Benzinga reports Xactware has developed software that incorporates cost data for over 6,000 manufactured and pre-HUD code homes from 1972 to 2011 for insurance purposes in case of loss or damage. From NADA Appraisal Guides, Inc., 360Value determines depreciated cost-replacement guides for manufactured and pre-HUD code homes. Xactware says it …
Following up on a post from April 7, the Los Angeles Daily News says a majority of residents of Oakridge Mobile Home Park support an LA city plan to install 60 new manufactured homes in the community and rent them to qualified applicants as affordable housing. A 2008 wildfire destroyed …
HousingWire reports there may be a problem with American-made drywall, not just drywall from China. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), partnering with Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&H), tested 11 homes and found five of them had hydrogen sulfide emissions, as well as sulfur and copper sulfide buildup, which are …
New Jersey reports that Mercer Mobile Home Park in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is being bought by a non-profit group, Allies Inc., with part of the funding coming from Robbinsville’s affordable housing public trust fund. The 140 homesite community will meet the city’s requirement for investing in affordable housing. Many of …
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From Texas, the Beaumont Enterprise reports State Farm Insurance canceled the homeowner’s policy of Jon and Beverly Nicholas, and not because of a claim or having done something wrong. Despite their 35-year relationship with State Farm, which gave them a discount for several policies, this couple’s factory-built home in Lumberton, …
The New York Times reports that while a number of factory-built homes were demolished, the series of tornadoes that swept through North Carolina flattened a Lowe’s home improvement store in Sanford, and knocked down the back wall and tore the roof off of a State Employment Security Commission brick building …
From Louisiana, the Daily Comet reports the Thibodaux City Council is debating changing the local ordinance to allow factory-built homes in a previously restricted area in this city just west of New Orleans. Three of the four residential zones already ban manufactured housing in response to residents who claim it …
America On Line (AOL) tells of a $2.5 million factory built home in tony Malibu, California, set on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Bay. The two-bedroom, two bath, 2,300-square-foot home occupies a homesite that rents for $2,000 a month. According to realtor David Carter, several …
Crain’s Detroit Business reports Champion Homes of Troy, Michigan, has inked a national business deal with Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) of Benton Harbor, MI to outfit their manufactured and modular homes with the appliance producers home appliances. Whirlpool signed a similar agreement with home stick-builder Pulte Group last year. The appliance …
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The Daily Oklahoman reports the 2011 Great Southwest Home Show (GSWHS) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, begins Thursday, April 28, at 9 AM, open to the trade until 1 PM Friday. At 3 PM Friday, April 29, the doors will swing open to the public for FREE, through Saturday and Sunday. The …
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Scribd reports that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of petitioners who are appealing a decision in federal court that denied their claim challenging a rent control ordinance in Goleta, California. Petitioners bought a factory-built community in Goleta and had …
The Weekly Calistogan in Calistoga, California, tells of a battle going on between manufactured housing community owners and residents over rent control, and the city is in the middle. The owners are raising rental fees beyond what local law allows, and the residents are getting financial help from the city …
RVBusiness says for the first nine months of fiscal 2011, Skyline Corporation sales were $114,224,000, an increase over the $95,535,000 for the same period fiscal year (FY) 2010. The company’s pre-tax loss for the first nine months of fiscal 2011 was $22,563,000, an increase over the pre-tax $17,789,000 loss in …
From Vermont, the Bennington Banner reports Barber’s Pond Mobile Home Park is being sold to settle two estates, and residents have 45 days to either buy it or find a non-profit to buy it. Come May 7, the owners must try to sell the Pownal, VT, property for no less …
The Star-Telegram reports that in Grapevine, Texas, an amended ordinance will impose restrictions on fences around factory-built home communities. City officials had discovered businesses operating illegally behind fences, and grass six feet tall that can harbor insects and rodents. The new ruling will allow four-feet tall fencing that is 50 …
News-press.com in Florida offers a legal Q & A column. Questioner lives in a manufactured home community six months of the year, pays for lawn maintenance, but has a rock garden instead of grass. They have to weed their own rock garden despite paying for lawn care, and have to …
First unveiled at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida, Waldemar Alameda’s new home has custom features to better serve the wounded Iraqi war veteran. Injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), he suffered brain and spinal damage, and has post traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and limited mobility. As …
KETV 7 in Omaha, Nebraska, reports that the Omaha Home & Garden Expo held in the Qwest Center has been turned into a production site for a modular home that will be displayed during the show, which begins March 3. Don Hansen, of Nu-Trend Homes, which has built a home …
PR Newswire reports from Tampa, Florida, that with tight credit and higher down payments required for home buyers, the rental market is increasing in factory-built communities across the Sunshine State, driving up their value. Because of the real estate boom, some communities have been converted to other commercial use, leaving …
For utilizing environmentally friendly building practices, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification has been awarded to one of the recently completed modular buildings at Fort Bliss, Texas. It is one of 34 two-story permanent structures, encompassing over 2,000 apartments, for housing enlisted personnel. Subcontractor Warrior Group …
