Ventura, California based Anacapa Homes received positive local media coverage by announcing that they are the new area representative for Skyline Homes. The company touted how the addition of Skyline Homes adds to a mix that also includes California and Arizona based producer Redman Homes. Anacapa Homes is owned and …
Manufactured/Modular Home Retailer Grabs Positive Local Media Coverage Read More
Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney: Janet Yellen fires back at Donald Trump – the Fed is not political! Does Warren Buffet have a new favorite bank? No rate hike from the Fed, dials back forecast. Star investor charged with insider trading. Some bullets from MarketWatch – Apple reportedly in talks to …
Big Day for UFPI, ELS – MHCV rises; No Fed Rate Hike, Dow Jumps too Read More
“I accept fully responsibility for all unethical sales practices,” Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said in a prepared statement on Capitol Hill yesterday, testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. As millions have heard, 5,300 workers were fired and the company agreed to pay $185 million in fines to …
Wells Fargo and the CFPB – Who are Feds Working for – Consumers? Business? Itself? Read More
Prairie Gold Homes is helping build affordable housing options while giving inmates a chance to develop job skills all at the same time, reports Bruce Baker of the McCook Gazette. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based program teaches inmates how to build modular homes. So, while an inmate gains valuable job skills and …
Thousands are homeless in the storied city by the bay, and cardboard boxes are a clearly undesirable option. Developer Patrick Kennedy of Panoramic Interests has his sights set on developing inexpensive, modular supportive housing for the throngs of homeless, which he will then lease back to the city, according to …
Booms in West Texas, North Dakota and the Marcellus regions due to oil and gas drilling may have tamped down for a time, but one (or more) of those may be bubbling back up. Shale Directories (SD) notes that, “Yes, $6.7 Billion in Spending Is Coming.” SD reports: multi-billion-dollar pipeline projects – …
This past week has underscored our theme of Superior September 2016 coverage of the news that matters for manufactured housing industry professionals, and all those who follow or are engaged in the factory-built home industry. The articles below will include numerous special reports from respected writers Joe Dyton and RC …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept 11 to Sept 18, 2016 Read More
Businesses from coast to coast – including manufactured housing industry professionals – are keenly awaiting the outcome of the 2016 campaign. What was once considered a likely shift of the U.S. Senate from the GOP back to Democratic control now looks questionable, if recent public opinion polling holds. The House …
Hillary Clinton’s Abe Lincoln Moment? Mo-Trump; POTUS 2016 News & Analysis Read More
The broader factory-built home industry of the present and future are definitely not the mobile home industry of pre-June 15, 1976. For the progress that’s been made, the factory-built home industry is still facing perception and narrative challenges with the public and the media. When combined with the rising …
What Does the Future Hold for Hybrid Prefab Homes? Read More
Architect Joshua Woodsman (Pin-Up Houses) designed a tiny house, named “France,” that can snap together in three hours or less, reports Inhabitat’s Lucy Wang. Woodsman’s Pin-Up Houses supplies Do It Yourself (DIY) plans for tiny houses like “France,” along with cabins, sheds, cabins, cottages and playhouses. His hope is that …
Prefabricated “France’ – tiny house is cheap, cheap and sets up in 3 hours Read More
A recent study done by the financial publication 24/7 Wall St. ranked the nations’ top 50 metro areas based on the percentage at which their jobs increased over the past four years. The Elkhart-Goshen area was ranked 10th nationwide and first in Indiana when it comes to job creation over …
Study: Michiana areas top job creators; Manufactured Housing helps leading the way Read More
Some noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney: U.S. opens investigation into Wells Fargo scandal. Lucky number 7! Apple’s stock is soaring. Ford moving all small car production to Mexico. Some bullets from MarketWatch – Why Wells Fargo isn’t likely to claw back compensation from top executive. Feds reportedly investigating Wells Fargo’s sales …
Patrick Rebounds, Carlyle, and MHCV does too – broader markets mixed Read More
The Skinny: New residential construction company Sm+RT Homes, LLP, based in Fridley, MN is teaming with Dynamic Homes of Detroit Lakes, MN to provide affordable, factory-built houses in North Minneapolis as well as a modular home manufacturing plant in that part of the city. North Minneapolis has suffered from foreclosures, …
Sm+RT Homes Teams with Dynamic Homes, mulls North Minneapolis Plant Read More
In a stinging statement beyond the quoted headline above in a recent Mercury News Editorial, opens with these words; “The California Legislature has whiffed on the housing crisis. Increasingly, it’s up to cities and counties to solve it.” Indeed, the affordable housing crisis, as routinely reported in the Daily Business …
MarketWatch spotlighted the following today: More pain may be in store for the S&P 500 in 2016, says Goldman. CEOs of biggest U.S. firms less optimistic about economy. It’s business as usual at Wells Fargo after record fine. Trump says Yellen keeps interest rates low because of White House pressure. …
AMG, Sun Shine; Killam, Third Ave slide, 3 Major Indexes Rebound Read More
Venator Capital Management Ltd has purchased up 466,541 additional shares in Skyline Corporation during the most recent quarter end, the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC, reports TheFoundersDaily. Venator’s website describes themselves in these terms, “Venator Capital Management Ltd. is a Toronto-based investment firm that strives to …
Skyline Corporation – Management Fund’s Major Move – Manufactured Housing Market Watch Read More
Cavco Industries, Inc., the nation’s second largest producer of manufactured homes in the United States, recently hit a new 52-week high, when it reached a peak of $109.43. Cavco closed Friday night at 101.17, down after a broader retreat by the markets A possible benefit of a company hitting a …
Milestone: Cavco Industries (CVCO) stock reached new 52-week high Read More
“We are excited to build homes and explore opportunities for this housing segment,” said Mike Duncan with Clayton Homes to MHProNews. “Some may say it is a fad, and there are certainly some obstacles when it comes to zoning and acceptance in some areas, but it will be fun to …
Tiny Houses Go Luxury – Clayton home building group unveils new series, Video, Photos Read More
Dezeen’s Lucy Wang, writing in Inhabitat spotlights a home in Princeton, New Jersey that has turned 5, which was set in a day, built in plant in a month and was completed in 1/3 the time of conventional construction. The Quarry House was designed by a local architect, Marina Rubina, …
Champion Home Builders recently finished the construction of a net-zero demonstration home, reports Builder’s Jennifer Goodman. The home is located at the Pine Tree Manufactured Home Park in Eatontown, NJ. The plan is to gather data during the next 18 months, as a way to encourage the construction of more …
Champion Home Builders crafts Net-Zero-Energy home Read More
