The Dow gained just over a point to close at 12,381.11 in anticipation of first quarter corporate returns, while most housing stocks declined. Cavco lost 5.27 percent, Skyline Corp. was down 3.01 percent, and Nobility Homes lost .33 percent. Deer Valley remained unchanged. The Manufactured Housing Composite lost 4.04 percent …
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HousingWire reports that a settlement between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and two companies and three individuals yielded $2.2 million that will be refunded to homeowners allegedly swindled in a mortgage relief scam. The defendants falsely posed as having the authority to modify loans, and received fees up front from …
According to CNNMoney.com/Fortune, the rising prices of commodities, plus the glut of homes on the market with prices falling, will stem the tide of new home construction for several more years. Compared to a year ago, the price of lumber is 17 percent higher, copper is up 32 percent, and …
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The Salt Lake Tribune reports that when residents of Parkhill Mobile Estates community discovered their landlord had sold the land to a developer to build condos, they banded together, and eventually became the Parkhill Homeowners Cooperative Association (PHCA). The Salt Lake County Housing Authority (SLCHA) actually bought the land from …
In response to an April 6th story about the RV/MH Hall of Fame, Ken Rishel, of Rishel Consulting Group, and publisher of the Chattel Finance Newsletter, has pledged ten percent of all advertising revenue from his newsletter through December 2011 to the Heritage Foundation to help keep the museum doors open. Noting …
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Zacks reports that Universal Forest Products, a Michigan supplier of wood and other building materials to the manufactured housing industry, lost .12 cents a share in the fourth quarter of 2010, as opposed to .03 cents a share loss for the same quarter of 2009. The analysis suggests the loss …
Following up on a story from April 6 about returning the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, to solvency, RV Business reports several proposals are being considered to keep the doors open. One of the plans involves condensing the vintage RVs into a smaller space, and allowing up to …
Late Friday night, the government shutdown was averted that would have affected Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) operations, causing significant delays in endorsing single-family loans. According to The Washington Post, the deal was reached just before 11 p.m.
The Dow lost just under a quarter of a point to close at 12,380.05, as oil spiked upwards and the threat of a government shutdown loomed. Cavco lost 1.97 percent, Skyline Corp. dropped 1.72 percent, and Nobility and Deer Valley remained unchanged. The Manufactured Housing Composite closed down 1.72 percent …
The Gaylord Herald Times reports that Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan (GINM) will erect six modular buildings to house 24 self-identifying homeless veterans. With funding from the Veteran’s Administration (VA), a federal home loan and Goodwill, the two single-family modular homes and four duplexes are scheduled for completion by late …
Yahoo!Finance reports an Associated Press story from Los Angeles that a homeowner who applied for a loan modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is suing Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. for breach of contract and deceptive debt collection. The homeowner alleges she complied with all the requirements of this …
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that as the federal government nears shutdown and hundreds of thousands of employees may be furloughed, only mail carriers, the military, and air traffic controllers would remain on the job. Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) operations would cease during …
To follow up on a story we reported March 7, HousingWire reports Detroit has so many vacant houses it will bulldoze full blocks and turn the property into urban farming. Stephen Bancroft, executive director of the independent think tank Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response (DOFPR), said once a …
The Scottish Business Insider reports the owner of Powerwall, after many years of testing, has developed lightweight steel frame and walls for building modular homes he intends to market internationally. Taking a page from the mass production of automobiles, Dominic Tedesco says building has changed little since the Roman days, …
The Wilmington News Journal (wnewsj) says elected officials in New Vienna, Ohio, are developing a zoning ordinance that would prevent single-section manufactured homes from being sited in town outside existing manufactured home communities. Debate continues over the option of a multi-sectional home inside town limits, and pre-existing homes inside town …
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The second Japanese earthquake and rising oil prices rattled Wall Street, causing the Dow to drop .14 percent to close at 12,409.49. Nobility Homes gained 2.51 percent, Skyline Corp. lost 1.96 percent, and Cavco fell .96 percent. The Manufactured Housing Composite dropped one percent to close at 1258.80.
Jetson Green reports HGTV has built a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certified modular house, one of only 40 in Colorado, that it plans to give away. The exterior is a combination of brick and thin stone veneers, 50 percent recycled fiber-cement siding, with recycled blown-cellulose. The …
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Zacks says Cavco Industries (NASDAQ: CVCO) is one of five companies in the home-building industry that offers the least risk and more stable return on investment. SmarTrend ranks Cavco second with a beta rating of 1.15, and says since it issued an upturn on the stock Feb. 17, its value …
HousingWire says mortgage rates rose by only one basis point to 4.87 percent for the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM), the third straight week of increases, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The average one year ago was 5.21 percent. Rates on 15-year FRMs moved up one …
The Contra Costa Times reports the 2008 Sayre Fire that tore through the foothills around Los Angeles destroyed 600 residences at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park. Coming on the heels of the housing crisis, only 20 percent of the residents have returned. As an incentive to bring people back, the …
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