The RealShare Conference Series is sponsoring a RealShare Apartments conference of 2,000 multifamily professionals in Los Angeles, October 15-16, 2014, according to globest.com. The following presenters at the conference represent companies that have all been involved in the manufactured housing industry: John Sebree, Vice president of Marcus & Millichap. Laurie-Lustig …
Multifamily Conference to Attract 2,000 Professionals Read More
Heiden Homes Realty has added Kathy Tompkins as a realtor to the staff in Grand Junction, Colorado, according to gjsentinel.com. Tompkins owns Manufactured Home Parts, established in 2000, and as an unlimited general contractor, specializes in manufactured home sales and construction at Royal T’s Construction, LLC. The company also remodels, …
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The new head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, in his first major policy speech, said lending standards have become too tight and policymakers need to find ways to expand the housing market. Speaking at a housing summit sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center, the former …
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Updating a story MHProNews last posted Jan. 30, 2014 regarding a 16-year attempt by the residents of Naples Estates (Fla.) manufactured home community (MHC) to purchase their community, Collier County Circuit Judge Hugh Hayes had ruled in favor of the Naples Estates Homeowners Association (NEHA) to seek financing to buy …
Settlement of Sixteen Year Legal Wrangling between Owner and Community Pending Read More
The city of San Diego has offered to pay the residents of De Anza Cove manufactured housing community (MHC) $22 million in relocation expenses plus attorney fees to settle a lawsuit, following eleven years of legal wrangling. The homeowners’ attorney released a statement saying the city’s offer is a good …
The Franklin County (Missouri) Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a conditional use permit (CUP) plan to replace a series of duplexes, senior apartment and Korean-syle huts with single and multi-section manufactured homes for a 110-acre retreat complex for the National Association of Intercultural Family, Inc. (NAICFM). Initially approved in 2007, …
Planning Commission Rejects Manufactured Home Proposal Read More
A request by the owner of residential property in Pierce City, Missouri to re-zone the land as a manufactured home community (MHC) was denied by the city’s aldermen, which is keeping the owner from filling two vacant home sites. A local ordinance requires an empty slot to have a replacement …
Attempt to Replace Vacated Manufactured Home Sites Denied Read More
Employees of manufactured housing component supplier Lippert Components, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana participated in the annual JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Walk to Cure Diabetes, raising over $15,000 for research into a cure for Type 1 diabetes. According to rvbusiness.com., around 200 employees and their families took part in the …
Lippert Contributes to RVs, MHs and Community Charities Read More
Four members of the manufactured housing industry were honored at the recent Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) annual meeting Sept. 14-16 for their outstanding contributions to the industry. Dick Ernst, president of Financial Marketing Associates, received the MHI Chairman’s Award from MHI Chairman Nathan Smith. A longtime member of the MHI …
Four MH Industry Members Honored at MHI Annual Meeting Read More
William Matchneer, formerly senior counsel with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) division of research, markets and regulations, has joined the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in their litigation and compliance practice group. In addition to serving as team lead for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act at the …
William Matchneer leaves CFPB for Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Read More
In a filing with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dated July 30, 2014, Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) is selling six million shares to help fund its acquisition of 59 manufactured home communities from Green Courte Partners LLC for $1.32 billion. The first phase of 34 communities is …
Sun Communities to Sell Six Million Shares to Fund Acquisition Read More
In an attempt to turn around its eighth consecutive year of multimillion dollar losses, manufactured housing producer Skyline Corp. is rolling out a new line of recreational vehicle (RV) models at this week’s Elkhart County RV Open House. Based in Elkhart, Indiana, the company has focused more on its MH …
The Upson County Planning Commission in west central Georgia conditionally approved rezoning of a manufactured housing community (MHC) to allow the community to expand. The 51-acre site has been zoned legal nonconforming for single-family residential, but did not allow any new manufactured homes to come in, nor be replaced if …
Georgia Planning Commission Approves Expansion of MHC Read More
Investors are closely watching Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW), the Elkhart, Indiana-based component supplier to the manufactured housing industry, according to wallstreetscope.com. Through its subsidiary, Lippert Components, it has recently acquired several complementary firms as MHProNews reported Aug 18, 2014. The company price-to-sale ratio is 1.01 and it has an insider …
Manufactured housing producer Nobility Homes, Inc. (NOBH) of Ocala, Florida, announcing its sales and earnings results for the third quarter 2014 ending Aug. 2, reports sales for the quarter rose 12 percent to $5,346, 639 over the $4,758,456 for the same period of 2013, according to nasdaq.com. Net income after …
Nobility Homes Reports Sales, Income Rise in Q3 2014 Read More
Following a story MHProNews last posted Oct. 23, 2013, the Shoreline Trailer Court in Branford, Connecticut may lose its license to operate if a new management company is not brought on board by Oct. 1, according to nhregister.com. A proposal submitted by community management Renaissance Collaborative last fall did not …
As the U. S. Border Patrol doubled its staff in Ajo, Arizona nine miles north of the Mexican border, the government bought land and sited 20 manufactured homes and built 21 two-and-three bedroom homes for the expansion, spending $17 million, about $680,000 per home in a town of less than …
Manufactured Homes Provided for Border Patrol Agents Read More
Skyline Corporation received a going concern qualification from its independent registered public accounting firm, which was included in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, included with its consolidated financial statements for its fiscal year ending May 31, 2014, according to yahoofinance.com. The independent audit was filed with the Securities …
Following a story MHProNews posted Sept. 16, 2013 regarding the disastrous flooding in Colorado, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it distributed $61,634,523 to uninsured homeowners hit by the flooding and rain, including $31,900 each to nearly all the residents of two manufactured home communities (MHCs) along the South …
Colorado MH Owners Float with FEMA Funds, while MHC Owners Sink Read More
Donald Salmon of TBI Mortgage says private investors are beginning to buy mortgages written just for self-employed borrowers who put down 30 percent and have good credit scores. Instead of looking at paychecks, they examine a twelve-month bank statement to determine if the borrower can afford the home, nationalmortgagenews.com reports. …
Loans Moving from FHA to Fannie and Freddie; Freddie Inaugurates MHC Loan Read More
