MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Builder Confidence Rises The National Association of Homebuilders says builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose three points to 16 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for October. …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: Buffets’s advice to youth applies to MH Industry Warren Buffett, owner of Clayton Homes, was on hand at an Iowa Dairy Queen to introduce the new Thin Mint Blizzard and gave a group …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: IF YOU’VE EVER LIVED in New York, you’re familiar with the Daily News headlines. Imagine seeing this one Wednesday: “Housing hot again! Home sales shoot up 18% in city; total sales prices climb …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: REUTERS REPORTS that Warren Buffett will be played by Ed Asner in Too Big to Fail, an upcoming television movie about the financial crisis. Reuters says the movie will be based on a …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: A NEW SURVEY released Monday by the National Association of Business Economics finds the economy will grow this year and next at a slower pace than previously thought, weakened by governments and consumers …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: BANK OF AMERICA announced Friday the company is halting foreclosure sales in all 50 states as part of a widening investigation into flaws in the process. The announcement came two days after JP …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: REUTERS REPORTED THURSDAY that President Barack Obama will not sign legislation that could have made it more difficult for homeowners to challenge unjustified foreclosure actions. The bill would have required courts to accept …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Wednesday for the week ending October 1 showing an increase in purchase activity. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 9.3 percent from one …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: FROM PHILLY.COM comes an article about a coming shift in U.S. housing policy from one favoring ownership to one favoring apartments. FBR Capital Markets’ financial policy group indicated in a report to clients …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS reports that the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rose 4.3 percent to 82.3 based on contracts signed in August, from a downwardly revised 78.9 in July, but are …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: TO MOST PEOPLE these days, a trailer is a short preview of a movie. Unfortunately it’s still misused in some media reports where the words manufactured home belongs. The most recent culprit was …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE MANUFACTURED HOME INDUSTRY made the Wall Street Journal this week. The paper chose to use the word “mobile” in the title and then began the article by saying the builders of manufactured …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae Thomas Donilon [DON-ih-lun] appears to be on the short list to replace White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel. According to CNBC, …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT that passed the Senate a week ago has been signed into law by President Obama. The bill Small Business Administration’s floor plan financing program provides loan guarantees through …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: RADON REQUIREMENTS are seeping into the manufactured housing industry in Oregon. Despite a HUD Code that some Manufactured Housing Industry pros would contend preempts local requirements on manufactured housing, Oregon is gearing up …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT that passed the Senate a week ago has now been passed by the House and heads to the Oval Office for the President’s signature. Among other provisions, the …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS reports that Santa Monica officials have found a solution to the City Council’s Arizona boycott dilemma. After passing a ban over that state’s controversial illegal immigration policy, the …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: EVER NOTICE that reports of crime don’t often mention the construction method of where the event occurred, unless it happened in a “mobile home?” Just this week, a half dozen or so stories …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH decided today that the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. That reassurance only goes so far. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reported that builder confidence …
MHMSM.com presents Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon with Erin Patla. We begin with these stories: ACCORDING TO THE MHI Week in Review, on September 15, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on the future of housing finance and …
