Drew Industries, Inc.’s Net profit for Q1 ending March 31, 2016 was $35.96 million as compared to the same period last year of $20.07 million. On May 17 MHProNews noted that the CEO of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW), Jason Lippert sold 10,000 shares of Drew stock at $74.13 per share …
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While the original Oak Forest manufactured home community in Egg Harbor Townhship, in southern New Jersey had 158 home sites, current owner/developer Ralph Clayton received a use variance from the zoning board in 2007, and site preparation is now in progress for an additional 92 MH sites. The 54.62 acre …
After four years of research and development, the Amsterdam collective Fiction Factory has developed a modular house made primarily of treated cardboard that is said to last 50 years, according to huhmagazine.co.uk. Designed for either homes or offices, the Wikkelhouse (roughly, ‘wrap house’) comes in tubular sections of about 43 …
The Yellowstone County Commission in Montana unanimously voted against a zone change request from residential tracts to residential manufactured homes (MH) on some 30 acres of vacant land outside Laurel, just south of Billings, but within the city’s zoning jurisdiction following neighborhood complaints against the proposal. Remonstrators allege the development …
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MHProNews has learned manufactured and modular housing builder Skyline Corp. will open a new factory in Elkhart, Indiana to produce affordable housing for markets in Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. “The opening of the Elkhart facility is in response to growing demand for our existing community partners,” said Skyline President and …
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News continues arriving to MHProNews in the wake of modular builder Innovative Building Systems’ (IBS) sudden Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which we last covered May 16, 2016, as dailyitem reports 280 people at the Excel Homes plant in Liverpool, PA have lost their jobs, effective May 13. Begun in 1984, other …
A house built in 1775 in Hartford Village, Vermont was demolished last month, leading to calls for a new ordinance that would protect historic properties, as MHProNews has been informed by vnews. The house was built by Benjamin Wright, Jr., whose father was one of the founders of the town …
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Updating a story MHProNews posted May 7, 2016 regarding the bankruptcy of Innovative Building Systems (IBS), which owns Keiser Homes of Oxford, Maine, modularhomecoach reports customers who have placed deposits on homes may be out of luck. Autumn Poulin put down a $20,000 deposit on a three-bedroom, 2-1/2 bath modular …
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MHProNews has been informed by the RV/MH Heritage Foundation that Sally Miener has been chosen as vice president of marketing and development for the non-profit, according to CEO and president of the foundation, Darryl Searer. Miener has more than 24 years experience in a variety of management positions with Continental …
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What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Illinois Professional Couple Discover their Getaway Home near Florida’s top Beaches What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Rent control judgment favors manufactured home community owner. CFPB may tighten screws excessively on short-term lenders. NAR calls for more starter homes to ease …
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Following a story MHProNews posted May 11, 2016 regarding manufactured home community (MHC) owner NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., costar reports NorthStar is selling its portfolio of 135 manufactured home communities to a fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $2.04 billion, 33,010 home sites, the equivalent of $61,800 per …
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A United States District Court jury awarded the owner of Colony Cove manufactured home community (MHC) $3.3 million in damages against the city of Carson, California for violating his constitutional rights by repeatedly rejecting his proposed rent increases going back to 2006. According to dailybreeze, owner James Goldstein, the largest …
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MHProNews has learned that one of the United Kingdom’s largest construction companies will build a factory next to its existing manufacturing facility, Explore Industrial Park in Steetley, Worksop, Engalnd for the construction of modular homes. Laing O’Rourke’s current state-of-the-art site produces components used in homes it builds across London and …
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Employing 2,142 team members from 10 supply operations and seven home building facilities in Alabama, as well as having built 5,734 homes in the state, manufactured home builder Clayton Homes will host its very first Birmingham Home Show May 17-19, 2016, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Showcasing 27 homes, Keith …
In the wake of UMH Properties, Inc. solid first quarter, the company plans to add 700-800 rental homes in fiscal year 2016, saying, “Our strong Q1 results represent an excellent start to 2016 that we intend to build upon going forward,” according to thefly. As MHProNews reported May 9, 2016, …
MHProNews has learned from fidaily that Anchor Capital Advisors LLC has decreased its stake in Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) by 9.2 percent in the previous quarter, selling 104,377 shares valued at $3,967,000, leaving its current stock in Sun valued at $74,078,000. Advantus Capital Management increased its position in Sun by …
Manufactured home community (MHC) owner and operator UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) reports for its quarterly earnings statement it met Thomson Reuters’ consensus earnings per share, as MHProNews has learned. The company reported Core Funds from Operations of $4,620,000, $0.17 per diluted share for the quarter ending March 31, 2016, as …
Caritas Corp., California-based non-profit affordable housing corporation, will adopt MRI Software’s multifamily solutions to keep track of 20 manufactured home communities (MHC) in its goal of maintaining quality, affordable housing for low income persons. With the dearth of reliable, long-term reasonably-priced housing, Caritas attempts to create vibrant communities where resident …
MRI’s Software Adapts well to non-profit Operator of MHCs Read More
Consolidated net sales for Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:W) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2016 rose 17 percent higher than the comparable period of 2015, to $423 million, yielding net income of $36 million, as prnewswire tells MHProNews. For the supplier of components to the manufactured home (MH) and …
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MHProNews has been informed by ottawacitizen that award-winning modular home designer Karoleena of Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada has been acquired by Horizon North Logistics, Inc., a builder of relocatable modular workforce housing in remote areas, as well as camp management accommodations and catering. To meet the growing need for a …
