What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Bad and Good – Two Sides – Manufactured Home Living and News Reporting What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Ishbel Dickens refuses debate with Carla Burr over PBS NewsHour report. Part of MHC to close. Jurisdiction ready to impose master meter …
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MHProNews published a story Sept. 22, 2015 regarding private equity firm The Carlyle Group’s collaboration with Pacific Skies Estates, a 93 site manufactured home community (MHC) on the Pacific, and investing $42 million to upgrade the community with new, high-end MH that will be rented. The plan includes building a …
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Eight investor-owned utilities in Southern California participating in a program to upgrade old and defective gas pipelines and electric power lines in manufactured homes will pass on the costs to their ratepayers to cover the program. Many of the systems have not been upgraded in decades. Part of the impetus …
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MHProNews has learned from zolmax that in its most recent quarterly financials, Skyline Corp. reports it earned +0.20 earning per share (EPS), well above the -0.41 it reported for the comparable quarter last year. No other quarterly reporting financial information was immediately available. Skyline has a 52-week low of $2.17 …
After receiving what he said were threats following a CBS7 report that his son was allegedly taking advantage of customers in his manufactured home business, Odessa, TX businessman Angel Nabarette said of his son’s business, “If anything needs to be reported, it’s that Five Star Manufactured Homes is ripping people …
Manufactured Home Retailer Allegedly Absconds with Customers’ Funds Read More
According to the bemidjipioneer, a public hearing will be held Tue., Jan 19 to consider the closure of the western half of the Westwood Acres Mobile Home Park in Bemidji, Minnesota. Although no reason was given for the closing, the hearing is to discuss the impact of the closing of …
MHProNews has learned from prnewswire that real estate investment trust (REIT) UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) will release its fourth quarter and 2015 year-end financial results on Wed., March 9, 2015 following the close of the New York Stock Exchange. Senior management will discuss the results the following day, Thurs., March …
MHProNews has learned from einnews that Wisdom Homes of America (OTC PINK:WOFAD) of Tyler, Texas is discontinuing its manufactured home retail centers and returning their energies back to the cannabis industry that has served them well beginning in 2010, according to Jim Pakulis, CEO of Wisdom. Now legal for medical …
Four Democratic House Representatives have asked the Justice Department to look into allegations of Clayton Homes and their related lenders alleged targeting of minority borrowers, based on the advocacy journalism of the Seattle Times and BuzzzFeed’s Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner. Baker and Wagner have been described as making a career …
MHProNews has learned from northernstar.au that the Lismore City Council, in Queensland, Australia has unanimously rejected a proposal for a $10 million, 578 home site manufactured home community (MHC) in Goonellabah because details of the proposal do not line up with what was initially presented to the council. Originally, developer …
MHProNews last posted a story Aug. 18, 2014, regarding the sale of portions of Bridgeton’s (New Jersey) Municipal Port Authority to Renewable Jersey, LLC of Mercer County for the production of modular homes. The plan was to create up to 120 local jobs in the 83,000 square-foot warehouse. The state’s …
Plans for Modular Home Production did not Materialize Read More
Tedd Benson at Bensonwood in Walpole, New Hampshire approaches modular home design by considering the function and usable life of six distinct interconnected layers: site, structure, skin, space plan, systems, and stuff, as treehugger informs MHProNews.. The structure is designed to last 300 years, wrapped in an extremely-efficient thermal envelope, …
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust’s (NAREIT) Senior Vice President for Research and Information, Brad Case, said in 2015 stock exchange-listed equity REITs outperformed most other asset classes, even though the year was not particularly strong for REITs. Noting that December was a microcosm of the 2015, Case …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com What PBS NewsHour Missed About Manufactured Home Living Nicole Barker compares her Modular Home with conventional construction What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA may securitize chattel loans. PBS NewsHOur critical of MH industry, as HUD Code production gains sharply in …
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The nominating committee for the inductees into the RV/MH Hall of Fame had to narrow down a field of 72 to ten people, as MHProNews understands. The Board of Directors of the Heritage Foundation hereby presents the Class of 2016: Gary Bunzer, Bunzer Consulting, 40 years as an RV training …
MHProNews has been informed by Marcus & Millichap that the real estate investment services firm has arranged the sale of Oak Meadows Mobile Home Park in Lakeland, Fla. for $1,125,000. Dan Mulkey of M&M’s Tampa Bay office represented both buyer and seller in the transaction. The 9.8 acre manufactured home …
Marcus & Millichap Arrange sale of Fla. Manufactured Home Community Read More
The 7,000 square foot duplex condominium penthouse once owned by Richard Klarchek, former head of Chicago-based Capital First Realty, which owned a portfolio of manufactured home communities (MHCs) around the Midwest, sold for $4.25 million last month, according to chicagobusiness. It came on the market in Feb. at $6.4 million. …
MHProNews has learned from Marcus & Millichap that Dan Mulkey, vice president investments in the firm’s Tampa Bay office, arranged the sale of Livingston Mobile Home Park in Lutz, Fla. The 65 home site manufactured home community (MHC), set on ten acres, sold for $1,465,000 to a Tampa-based buyer who …
MHProNews has leaned from prnewswire that Clayton Homes has partnered with AB Electrolux to offer a complete selection of refrigerators, dishwashers, ovens, washing machines and other household appliances as options for its homes. Each of Clayton’s 36 facilities across the U. S. will be outfitted with Electrolux products. Clayton CEO …
A press release from Capital One reveals it has arranged a $3.27 million Fannie Mae adjustable-rate loan for the purchase of Sierra Mobile Home Park in Santa Clarita, California. The seniors-only community has 74 home sites and features a clubhouse, pool and laundry room. Senior Vice President Chad Thomas Hagwood, …
Capital One Provides Loan for Purchase of Calif. Manufactured Home Community Read More
