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Oct 25 2015October 24, 2015

Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Oct. 18-Oct. 25, 2015

By Matthew Silver / October 25, 2015 October 24, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, RV, Stocks

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Retired Realtor ® and Conventional Housing Pro on Why they Bought a Manufactured Home Comparing Quality to Quality – Conventional On-Site Building vs. Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News “Duty to Serve” Rule Planned by FHFA, as cost of …

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Oct 24 2015October 23, 2015

Insider Trading at Skyline Corp.

By Matthew Silver / October 24, 2015 October 23, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, Stocks

MHProNews has learned from dakotafinancialnews that Richard W. Florea, CEO of Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) purchased 10,000 shares of company stock in a transaction dated Oct. 21, 2015, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He acquired the stock at an average price of $2.99 per share, …

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Oct 23 2015December 1, 2015

400 Modular Units to be Deployed in Dublin for the Homeless

By Matthew Silver / October 23, 2015 December 1, 2015 / Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

In August, in Dublin, Ireland, there were 1,275 homeless children among 607 families, up from 1,185 homeless children from 556 families in July, as MHProNews reported Sept. 15, 2015 in a story about housing the homeless. According to irishtimes, the week of Sept. 21 to Sept. 27, 2015 those numbers …

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Oct 20 2015October 19, 2015

Modular Homes Challenged in Cape Coral, Florida

By Matthew Silver / October 20, 2015 October 19, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People, regulation

A group opposing modular homes in Cape Coral, Florida, intends to state its opposition at the city council meeting, according to what fort-myers-beach-observer tells MHProNews, alleging that the lower cost and energy efficient homes will reduce the value of neighboring homes. Council member Richard Leon wants the state to allow …

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Oct 19 2015October 18, 2015

First Modular Homes Arrive for Homeless in Hawaii

By Matthew Silver / October 19, 2015 October 18, 2015 / Advocacy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Updating a story MHProNews posted Aug. 19, 2015, regarding modular containers for homeless people in Honolulu, the initial two containers, both Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant, were sited at Hale Mauliola, according to khon2. The first of 25 planned for Sand Island, they are made from new shipping containers, …

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Oct 18 2015

Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Oct. 11-Oct. 18, 2015

By Matthew Silver / October 18, 2015 October 18, 2015 / Advocacy, Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, Stocks, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Pets, Vets, Single Parenting, Student Debt and The Manufactured Home Solution! Take the Manufactured Home Quiz! Weathering the Storms: How Manufactured Homes Can Do It Better What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Marin County seeking more affordable housing. UFPI, Skyline post …

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Oct 16 2015October 15, 2015

Skyline Corp. reports Limited Q3 Results

By Matthew Silver / October 16, 2015 October 15, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Skyline Corp. reported its third quarter earnings, noting only that the company lost $0.10 earnings per share, as dakotafinancialnews informs MHProNews. In trading Oct. 15, 2015, shares advanced +2.36 percent to close at $2.60, as trading volume hit 7,534 shares. The company has a 50-day moving average of $2.99 and …

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Oct 16 2015October 15, 2015

Modular Homebuilding can be Quite Varied

By Matthew Silver / October 16, 2015 October 15, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, mobile home

Addressing the notion that many people think “mobile home” when modular home is mentioned, modularmusings tells MHProNews that Bill Gassett, in an article entitled Maximum Exposure Real Estate Blog on the Pros and Cons of Modular Homes, says that customization is not available in modular home building. Noting the need …

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Oct 15 2015October 17, 2015

Former Brooklyn Modular Builder Posts Profit

By Matthew Silver / October 15, 2015 October 17, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

MHProNews has learned from businesswire that the Swedish company, Skanska, took a write down of 630 million krona, about $75.6 million, for third quarter operations in the U. S. The majority of the losses stem from six projects where the client changed the design plans, and lowered productivity. After the …

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Oct 14 2015

Modular Home Builder Sponsoring Educational Breakfast Meeting

By Matthew Silver / October 14, 2015 October 14, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

MHProNews has learned from modularhomecoach that Modular Home Builder is sponsoring the October Builder Breakfast at The Country Cupboard in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Oct. 21 starting at 8:30. The primary speaker will be Steve Kennealy, Massachusetts Director of the Manufactured Buildings Program, Dept. of Public Safety, giving a talk about unqualified …

