The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held its first meeting of 2011, under its new HUD-appointed Chairman, by telephone conference call on January 27, 2011. The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), however, noted in an email with “continued HUD blunders” in the title, that because notice of the …
The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) held its first meeting for 2011 by teleconference Thursday and welcomed seven new members to the committee. The new members spent a day at HUD prior to the teleconference to receive an orientation. The MHCC meeting was primarily organizational and no actions or votes …
The Cavco webcast of January 28 on their 2011 third quarter earnings reports produced reason for hope, solid financials and the proposed acquisition of Palm Harbor. Cavco, based in Phoenix, AZ is one of the three top producers of manufactured and modular homes in the country. President, Chairman and CEO …
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The Arizona Republic ran a story this week about the efforts by Cavco to purchase bankrupt Palm Harbor Homes. The article notes that sales are at their lowest level in 50 years and Cavco is seeking to grow through purchasing another competitor. In August, 2009, Cavco bought Fleetwood Enterprises for …
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Business relocation coach Joseph Vranich says a record number of companies left California in 2010, including Fleetwood Enterprises. 204 companies left the Golden State in 2010, four times the 2009 level. Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. had been headquartered in Riverside, went bankrupt, has been partially revived as Fleetwood RV Inc. and …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) says it is urging Congress to support the use of a rental voucher for the full cost of purchasing a manufactured home sited on leased land, by permitting funds to be used for both the cost of leasing the land, and for the monthly home …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports that on January 26, Reps. Ken Calvert (R-CA) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) began circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support the manufactured housing industry and millions of American families that rely on a manufactured home as …
A California state legislator is looking into a bill that would allow city and county governments, when successful in defending rent control ordinances, to charge the party who brought the challenge for the government’s legal expenses, according to the San Jose Mercury News. A representative of Assemblyman Bill Monning, D-Carmel, …
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The latest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) report says remodelers are starting to see an uptick in interest from consumers who are considering future remodeling projects. Remodeling Market Index (RMI) edged up to 41.5 in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to 40.8 in the third quarter. An RMI …
Cavco Industries announced financial results Friday for the third quarter and first nine months of its fiscal year 2011 ended December 31, 2010. Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 totaled $39,612,000, up 9 percent from $36,369,000 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2010. Net income attributable …
From California and NoozHawk.com, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille issued a decision this week siding with the tenants of Rancho Mobile Home Park in a lengthy battle over rent control. After years of pricey legal battles, the city had approved an agreement with the community owner, …
Pending home sales improved further in December, marking the fifth gain in the past six months, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increased 2.0 percent to 93.7 based on contracts signed in December from a downwardly revised 91.9 in November. The index is …
The Dow moved across the 12,000 line several times on Wednesday, then fell back, ending at 11,985. Many manufactured housing and related stocks outperformed the averages, however. Axle maker TJT Inc. was up more than eight percent; Universal Forest Products and Drew Industries were up more than three percent. Barnes …
Fewer Americans are applying for mortgages. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Wednesday for the week ending January 21, finding that a measure of mortgage loan application volume decreased 12.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the …
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From North Carolina, Chapel Hill News featured a story on the development of Clayton’s i-house. The article says the home, originally unveiled in 2009, was the result of Kevin Clayton’s goal was to bring sustainable and energy-efficient housing to those who typically could not afford it. The i-house comes in …
The Los Angeles Times ran a story this week about the developing recreational vehicle industry in China. According to the Times, China is hungry for the kind of recreational vehicles built in Southern California, and entrepreneur Winston Chung has struck a deal with Riverside-based MVP RV to export $5 billion …
MHI held a conference call with 37 member state association executives and their staffs on Thursday, January 20. During the call, MHI staff discussed new Congressional membership of the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee. Discussed were MHI actions related to the review and reform of Dodd-Frank …
Industry members participated this week in a high-level briefing on Capitol Hill focused on high energy performance in manufactured and modular homes. Emanuel Levy, Systems Building Research Alliance, and Kevin Clayton, Clayton Homes, Inc., presented to a standing-room-only audience. Manufactured Housing Congressional Caucus co-chair Ken Calvert (R-CA) kicked off the …
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From Texas, the Seguin Gazette reports that a gas leak prompted a brief evacuation at a Cavco plant there. The report indicted a fork lift had hit an overhead gas line. Within 20 minutes, the gas was off and the workers returned.
Analysts are calling Obama’s State of the Union “business focused,” including proposals to aid small business and keep America competitive. The president proposed taking $30 billion repaid by Wall Street banks and using it to provide credit to community banks and small businesses. The president also proposed a new small …
