What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com > A Hunter and Native American Decorator’s Dream! John Howard’s Home, Inside MH Road Show Video > How A Manufactured Modular Home Production Center Achieves Savings and Quality – Inside MH Video with Mike Stone > 4 Easy Ways to Keep Your Home Clean What’s New …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 19-July 26, 2015 Read More
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) informs MHProNews on Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which includes the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (S. 682/H.R. 650) per Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby’s (R-AL) request. While passage of the …
Help Ensure Passage of The Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act Read More
Existing home sales increased 3.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.49 million in June, according to usatoday, selling at the fastest rate in eight years. Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Lawrence Yun says “Buyers have come back in force, leading to the strongest past …
Following a story MHProNews last posted July 20, 2015 regarding the fire that has temporarily halted production at Keiser Homes in Oxford, Maine, sunjournal reports unfinished orders will be completed at one of the parent companies plants in Pennsylvania. While employees at the plant continued to ship homes to customers, …
Orders for Keiser’s Modular Homes will be Built at a Sister Plant Read More
Park Street Partners (PSP) of Ladera Ranch, California informs MHProNews it has purchased Desert Trails Mobile Home Park in Green River, Wyoming, marking its seventh manufactured home community (MHC), but its first acquisition of the year, according to pressreleaserocket. Noting the community’s occupancy increased during the closing period, co-founder of …
PSP Seeks Manufactured Home Communities to Provide Affordable Housing Read More
A $700,000 U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Indian Community Development Block Grant will provide seven new one-and two-bedroom manufactured homes for the Elko Band Colony Native Americans in Elko, Nevada, according to elkodaily, as tribal members and staff break ground for the homes. The HUD grant …
Elko Band Native Americans Break Ground for New Manufactured Homes Read More
Following up on a post MHProNews wrote July 13, 2015, regarding the Huntsville, Texas, City Council’s vote to prohibit the new siting of manufactured homes within the city limits, D. J. Pendleton, Executive Director of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA), informs MHProNews the city council reversed its decision. The …
Texas City Reverses Decision, Votes to Allow Manufactured Housing Read More
While the Corporation for Enterprise Development’s (CFED) Doug Ryan nominally supports manufactured homes (MH) as affordable housing for low income consumers, his response to The Hill about Rep. Steve Fincher’s call to ease the regulatory burdens on prospective purchasers of MH demonstrably misses the mark. As MHProNews and MHLivingNews publisher L. …
War of Words? DC’s The Hill Congressional Blog on Manufactured Housing Finance Reform Read More
As the housing recovery sputters along from the Great Recession, trying to overcome the lowest percentage of homeownership in 20 years (63%), even with the aid of artificially maintained low interest rates, people are moving away from the McMansions with their high maintenance and trophy appearance, and paying more attention …
In good news for the housing industry, the U. S. Department of Commerce reports housing starts spiked 26.6 percent in June and housing permits markedly rose 30 percent over a year ago, both notching eight-year highs, largely due to the strength of the multi-housing market.. The seasonally adjusted annual rate …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Congressman Stephen Fincher is demanding Fairness for MH owners Deer Valley CFO Steve Lawler Inside MH Video and Home Tour Cancer Cures and Today’s MH What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform’s (MHARR) Mark Weiss documents …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News-July 12-July 19, 2015 Read More
Marking the 13th consecutive month reading above 50, and hitting the highest point in nearly a decade, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builders confidence gauge high 60 this month. Any number above 50 signals that builders are optimistic about sales trends, according to marketwatch. “This month’s reading is …
The Texas Manufactured Housing Association tells MHProNews titles for both new and used manufactured homes fell in April from the previous month as well as from April 2014. For May, preliminary results indicate both shipments and processed titles have slipped for the month. However, with most of the state receiving …
Texas Manufactured Home Sales Slowed in April, and Preliminarily in May as Well Read More
M. Mark Weiss, JD – President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in an email to MHProNews and the Journal, said that the reported termination of the dispute resolution (DR) subcontract between the Savan Group LLC and HUD’s entrenched monitoring contractor, the Institute for Building …
Today’s Manufactured Homes – Amazingly Low Complaints, per Federal Report Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted July 8, 2015 regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) postponement of implementing mortgage loan transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA), or TRID, Senate bill S. 1711 would provide temporary safe harbor from that enforcement. According to nationalmortgageprofessional, …
Senate Bill 1711 Provides for TRID Hold-harmless Period Read More
An attempt by Danny Wyant to site three new single-section manufactured homes (MH) on his mother’s property in Waynesboro, North Carolina is being met with stiff opposition from neighbors and the city council, even though Planning Director Michael Barnes said current ordinances do not prohibit the placement. Siting of manufactured …
Council Set to Deny Siting Request for three New Manufactured Homes Read More
Founded in 1923, the oldest manufactured home community (MHC) in Vermont will soon become a resident-owned community, as residents of Farrington Mobile Home Park announced they completed a deal to acquire it from the Farrington family. After months of negotiations, the North End Co-op reached terms with the family, and …
Vermont Land Lease Community to become Resident Owned Read More
In thehill blog, Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN), a member of the House Financial Services Committee reiterates his call for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to support his bill to restore access to financing for manufactured home buyers. He writes, “Manufactured homes are commonly more affordable than a rent payment and …
Rep. Fincher: CFPB Continues to Prevent Access to Manufactured Housing for Millions Read More
Following a story MHProNews posted July 9, 2015 regarding the Huntsville (Texas) City Council initial vote to prohibit manufactured homes from being sited inside the city limits, unless they are in a manufactured home community, opposition to the vote has surfaced. Due to be finalized at the July 21 city …
Huntsville City Council to Vote on Prohibiting Manufactured Homes from City Read More
According to dailyherald, a shortage of buildable lots is the latest blow to what has become a modest housing recovery, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) tells MHProNews, as 62 percent of home builders say the availability of lots is low to very low in their areas. This marks …
Buildable Lots Shortage Indicates continuing Tepid Housing Recovery Read More
