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Scotland Installs First Modular Housing Project

A pioneering social housing (low income) development commissioned by the Highland Council in Scotland has resulted in eight one bedroom modular apartments at Kendal Court, according to scottishhousingnews. The first of its kind in the country, the project was developed and designed by Inverness-based social housing company JNESpace and manufactured …

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Apartment Vacancy Rates are Moving on Up

On the apartment rental scene, according to multifamilyexecutive, many have posited that there is an insatiable demand for rental units, with millions of Gen Y living at home yearning to break out, they do not want to own, and vacancy rates will continue to fall. Au contraire, says Ryan Severino, …

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Drew’s President Draws $222k in Sale of Drew Stock

In a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), dakotafinancialnews reports Scott T. Mereness, president of Drew Industries, Inc., sold 3,700 shares of stock in a transaction dated Nov. 25 at an average price of $60.00 per share for a total net of $222,000.00. Mereness now owns 115,242 …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Nov. 22-Nov. 29, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com “It’s not a trailer, it’s a manufactured home!” Inside MH with Mary Johnson, Retired Nurse Getting More Manufactured Home Lending – Video Interview with MH Owner, Tom Fath What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MHARR slams HUD over monitoring contract. Australia …

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New Manufactured Homes on Drawing Board in Arizona City

As in many areas, finding affordable housing in Payson, Arizona is beginning to pose a looming crisis, even more so if the area gets a four-year university that will draw several thousand more residents, according to paysonroundup. Berkshire Hathaway real estate broker Cliff Potts stated housing for middle class workers, …

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Aussie Manufactured Home Community Owner on the Hunt

With 24 manufactured home communities as part of its 63 property portfolio, Ingenia Communities Group is focusing on the Queensland region of Australia for its expansion efforts, as couriermail informs MHProNews. Ingenia CEO Simon Owen, in Brisbane attending a conference on retirement living, said with an ageing population he sees …

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Busy Insider Trading at Patrick

Following a series of posts MHProNews has published regarding Jeffrey L Et Al Gendell’s unloading of Patrick Industries, Inc. (PATK) which we have documented since Nov., 2014, this major stockholder has now sold an additional 11,116 shares of Patrick. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.03 for …

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Drew Industries Officer Unloads more Stock

In another inside trading transaction at Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW), Chief Administrative Officer Jamie Schnur sold 1,626 shares of company stock in a deal dated Tue., Nov 24, according to storminvestor. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.41 resulting in a transaction value of $96,600.66. On Nov. …

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Housing Shortage leads to Modular Homes Rising in England

Quirky hotel chain Snoozebox, which provides pop-up hotel rooms for music festivals and sporting events within 24 hours, has inked a contract with Ealing Council in the United Kingdom to provide 44 modular homes for emergency housing, according to telegraph.co.uk. With the need for 250,000 new homes annually to ease …

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Kitimat B.C. Council Extends Notice Date for MHC Redevelopment

Residents of the two manufactured home communities (MHC) in Kitimat, in the far northern reaches of British Columbia (BC), are on track to receive more security should their communities be repurposed, according to what northernsentinel tells MHProNews. The proposed policy of the Kitimat District will establish time frames and remuneration …

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Drew CEO Sells 2,800 shares of Company Stock

In an insider trade, as reported by voicechronicle, Jason Lippert, CEO of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) sold 2,800 shares of company stock at $59.80 per share for a net of $167,440. He still owns 130,711 shares, 0.55 percent of the company’s market cap of $1.41 billion. Company stock has risen …

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Zacks Posits UFPI will Realize Solid Growth, Issues Strong Buy

With strengthening demand in the U. S. construction market, especially in commercial construction, including housing starts that are expected to remain strong, Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) is well-poised to reap benefits, according to what Zacks tells MHProNews. UFPI anticipates $3 billion in sales by 2017 UFPI will likely gain …

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Modular Builder Chosen for Dublin Contract

To update a post MHProNews last published Nov. 20, 2015 regarding modular homes being built for homeless people in Dublin, Ireland, for the first 22 units–of a planned 400–the government has inked a contract with Co Tyrone company Western Building Systems for $3.94 million, according to campus.ie. The project was …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Nov. 15-Nov. 22, 2015

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com HUD Secretary Julian Castro praises Quality, Safe and Affordable Manufactured Homes From Condo to Upscale Manufactured Home Living – John & Joyce Walter, Oshtemo, MI – Inside MH Road Show Vide What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Secretary Castro Lauds …

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Palo Alto Levying Millions on Manufactured Home Community for Closing

MHProNews published a story on October 18, 2013 reporting that the owners of California’s Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, the Jissers, were interested in selling the community of 104 homes for possibly over $30 million if their plan is approved by the city of Palo Alto, where the median home …

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Patrick Board Member Welch Acquires 9,800 Shares of Stock

MHProNews has learned from indsidertradingreport that M. Scott Welch, a board member of Patrick Industries, Inc., purchased 9,800 shares of company stock at $39.71 per share for a net of $ 391,353.44 on Nov. 18, 2015 and was disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 20,2015. As MHProNews …

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3D Printing Modular Homes using Mystery Ingredient may be Fraudulent

Updating a story MHProNews brought you July 17, 2015, concerning a 3D printing press that manufactures modular housing using a secret ingredient by the Zhuoda Group in China, cz reports it is China’s most recent suspected fraud. In China, regulation is not keeping pace with the proliferation of financing schemes …

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Patrick Industries Veep Purchases Company Stock

According to financialmagazin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) Andy Nemeth purchased 8,000 shares of company stock at $38.20 per share for a net value of $305,797. Nemeth now owns 76,999 shares which comprise 0.50 percent of the outstanding shares of the company. Meanwhile …

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Capital One Brokers Loan for Orange Grove Land Lease Community

MHProNews has learned from Capital One that it arranged a $3.1 million fixed-rate loan package through Ladder Capital Finance to refinance the Orange Grove manufactured home community (MHC) in San Fernando, California. Senior Vice President Chad Thomas Hagwood, the head of Capital One Multifamily’s Birmingham, Ala. office, brokered the transaction …

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Trump, Kasich, Shale and Manufactured Housing

In the fifth edition of its shale economic development chart, Bricker and Eckler report a 51 percent increase in total investments since a year ago in Ohio’s oil and gas-related projects, amounting to nearly $33.7 billion. In information provided to MHProNews by Ohio Manufactured Homes Association (OMHA), there has been …

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