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Oct 13 2015October 13, 2015

Galvanized Steel Modular is 1st 100% Off Site Build

By Matthew Silver / October 13, 2015 October 13, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Coventry based manufacturer Central Site Accommodation is assembling the first modular house in the United Kingdom to be totally 100 percent manufactured offsite, according to what constructionenquirer tells MHProNews. It will be on display Oct. 14 and 15 at the OFFSITE Construction Show at the ExCeL Centre in London. Central …

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Oct 9 2015

Maryland County Seeking to Douse Sprinkler Law

By Matthew Silver / October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

At a meeting of the Dorchester County Council in Maryland, discussion focused on opting out of the state’s mandated sprinkler system requirement for new homes. The regulation also covers manufactured homes that relocate, and will need to be retro-fitted with sprinklers, according to what dorchesterbanner tells MHProNews. Adding sprinklers to …

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Oct 8 2015

Passages: Jeffrey Allen

By Matthew Silver / October 8, 2015 October 8, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

Jeffrey Allen, 67, of Waterford, Maine passed away following a battle with cancer. He transported manufactured and modular homes for many of the New England producers, eventually starting his own company, Northern Home Transport, which he operated until he retired. He also worked for Cianbro, C. N. Brown and PK …

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Oct 7 2015

Subdivisions of Tiny Homes Rising in Colorado

By Matthew Silver / October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, regulation, Trends

Later this month a developer will break ground on the old Walsenburg High School football field for 28 tiny modular homes, according to what Colorado Public Radio tells MHProNews. Walsenburg Mayor James Eccher played football there years ago and at first could not imagine anyone would want to live in …

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Oct 7 2015

Solar Decathlon Competition opens in California, runs Oct. 8-Oct. 18, 2015

By Matthew Silver / October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015 / Awards, Factory-Built Homes, Green, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular

Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California is this year’s site for the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) biennial Solar Decathlon 2015 which begins Oct. 8 and runs for ten days. The “competition challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. …

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Oct 7 2015

Tiny Apartment Plugs into Framework, Moves to another City’s Framework

By Matthew Silver / October 7, 2015 October 7, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Trends

Inspired by his year-long stint living in a converted 33-square-foot dumpster to create a mobile and affordable solution to the housing crisis, “Professor Dumpster,” Jeff Wilson has devised a modular micro-apartment housing design that slots in and out of a metal apartment framework, and fits on a moving truck bed …

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Oct 6 2015October 5, 2015

Student Built Modular Home will House Habitat for Humanity Family

By Matthew Silver / October 6, 2015 October 5, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

A modular home currently under construction at Botetourt Technical Education Center in Roanoke, Virginia may wind up as a Habitat for Humanity home, as Habitat representatives attempt to solidify a partnership with the school, roanoke tells MHPronews. While they have not yet located a lot for the house, this will …

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Oct 6 2015

Planning Board Denies Siting of Modular Home

By Matthew Silver / October 6, 2015 October 6, 2015 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

Maine Modular Manufacturing Homes owner Scott Gove requested a special exemption building permit for a client couple who want to build a modular home on 2.7 acres of family land in Lincoln County, Maine, but the Edgecomb Planning Board denied the building permit application, according to wiscassetnewspaper. After reviewing the …

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Oct 4 2015October 3, 2015

Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept. 27-Oct. 4, 2015

By Matthew Silver / October 4, 2015 October 3, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, Trends

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Weathering the Storms: How Manufactured Homes Can Do It Better A Surprising Solution to America’s Quality Affordable Housing Crisis Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Community – Somerset PA, Inside MH Video What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA to roll out MH …

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Oct 2 2015

UK Firm Collaborating with Western Australian Company to Produce Modular Homes

By Matthew Silver / October 2, 2015 October 2, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, Trends

MHProNews has learned from businessnews.au that an English company from Bath, UK, ApplyInnovation, will partner with a Perth, Australia contract management group to create the first manufacturing firm dedicated to modular building focusing on residential, student housing, aged care and offices. The joint venture, ApplyModularAustralia, is set to begin production …

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