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Trulia.com, a site for homebuyers, sellers and renters, recently announced it has acquired Movity (www.movity.com), a start-up focused on surfacing geodata to help new movers make better decisions and creator of social check-in tracker www.weeplaces.com. “The consumer real estate experience will continue to change dramatically and we believe adding this …
Housingwire reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two of the worst performing stocks of 2010. The government-sponsored enterprises ranked as the fifth-worst and third-worst stocks of the Fortune 500 with price declines of 79 percent and 74 percent. The companies were put into federal conservatorship in September, 2008 …
Fannie and Freddie Lose Three-Quarters of Value in 2010 Read More
The DesMoines Register reports that Iowa lacks any statewide program to upgrade housing or relocate families who live in older mobile homes, but momentum at least may be picking up. The report indicates many residents live in fear of rising lot rents and fees. Moreover, Iowa law currently allows home …
Housing Activists Float Idea for Mobile Home Replacement Fund Read More
Stocks moved ahead fourteen points December 23rd, essentially remaining flat. Meanwhile the Manufactured Housing Composite Value was off half of one percent the day before. The index was not updated for December 24. Most active stocks Christmas Eve included Deer Valley Corp, up nearly 35 percent to close at 74 …
U.S. house prices rose 0.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.7 percent decrease in September was revised downward to a 1.2 percent decrease. For the 12 months ending in October, U.S. …
U.S. Monthly House Price Index Increases 0.7 Percent from September to October Read More
It is NOT manufactured housing, but you may come away with that impression after reading a recent item in the DesMoines Register. The article recalled the first death of 2010, a man named William McCune who reportedly died during a fire in an old, pre-HUD code mobile home. The article goes …
Zacks Investment Research announced recently it has upgraded Universal Forest Products from Underperform to a Neutral recommendation. The Michigan-based company engineers, manufacturers, treats, distributes, and installs lumber, composite wood, plastic and other building products for its do-it-yourself (DIY), site-built construction (homebuilders), manufactured housing, and industrial markets. Zack’s notes the recent …
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 17, 2010, finding mortgage loan application volume decreased 18.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 20.0 percent compared with the previous week. The …
After stepping back in October, reversing into the negative territory, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) rose more than three points in November to reach its highest mark since December, 2007. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine-to-twelve-month lag time between architecture billings and …
Architecture Billings Index Reaches Highest Score Since 2007 Read More
Manufactured housing may not benefit in the future from retirees relocating to warm climates. A new study by AARP finds that an early cohort of the Boomer generation likely will dispel the myth that most retirees want to move to retirement havens in warmer climates. Few leading-edge Boomers have plans …
The Manufactured Housing Composite Value declined Wednesday after two days of gains. Individual stocks performed well, however. They include Nobility Homes, up 2.3 percent, and Cavco, up half of a percent. Skyline Corp. was off more than five percent. The Dow closed up 26 points.
Housingwire.com reports that mortgage finance industry executives are asking regulators to adopt national standards for the securitization of home loans as soon as possible, starting with the disclosure and risk retention rules outlined in Dodd-Frank. An “open letter to U.S. regulators regarding national loan servicing standards” signed by 52 financial …
Open Letter Takes Aim at Secondary Mortgage Market Read More
The days that remain before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) begins enforcement of its Red Flag Rule can be counted with fingers. Enforcement will begin December 31. The regulator issued regulations known as the Red Flag Rule in 2007 requiring financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement written identity …
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to Begin Enforcement of Red Flag Rule Read More
After reporting on a welcomed effort to upgrade the homes in a city-owned manufactured housing community, MHMSM.com wrote to the city suggesting a name upgrade may also be in order. The letter to Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom reads: “I was delighted to read recently in Lookout News that the …
Coming after the New Year, MHMSM.com will provide an exclusive interview with Teresa Payne, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary at HUD’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. In the popular format of “A Cup of Coffee with…” interview, Payne discusses the uncertain economic climate impacting the manufactured housing industry and the role of …
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved new rules concerning the concept known as net neutrality this week, but criticism came quickly from both sides of the debate. The Federal Communications Commission says it acted to preserve the Internet as an open network enabling consumer choice, freedom of expression, user control, …
The Manufactured Housing Composite Value rose again on Tuesday, adding more than three percent. Some of the best performers include Skyline Homes, up more than four percent, and Cavco, up more than three percent. Universal Forest Products and Barnes Group also rose. UMH Properties and All American Group closed lower. …
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear recently appointed insurance agent Samuel Earl Lee to the Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors to serve for a term expiring Oct. 30, 2014. Lee will represent the interests of the manufactured housing industry. At the time of publication, Lee had not returned our call requesting comment.
From Missouri, Knox.com reports about an effort underway to keep manufactured homes and other personal property items from being subject to a tax. According to the report, Richard LaViolet has approval from the Secretary of State to begin collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment that would do away with Missouri’s …
Missouri Man Goes to Battle with Tax on Manufactured Homes Read More
From the Omaha World-Herald comes an upbeat article on manufactured housing by Erik Martin. The item, which ran in the real estate section, finds shoppers seeking to make their housing dollars go further in the current economy are taking a closer look at manufactured homes. “After looking at the options …
Nebraska Paper Puts Spotlight on Manufactured Homes Read More
