California-based Investment Property Group Inc. (IPG) has presented new leases to residents of Meadow View Estates manufactured home community (MHC) in Medford, Oregon, according to mailtribune, as well as to residents in other MHCs it owns. Some of the residents are elderly and living on Social Security, and are concerned …
Residents of Oregon Manufactured Home Community Consider Long-term Leases Read More
What for years people have been calling “mobile homes,” have since June 15, 1976 been in fact manufactured homes (MH), made to stringent Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines, and constructed with amenities often found in more upscale homes: whirlpool tubs, modern kitchens with corian countertops, vaulted ceilings, walk-in closets …
Manufactured Homes can be as Modern as Traditional Houses, says Realtor on FoxNews Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Comparing Tiny Houses vs Manufactured Homes – Function and Value vs. Fashion What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Children of home owners more likely to own homes. Trump tells NAHB he identifies with them. Residents of closing community continue trying to …
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A study by Trulia, based on 40 years of data from the University of Michigan’s Panel Study Income Dynamics, reveals that children who grew up in a home owned by their parents were almost three times as likely to own a home as adults, according to housingwire. A 40-year-old with …
Living in an Owned Home Young Begets Living in an Owned Home Later Read More
Saying that “housing equals jobs,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, playing to members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), said that he would cut regulations, lower taxes and create jobs if he is elected, as the 900 small business owners responded with resounding applause at the Fontainebleau Miami …
Trump’s Speech Plays to National Association of Home Builders Read More
The U. S. Census Bureau reports nearly 15 percent of Americans, some 47 million, live below the poverty line;14 percent of households have a negative net worth, according to what bloomberg tells MHProNews. Forty-three percent of those with negative net worth are college graduates, one in eight has a graduate …
Writing in idahostatesman, Jerry Brady, a business man and member of Compassionate Boise, having once “snobbishly dismissed” manufactured and modular homes as flimsy and unworthy, now realizes with a shortage of some 10,000 affordable homes in south and south-central Idaho, says, “I can’t do that any longer. If you dream …
Modular Housing Suggested for 10,000 Affordable Housing Shortage Read More
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 …
Mainstream newspaper shares the love for MH, compares favorably to trendy Tiny Houses Read More
For the ninth consecutive quarter, builder confidence in the single family 55+ senior housing market has remained in positive territory, reports the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to MHProNews. “Builders and developers for the 55+ housing sector continue to report steady demand,” said Jim Chapman, chairman of NAHB’s 55+ …
Both the Democratic and Republican campaigns this year are devoting considerable energy to housing, the cornerstone of the “American Dream,” but both have different approaches to the topic, as dispatch tells MHProNews. Platforms serve more as rallying cries than actual policy initiative, and typically, the Republicans will call for less …
Housing Platforms: Dems say Up the Ante; GOP says Shut Federal Spigot, Throttle Regulators Read More
Connecticut Property Management LLC has applied with the Belfast, Maine Planning Board to expand the Penobscot Mobile Home Park in Belfast by adding 34 home sites to the existing 21, according to waldo.villagesoup. The city ordinance requires new lots to be a minimum of 6,500 sq ft with at least …
Noting that housing is the number one issue for civic leaders and house seekers in communities around the mouth of the Columbia River, dailyastorian informs MHProNews as the real estate market is regaining strength, consideration should be given to establishing new manufactured home communities (MHC) as a means of providing …
Media in North Coastal Oregon Advocates Manufactured Homes Read More
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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Following up on the recent Senate passage of a bill that passed in the House in February – The Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act (HOTMA), posted on MHLivingNews and picked up hundreds of mainstream media outlets and advocacy sites – President Obama signed that bill it into law, as expected. The bill willl allow …
Bill to Use Section 8 Vouchers to Buy Manufactured Home Signed by President Obama Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that HUD Code production of manufactured homes in June 2016 rose 20.4 percent over June of 2015, 6,062 last year compared to 7,299 for June 2016. According to official statistics released by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), …
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 …
Modular Home Builder Opening Third Plant in Mifflinburg Read More
A new study by by the Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) reveals that three of the major housing affordability indices studied do not tell a definitive story, but offer tendencies, as mpamag tells MHProNews. Donald Haurin, economics professor at Ohio State University, noting the many ways to measure housing …
Housing Affordability Data Suggestive rather than Definitive Read More
Home prices rose in June 5.7 percent year-over-year, a slight drop from the 5.9 percent rise in prices in May, as CoreLogic tells nationalmortgagenews. The increase over May was 1.1 percent, MHProNews has learned. Prices for July will increase 5.3 percent year-over-year, and 0.6 percent on a month-over-month basis, CoreLogic …
Home Prices in Northwest Nearly Double National Average Read More
The Texas Quarterly Housing Report published by the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) reveals strong gains in the second quarter as 91,418 homes were sold in Texas, a 4.4 percent increase over last year and the highest number of home sales ever. TAR Chairman Leslie Rouda Smith said, “Texas homes …
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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