutory changes to the Dodd-Frank Act and the SAFE Act through the enactment of HR 3849, The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. The law firms other thrust will be to alter the …
