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Mainstream newspaper shares the love for MH, compares favorably to trendy Tiny Houses

By / August 10, 2016 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured Homes, regulation, tiny house, Zoning

Jim Weiker at the Columbus Dispatch recently told MHLivingNews about their take on the growing popularity of “Tiny Houses,” and compared them to the manufactured home (MH) market. Factory-built home industry professionals have been aware for years of the trend.  Some – like Fairmont’s President Brian Cira – have wondered …

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Modular Apartment Building Rises in Three Day Weekend

By / August 9, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

A new modular apartment building has risen at the corner of Washington and 12th St. in Philadelphia, as philly.curbed informs MHProNews, assembled in one three-day weekend. The luxury apartment building that replaced the old heating and air conditioning store is five stories tall and will have a combination of 50 …

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UMH leads gainers, Skyline slips as MHCV trails the broader markets

By / August 9, 2016 / Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Stocks, Trends

MarketWatch informs MHProNews that Treasury yields are drifting lower as summer trading cools. The dollar weakens as domestic productivity falls for 3rd month. Oil prices are said to be heading towards $30 a barrel. Gasoline prices may fall below $2 a gallon nationwide before year-end. Gold closes higher to end …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug 1-Aug. 7, 2016

By / August 8, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation, RV, Stocks

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Loans – Financing – Mortgages for Manufactured, Modular and Mobile Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Sale of Minn. MHC challenged by Attorney General. Section 8 vouchers can now but MH. Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2016. NC MH …

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Modular Container Homes Rising in Edmonton, Alberta

By / August 5, 2016 / Canada, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Trends

Changes to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada’s by-laws have led to a mini-boom in modular container homes, called laneway housing locally, small homes added to property that may already contain a regular size family home. Honomobo co-founder Daniel Engelman, who has teamed up with Devon Siebenga, president of BigSteelBox Structures in Kelowna, …

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Modular, Manufactured Homes Coming to Ute Mountain Indians

By / August 4, 2016 / Announcements, Awards, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

A modular apartment building with 11 single bedroom apartments for Ute Mountain Indian tribal members will result from an $871,000 grant to Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing, as cortezjournal informs MHProNews. The apartment units in Towaoc will specifically target homeless, those at risk of becoming homeless …

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Modular Homes Rising above the Ocean outside San Diego

By / August 3, 2016 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

California modular home builder U. S. Modular, Inc. has been custom-home-building busy on the beach just south of San Diego at Ocean Beach. The latest, with a foundation currently being laid, is expected to be ready for occupancy next month, as sdnews informs MHProNews at this time. Vice president of …

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Modular Home Builder Opening Third Plant in Mifflinburg

By / August 4, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Ritz-Craft Custom Homes will be opening its third plant in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania due to a strong demand from builders doing work in residential developments, aided likely by the recent closing of the Excel Homes plant some 40 miles away in Liverpool, as MHProNews posted May 16, 2016. Ritz-Craft sells directly …

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Cavco Industries Set to Release Quarterly Financials

By / August 3, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, Stocks

MHProNews has learned from baseballnewssource that Phoenix-based Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) will release its quarterly earnings report on Wed., Aug. 3, 2016 after the close of the market. Analysts anticipate earnings per share will come in at $0.60. At the last quarterly report on May 26, the company reported earnings …

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Assisted Living Modular Homes expected to Rise with Aging Population

By / August 2, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

With Baby Boomers hitting 65 at the rate of 8,000 to 10,000 per day, many of them with elderly parents who may need attention due to medical problems, modular home builders are offering “granny pods,” small modular homes that can be attached to a larger house, or stand alone in …

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Tenn. City Bans Tiny Homes

By / August 1, 2016 / Advocacy, Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Trends

The city commissioners of Etowah, Tennessee in the southeast part of the state have passed an amendment banning the siting of Tiny Homes within the city limits, as newschannel9 tells MHProNews. While some communities use the miniature homes for homeless people, and others to support simpler lifestyles, Etowah Director of …

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“Smart” Blocks Will Transform Our Lives-a/k/a Redefining ‘Blockhead’

By / August 1, 2016 / Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Trends

A new home construction technology on the drawing boards is building blocks with microbial fuel cells (MFC) embedded in the blocks that can turn waste into electricity, joining the growing list of “smart” items in the marketplace. “Microbial fuel cells are energy transducers that exploit the metabolic activity of the …

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An American August in MHVille – New Feature Articles Alert

By / August 2, 2016 / Announcements, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

The new featured articles for MHProNews  will begin to go live later today, on August 1. Because of the size of this issue, new articles will continue to be added to the featured articles module until completed, which is expected to be August 2, 2016. A new Cup of Coffee with… …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 24-July 31, 2016

By / July 30, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation, RV, Stocks, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NIMBYism? Debunking Myths About Manufactured Home Communities (aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’) What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FEMA moving manufactured homes into four W. VA. Counties. CFPB proposes clarification of Know Before You Owe. Patrick’s revenues rise 35%. Sun’s stock projected …

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Robotic Bricklayer Lays 225 Bricks/Hour. On Tap: 1000 Bricks/Hour

By / July 29, 2016 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Small Business, Trends

Fastbrick Robotics in Perth, Australia has developed a robotic arm that can lay brick at the rate of 225 standard bricks an hour, the equivalent of half a day’s work for a top human bricklayer. It is a form of 3D printing, creating the shell of a house without human …

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Tiny Homes Arrive in Muncie, IN to House Homeless

By / July 27, 2016 / Advocacy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Six Amish-built tiny homes, each 96 square feet, have arrived in Muncie, Indiana to house the homeless, according to what thestarpress tells MHProNews. “It’s going to let us reach a population that no one has been able to serve yet,” said Susie Kemp, director of the non-profit Bridges Community Services. …

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Commodore Corporation Acquires Canadian American Homes of Wis.

By / July 27, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Canada, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

MHProNews has received word from Goshen, Indian that The Commodore Corporation (TCC) has acquired the assets of Canadian American Homes of Dorchester, Wisconsin, and will begin production of HUD Code and modular homes under the MidCountry Homes brand. Now in its 65th year serving 32 states, TCC is a family-owned …

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First Nation People in Canada getting Modular Container Homes

By / July 25, 2016 / Business, Canada, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

A pilot project that will repurpose shipping containers into modular homes for First Nations reservations in Alberta, Canada has begun with a ground-breaking ceremony 55 miles southwest of Calgary at Eden Valley. Bearspaw First Nation Chief Darcy Dixon and council members Rex Daniels and Larry Daniels were joined by representatives …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 17-July 24, 2016

By / July 24, 2016 / Advocacy, Announcements, Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation, RV, Stocks, Trends, Zoning

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New Jersey Home Improvement Firm Accused of $1.1 Million Fraud in Modular Home Scam

By / July 23, 2016 / Announcements, Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

A Manahawkin, New Jersey construction company and two of its owners have been accused of bilking the federal government and Superstorm Sandy victims out of more than $1.1 million for work either not done or not completed. According to a complaint filed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs …

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