At its annual conference, the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) bestowed honors on several members for their achievements in best promoting the factory-built industry to their clients, as marketwired informs MHProNews. For best community entrance, Sun Communities’ Camelot Villa in Macomb, MI recently upgraded their roads and playground. In the …
MHProNews has learned from indiancountrytodaymedianetwork that in five counties within the boundaries of American Indian reservations in South Dakota, where the Indian population comprises a large majority of residents, a higher percent of mortgage lending went to white people in 2014. A total of $3.3 million was loaned or invested. …
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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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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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According to nasdaq, data released by the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development indicate sales of new, single-family homes rose 10.7 percent in October to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 495,000 units, up from September’s revised numbers of 447,000. The rate is a 4.9 percent …
Following the continuing saga of the 400 modular homes being built for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, which MHProNews last covered Nov. 24, 2015, the first 22 units set to be sited on Balbutcher Lane in Ballymun ignited a protest. The domonstrators allege the plan jeopardizes a plan by a …
Dublin Protesters Disrupt Modular Homes for Homeless Worksite Read More
Where so many see a loathing, fearful problem, Robert Rand, a Vietnam Vet with 20 years of military service, sees an opportunity. Writing in centralmaine, he states he doesn’t understand the rejection of Syrian refugees, especially by the Republicans, comparing it to turning back the boatload of 100s of Jewish …
Lower Immigration Barrier, Offer Syrian Refugees New Manufactured Homes Read More
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 …
Housing Shortage leads to Modular Homes Rising in England Read More
Although HUD Secretary Julian Castro praised the manufactured home industry for making affordable home ownership possible in a recent speech to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), another part of the federal government, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), restricts lending on manufactured homes valued at $20,000 or less. Some say …
Crucial Vote on MH Lending due in Congress by Dec. 11 Read More
MHProNews has learned from builderonline that construction of single-family homes built specifically as rental units rose to 9,000 units for Q3 2015, compared to 7,000 for the same period last year. Robert Dietz of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) looks at statistics from the Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts …
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 …
Zacks Posits UFPI will Realize Solid Growth, Issues Strong Buy Read More
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) informs MHProNews existing home sales declined 3.4 percent in October to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.36 million units, following Sept.’s sales pace of 5.55 million units, the second highest since 2007. Falling more than expected, regions which have realized the largest price …
In lieu of the drop in single-family modular home construction, modularhomecoach tells MHProNews a sizable gathering of factory owners and top management will meet for a Round Table in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Dec. 3 to plan steps for reversing the downhill trend and improve public perception of modular homes. Modular homes …
Modular Home Builders Try to Stimulate the Industry Read More
After five years of debate and rewriting of manufactured home standards for communities, the Laramie (Wyoming) City Council is one reading away from passing ordinances pertaining to manufactured home communities (MHC), with a final reading set for Dec. 1. They allow pre-HUD Code homes to be moved within a community, …
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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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Following numbers from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) that show builder confidence slipped three points in October, zacks tells MHProNews that figures released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Census Bureau reveal housing starts in October dropped 11 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annual …
Housing Starts Fall in October, while Building Permits Rise Read More
In a video address to the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) National Communities Council (NCC) Fall Leadership Forum, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro, calling HUD “The Department of Opportunity,” praised the manufactured home industry for “giving more families access to quality, safe and affordable housing.” The …
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Following complaints that a newly-issued building permit would allow a manufactured home to be sited on property specified for single-family permanent homes, doverpost reports the Dover (Delaware) City Council agreed to amend city ordinances. While the permit will not be amended, council was asked to change the definition of “one-family …
Dover Excludes Manufactured Housing but Allows Modular Homes Read More
Falling from a ten-year high of 65 in October, the National Association of Home Builders tells MHProNews the housing market index dropped three points to 62, falling below The Wall Street Journal consensus estimate by a point. Any number over 50 indicates builders of single-family homes are optimistic. ”The November …
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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 …
