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A letter dated Jan. 9, 2013, from Henry Czauski, HUD’s Acting Deputy Administrator in the Dept. of Manufactured Housing, to Robert Solomon, Project Mgr. of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), says the Government Accounting Office (GAO) finished a study of air quality and ventilation systems in manufactured housing. The […]
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The long-anticipated set of mortgage rules, including the qualified mortgage, promised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have finally been released, according to CNNMoney. Designed to correct the lax underwriting practices that led to the housing bubble fiasco, the new rules require documented financial feasibility of repaying the loan
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As GlobeNewswire reports, in order to take advantage of the improving economy and growth of the new home construction market, BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BXC) of Atlanta has filed a planned rights offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer $40 million worth of common stock, $38.8 million of
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HousingWire reports Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray asserts manufactured homes may become less attainable under the newly defined CFPB’s regulations that deal with high-cost mortgages. For mortgages on properties under $50,000, a high-cost mortgage is now defined as a first mortgage
Senator Brown to CFPB: Relax High Cost Mortgage Rules Read More
According to originationnews, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) says despite the interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) with conforming loan balances having increased nine basis points to 3.61%, mortgage apps rose 11.7 percent for the week ending Jan. 4. This interest rate is the highest in two months.
Interest is Up, so are Apps Read More
According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the first 11 months of 2012 is setting the stage for what is anticipated to be a record year for the housing market, once Dec. numbers are in. HousingWire says NAR’s Housing Affordability Index through Nov. 2012 stood at 198.2, and expects
Home Affordability Index to Set Record Read More
Investors were heartened by analysts expecting corporate earnings to grow 3.2 percent in Q4 2012 versus last year, as the three major indexes posted positive results for the day. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.46 percent, + 61.66 points, to end the day at 13,390.51. The
Three Major Indexes Gain; Tracked Housing Stocks Mixed Read More
Writing in the Huffington Post, Corporation for Enterprise Development president Andrea Levere says the outdated notions that link manufactured housing with “Hurricane Katrina trailers” has put a damper on the efforts to house many homeless survivors of Hurricane Sandy that ravaged the northeast U.S. shores Oct. 29. While Federal Emergency
Opportunity to Dispel MH Myths is Now Read More
Institutional investors as well as nontraditional investors are poised with $6 to $9 billion to acquire REO (real estate-owned) properties that many number from 60,000 to 90,000 in the single-family rental market, according to nationalmortgagenews. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Jade Rahmani says while this may account for only 15
REO-to-Rental Market Expanding Read More
The journalofcommerce reports WEQ Britco is set to begin building a 2,000 room modular workforce accommodation complex in northern Manitoba, Canada at the proposed site of Manitoba Hydro’s multi-billion dollar Keeyask power generation plant on the Lower Nelson River. Manitoba Hydro began preliminary work on access road and camp development
Canadian Project Requires Extensive Modular Housing Read More
StatesmanJournal says Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) may be interested in moving to Silverton, Oregon’s vacant industrial park from Grand Rapids, Mich. City manager Bob Willoughby informs MHProNews the city has been discussing this option with UFPI for several months. The closing of Redman Homes in May, 2008 led to
UFPI Moving to Oregon? Read More
Stocks edged down today as investors anxiously awaited corporate returns for the previous quarter. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.41 percent, -55.44 points, to end the day at 13,328.85. The Nasdaq dropped -0.23 percent, -7.00 points, to close at 3,091. 81, while the S&P lost -0.32
Three Indexes, Housing Composite Slip; LPX Posts Nice Gain Read More
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says its First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) rose from 201 in Dec. to 242 this month, an increase of over 20 percent. Now including 48 states and the District of Columbia, before being added to the list the metro area must show
NAHB Housing Index is Moving on Up Read More
Tallahassee tells MHProNews two University of South Florida architect students have designed an extruded aluminum disaster shelter that snaps together and is easily transportable. The main structural members can have conduit running through them, and the roof channels direct water to a tank at the rear of the modular unit.
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AmmoLand reports from Fremont, Ohio that MH building products maker StyleCrest is teaming with Mossy Oak to produce Wildside Camo Siding for hunting blinds, lodges, cabins and sheds. The extrusion-process camouflage siding will resist UV rays and extreme weather conditions, and is easy to install. As MHProNews has learned, StyleCrest
Manufactured Housing Goes Hunting Read More
The belvideredailyrepublican says Poplar Grove, Ill. officials have nixed plans to annex an additional 600 acres and with it the possibility of an MHC being developed on part of the property. Two developers had proposed a mix of residential and commercial if the annexation occurred, but the village board in
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NationalMortgageNews says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to release Dodd-Frank’s Qualified Mortgage (QM) regulation Jan. 10 in Baltimore. Under the new regulation, lenders must verify assets of the consumers, and in exchange, lenders will have a legal safe harbor. A rule the CFPB has considered is in cases
Coming Soon: QM and Servicing Rules Read More
OriginationNews reports the person who helped plan staffing, enforcement and direction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now the regional director of the West Region office of the agency in San Francisco, covering 18 western states including Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. Edwin L. Chow is responsible for consumer
CFPB Region Director Could be Watching You Read More
Economist Joseph Brusuelas, writing in a Bloomberg Brief on the 2012 housing review and outlook for 2013, says, “Rising purchases of homes from cash buyers and investors reduced the monthly supply of existing homes on the market to 4.8 months in November from 6.4 months in January of 2012. Careful
Inventory Drop will Add to Housing Values Read More
Noting companies will struggle to beat earnings expectations for the last quarter of 2012, Barclay’s said in a report, “We suspect earnings season will be a negative for the market overall.” As investors prepare for the corporate returns, CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.38 percent, -50.92
Major Indexes Slip; Deer Valley, Nobility Homes Slide Read More
