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Sun Announces Quarterly Dividends for First Quarter, 2016

MHProNews has learned from euroinvestor that the board of directors of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) declared a quarterly distribution of $0.65 per share of common stock for Q1 2016, payable April 15 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2016. The board also declared a quarterly distribution of $0.441325 per …

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Another Manufactured Home Community in New Hampshire Converts to Resident-Owned

The 32-homesite Ladd Hill Mobile Home Park just became the 118th manufactured home community (MHC) in New Hampshire to convert from privately owned to resident-owned, as citizen informs MHProNews. Now called Ladd Hill Cooperative, Inc., the Belmont, NH community deal was finalized March 1, and the purchase price of $525,000 …

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Bill Eases Transit of Factory-built Homes

According to what chippewa tells MHProNews, Wisconsin State Senator Terry Moulton (Chippewa Falls-R), representing the 23rd District, authored a bill signed by Gov Scott Walker that will ease transport on Wisconsin roads for delivery of manufactured and modular homes. Canada has been an active buyer of U. S. factory-built homes …

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Canadian Home Show will Feature Modular Homes

MHProNews has learned from the peterboroughexaminer in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada that the annual Peterborough Home, Outdoor and Design Show will, for the first time, feature two modular homes by Green Terra Homes of Trenton, Ontario. Green Terra offers a steel, two-bedroom modular home for $76K ($57 USD), a three-bedroom modular …

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Institutional investors Increase Stake in Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

According to a recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. boosted its stake in Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) by 13,939.8 percent, adding 348,494 shares to its portfolio. As hilltopmhc tells MHProNews, Daiwa now has a 0.42 percent stake in ELS valued at …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Feb. 28-March 6, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Rancho El Mirage, new 55+ Manufactured Home Community Opening near Yuma, AZ Tired of renting? Get the Scoop on Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News American Dream lives. HUD Code production starts year strong. Patrick, Drew Industries acquire ancillary …

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Sun Community Shareholders Buy and Sell Shares

MHProNews has learned from thevistavoice that Russell Frank Co. has diminished its stake in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) by 8.1 percent in Q4 of 2015 as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission. After selling 47,319 shares of stock, the company owns 537,417 shares, now owning 0.99 percent of the …

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Patrick Industries Acquires Electronics Distributor

MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that Elkhart, Indiana-based Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) has acquired The Progressive Group, a distributor and manufacturer’s representative for major name brand electronics serving 16 states that are primarily in the Midwest and Intermountain regions. The company’s customer base includes small to large retailers, other distributors …

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Caddis Capital adds Two More MHCs to Portfolio

MHProNews has learned from 9news that Jefferson County, Colorado-based Caddis Capital Investments LLC has acquired two manufactured home communities (MHCs) in Arizona. The 210 home site Mesa Village in Mesa, AZ and the 169 home site El San Juan MHC in Peoria were purchased for $16.6 million. While the seller …

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Prospective MHC Owners Plan to Upgrade the Community with New Homes

A Hendersonville, North Carolina family intends to provide up to 21 new multi-section manufactured homes (MH) in a community for seniors, and will ask the Hendersonville City Council for a waiver of the city’s impact fee, as hendersonvillelightning tells MHProNews.. Cheria, Billy and Tony Duncan hope to buy Whiteside’s Green …

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Astounding Growth for Single-family Home Rental Company

American Homes 4 Rent, the “largest publicly traded single-family rental company,” has become larger as the result of its merger with American Residential Properties (ARP), a deal valued at $1.3 billion, and now owns 47,000 homes in 22 states, according to housingwire. Already on a fast track, from 2012 to …

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Modular Builder in UK sees Profit Grow 29 Percent

MHProNews has learned from nottinghampost in the UK that modular builder Danzer Limited has reported a record year, having achieved a growth of 29 percent in profit “to September. 2015 with turnover up to £5.38m ($7.5 million).” Based in Langley Mill, a city in Nottingham, England, the family-owned modular construction …

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Drew Acquires Manufacturer of RV Interiors

Drew Industries, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana has acquired Flair Interiors, Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicle (RV) interiors with operations in Goshen and Fort Wayne, IN, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI®) for $8.1 million, according to streetinsider. Sales of Flair for 2015 wee approximately $25 million. Drew’s …

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RHP Properties Acquired 5,538 Home Sites In 2015

MHProNews has learned from rejournals Farmington Hills, Michigan-based RHP Properties acquired 18 new manufactured home communities (MHC) in 2015, and it now owns 226 MHCs in 23 states. With over 56,349 home sites, the company touts itself as the second largest private owner of MHCs in the nation, according to …

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Patrick acquires Parkland Plastics

MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) has finalized the acquisition of Parkland, Plastics, Inc. of Middlebury-Indiana. Parkland designs, manufactures and distributes polymer-based wall and ceiling panels, coated and rolled floors, protective moulding, adhesives and accessories for the manufactured home and recreational vehicle industries. While the net …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Feb. 21-Feb. 28, 2016

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Discovering a 9 out of 10 “Mobile Home Park” Lifestyle What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHC development on Pacific coast may wash out, while Hillcrest MHC in New Hampshire gets nod for expansion. UK modular plant to hire 400-500, modulars …

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Oracle of Omaha Defends Clayton Homes

Warren Buffett, in his annual letter to stockholders, said the economy is doing much better than some politicians running for the White House say in their campaign talk. According to NPR, he said children born today will have a very good life, despite the slow recovery from the Great Recession. …

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Dubai-based Company moving on West Coast Workforce Modulars

Monitac Remotely Possible, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, is beginning to provide modular farmworker housing to farms on the U. S. west coast made of shipping containers. Containers are altered into six to eight bunkhouses, or can be used for living or office space. They can be stacked three stories high, …

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Modular Home Factory to Hire 400 to 500

The yorkshireeveningpost in the UK informs MHProNews that a leading financial services company, Legal and General Homes, is opening a new modular home construction facility in Sherbun-In-Emet that will employ 400 to 500 workers. The company has inked a long-term lease for a 550,000 sq. ft. warehouse, which it says …

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Sam Zell Continues Smiling

The above-named’s Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) reached a new day high of $71.81 in yesterday’s trading, after hitting an intraday low of $69.87, according to fidaily. The 685,512 shares that traded hands resulted in the stock resting at day’s end at $71.54. The 50-day moving average of $66.41 is …

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