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DailyCourier reports from Prescott Valley, Arizona the town government will receive $300,000 from the Arizona Department of Housing to fix-up owner-occupied homes and replace aging manufactured houses. The program is designed to help low to moderate-income households remedy building code violations or health and safety issues. MHProNews.com has learned the […]
Grant Money to Replace Manufactured Homes Read More
Citizens Property Insurance Corp., created by the state to insure manufactured home owners not eligible for private insurance, is coming under fire from the homeowners for raising premiums while cutting coverage. FloridaToday tells MHProNews.com Citizens insures 4,500 of the 4,900 homesites in Barefoot Bay and is now the largest property
MHC Residents Upset with Insurer Read More
Writing in the NationalMortgageNews, Paul Muolo says Mitt Romney has pledged to get rid of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which likely would also dismantle the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). “It’s election season….and cutting big government is a red meat move,” writes Muolo. It would have to
Romney to Throw HUD and FHA Under the Bus? Read More
RVBusiness says TheElkhartTruth reports Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will visit the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana this Friday to meet with RV execs and publicize the industry’s recovery. Mark Bowersox, executive director of the Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (RVIC), says Daniels will meet with company presidents
Gov. Will Tout RV Recovery Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports a joint letter dated April 17, 2012 from the chairmen of the House Financial Services Committee and the Housing, Insurance, and Community Development Subcommittee to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan seeks follow-up from HUD regarding its implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement
Congress to HUD: Where Have You Been Since 2000? Read More
SeniorHousingNews states Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS) reports a drop in net income available for common shares for Q1 2012 of 34 percent, from $19 million Q1 2011 to $12.4 million this past quarter. Revenues increased for the first quarter of 2012 to 181.3 million compared to $135.1 million for
Q1 ELS: Revenues Increase, Income Drops Read More
Corporate earnings reports gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average a little bit of steam, as it gained +0.58 percent, +74.39 points, to close just over the 13,000 mark at 13,001.56. CNNMoney says the Nasdaq fell -0.30 percent to end the day at 2,961.60, while the S & P moved up
Housing Composite, Most Tracked Stocks Rise Read More
The largest mass settlement to date of claims over the FEMA travel trailers supplied to victims of Hurricane Katrina was agreed to by nearly a dozen manufacturers including Thor Industries, Recreation by Design, Play-Mor Trailers, Cruiser RV and Skyline. According to TheNewsStar, the $14.8 million was based on occupants sickened
Class Action Suit Settled Read More
PRWeb reports to MHProNews.com from North Dakota modular general contractor M Space is sponsoring the Bakken Housing Summit May 16-17, 2012 in Williston, ND. Bringing together lenders, developers, government representatives, and investors, the goal is to build 5,000 homes in two years to meet the demand for housing is this
Wholesale Modulars Going to Booming ND? Read More
As follow-up to a story we have reported on nearly a dozen times since last May (the last time was March 29, 2012), KPBS radio tells us the Oceanside City Council passed an ordinance last year to eliminate rent control on the seventeen MHCs in Oceanside, once the current home
CA City: Rent Control to Vacancy Decontrol Read More
OriginationNews notes while some firms earned more in the first quarter of this year than all of last, disbelievers expect originations to fall 20 percent this year. But National Mortgage News and the Quarterly Data Report estimate production will be between 1.3 and 1.4 trillion dollars, comparable to 2011. The
Flat Loan Production This Year? Read More
StateJournal in West Virginia reports Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin authorized tax relief to flood victims of two additional counties, bringing to eleven the number of counties included. The executive order suspends the consumer sales and service tax and the use tax on purchases that would “substantially improve efforts to provide
Tax Relief for MH Flood Victims Read More
According to RealtorMag’s survey of 146 metropolitan areas, MHProNews.com has learned median home prices nationwide rose five percent in March compared to Feb., to $189,900. Only five of the metro areas saw home prices decline including Minneapolis-St. Paul, Columbia, MO and Reading, PA. The areas that witnessed the largest month-over-month
Median Home Prices Rise Read More
SunHerald tells MHProNews.com a New Orleans firm has developed a structural steel-insulated paneled dwelling to house survivors of catastrophes. Designed with 22 solar panels so it can generate its own electricity, and with a water cachement system that can hold 6,000 gallons, the modular home can function independently of disaster-damaged
New Entry in Catastrophic Housing Read More
A slowdown in the Chinese manufacturing sector and news French President Sarkozy placed second in the first round of voting behind an opponent who does not favor European Union austerity measures kept investors along the wall as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 102.97 points, -0.78 percent, to close at
European, Asian News Douses Dow; MH Stocks Follow Down Read More
According to a General Electric (GE) Capital Survey of 495 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) at firms with annual sales volume of $50 million to one billion, 67 percent are predicting revenue growth and 74 percent anticipate hiring workers this year. BloombergNews tells MHProNews.com 94 percent of the CFOs predict the
Two-thirds of CFOs say Revenue Will Increase this Year. Read More
The Wall Street Journal states Warren Buffett’s announcement of having prostate cancer set the street buzzing with who may be his successor. Financial researchers culled the Oracle of Omaha’s annual letters to shareholders since 1977, some 400,000 words, and determined Ajit Jain, head of Berkshire’s reinsurance division, was mentioned the
And the Successor is…..??? Read More
To comply with the 2010 FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) guidelines declaring Magnolia Village MHC in Yuma, Arizona is in a flood plain, replacement homes for the over-55 residents will have to be elevated four feet. To satisfy the National Flood Insurance Program, homes that will cost more than 50
FEMA: “Canal Could Flood MHC”—Water Co. Employee: “No Way” Read More
NationalMortgageNews tells MHProNews.com the American Bankers Association (ABA) reports delinquency rates fell across all the loan categories the ABA monitors in the fourth quarter of 2011, the first time that has happened since 2004. The ABA defines delinquency as being late 30 or more days. The report notes consumers made
Overall Delinquency Rates Decline Read More
Noting a story we posted April 10, 2012, outlining the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), fresh from its annual National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, announces in it’s newsletter the bi-partisan support it has gained for the legislation
Congressional Support Growing for HR 3849 Read More
