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Lenders Fined, Lose FHA Approval Status for Manufactured Home Lending Fraud

By / August 11, 2015 / Business, Company News, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Two Texas mortgage lenders who were “engaged in a scheme to charge bogus fees to consumers, which improperly inflated mortgages for borrowers purchasing newly constructed manufactured housing,” agreed to settlements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Mortgagee Review Board (MRB), according to themreport. For violations of the …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug. 2-Aug. 9, 2015

By / August 8, 2015 / Awards, Business, Communities, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People, regulation, Trends, Zoning

What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Paul Simon, Singing Homeward Bound, Doing Good Work and MH The Hybrid Core – A Different Style Factory Home-Building Process What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News HUD Code Production Continues Rising. RV/MH Hall of Fame Inducts Class of 2015. Positive End …

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San Jose, California Seeks to Forestall Conversion of Land Lease Communities

By / August 7, 2015 / Communities, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, mobile home, People, regulation

MHProNews has learned from sanjose.granicus that the cityof San Jose, California has 59 land lease communities comprised of 10,836 manufactured and mobile homes housing approximately 35,000 residents. Many of the residents are elderly and some are disabled, sometimes both. San Jose has the highest concentration MH and MH households of …

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Former Head of Manufactured Housing at HUD Urges Passage of S. 682

By / August 7, 2015 / Business, Economy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

William Matchneer, who once served as head of the Manufactured Housing Program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and from 2011 to 2014 with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), recounts how implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act directives for High-Cost Mortgages under the Home Ownership and Equity …

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Zoning Change Could Usher in Possible Manufactured Homes

By / August 6, 2015 / Business, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

A proposed zoning change by the North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission to a .61 acre parcel of land in South Carolina to correct an original error in a zoning map has raised concerns by neighbors that a manufactured home may be sited on part of it. Part of the parcel …

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Planned Australian Manufactured Home Community Denied

By / August 6, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

A plan to develop a 302 site seniors manufactured home community (MHC) in Nulkaba, New South Wales, Australia has been derailed by the Cessnock City Council, citing objections from neighbors who complained it would detract from the rural character of the neighborhood, and would increase alcohol abuse, crime and trespassing …

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More Insider Trading at Patrick Industries

By / August 5, 2015 / Business, Company News, Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated August 4, 2015, reveals M. Scott Welch, a director of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) purchased 10,000 shares of company stock at $36.00 per share for a total of $360,000 on Aug. 3. While Patrick has lost 2.57 percent during the last week …

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Manufactured Home Community Closing, Set to be Sold

By / August 4, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

News from KWQC TV6 in Davenport, Iowa informs MHProNews that residents of Lake Canyada manufactured home community (MHC) near Davenport were scheduled to vacate the community by 11:59 PM July 1, and while many had already left, Phillip Hicks, a resident of 28 years, and his wife, Linda, were still …

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House Measure would Replace older Manufactured Homes with New Ones

By / August 2, 2015 / Advocacy, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced H. R. 3275 on July 29, 2015 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to issue funding to owners of manufactured homes for the replacement of those homes with Energy Star-rated manufactured or modular homes, as MHProNews has learned from popvox. According …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 26-Aug. 2, 2015

By / August 1, 2015 / 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 Art Linkletter and Manufactured Housing today Maintaining Quality and Strength While Saving Homebuyers Money – Inside MH Video with Mike Stone, part 2 What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Texas city lifts ban on MH after show of strength by industry …

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MHARR Finds Fed’s RFI Suspicious

By / July 31, 2015 / Advocacy, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Following a story MHProNews posted July 29, 2015 regarding a Request for Information (RFI) from the General Services Agency (GSA) concerning manufactured homes for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) says it is “questionable.” MHARR states FEMA may be seeking suppliers of …

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Tampa OpEd Calling for Fairness and Respect Resonating with Manufactured Home Industry

By / July 31, 2015 / Advocacy, Business, Communities, Economy, Finance, home buyers, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, regulation

An OpEd in Tampa’s tbo entitled Fairness and Respect for Florida’s Manufactured Home Owners  has put a local focus on the OpEd in thehill in which MHLivingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovch notes the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act that make lending on manufactured homes valued at or …

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Florida City wants to Extend ban on Manufactured Homes

By / July 30, 2015 / Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, regulation

Port St. Joe, Florida residents are up in arms over the proposed siting of a manufactured home (MH) in their subdivision, according to whjg-tv, saying it will lower their property values. Some residents are not sure if it is an MH or modular, leading the city to put a stop …

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Seeking Problems/Success Stories with Siting Manufactured Homes in Texas

By / July 29, 2015 / Advocacy, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

In the wake of the story MHProNews posted July 22, 2015 regarding the city council of Huntsville, Texas changing its mind to allow manufactured homes (MH) within the city limits after first denying their placement, Executive Director D. J. Pendleton of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) has issued a …

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Seeking Manufactured Home Suppliers

By / July 29, 2015 / Business, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The General Services Administration has issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Standardization of Floor Plan Design for Manufactured Housing Units which is solely for information and planning purposes, and MHProNews understands is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). Any solicitations will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) …

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City Council Rejects Current Plan for Manufactured Home Community Expansion

By / July 28, 2015 / Business, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Small Business

Following a story MHProNews last posted June 25, 2015 regarding a request for expansion of a manufactured home community (MHC) on what was once part of the Southgate Estates MHC in Bloomington, Illinois, the city council denied the proposal. Although the planning commission had recommended approval, the city council voted …

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City to Demolish Abandoned Manufactured Homes

By / July 28, 2015 / Canada, Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

An order by the Prince George City Council of British Columbia, Canada for the Lombardy Mobile Home Park to clean up unsightly property has only been partially adhered to, so city crews will go in and make sure the remainder of the order is fulfilled. A report indicates abut half …

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Modular Homes Still Rising in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

By / July 27, 2015 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular, People

Many people have likely forgotten Superstorm Sandy, as the third anniversary of that devastating storm that ripped up the Eastern Seaboard approaches, but in Connecticut, Westchester Modular Homes of Fairfield County has opened an office in Bethel, CT to continue dealing with the victims of that storm. As courant informs …

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Appeals Court Rules Challenge to CFPB’s Existence can Move Forward

By / July 26, 2015 / Business, Company News, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

According to reuters, the U. S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled the State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas has legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as well as the appointment of its director, Richard Cordray. Being …

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Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 19-July 26, 2015

By / July 27, 2015 / 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, Trends

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 …

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