The Easton, Mass. Board of Selectmen, acting as the town’s manufactured housing rent control board concerning residents of Easton Mobile Park request for reduced rents, heard more information from owner Morgan Management’s controller as well as from Justin DaMore of Meyers Environmental describing an inadequate sewer system for the community. …
The board of directors of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) of Freehold, New Jersey, has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.18 per share payable Sept. 15, 2014 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 15, 2014. In addition, the board declared a quarterly dividend of …
UMH Properties Declares Common and Preferred Stock Dividends Read More
According to a report on NPR.org, the city of Chicago owns nearly 5,000 empty lots in the greater Englewood area on the South Side due to the foreclosure crisis that resulted in the demolition of many homes. Having limited success with affordable housing and urban garden efforts, the city is …
Vacant Lots in Chicago Selling for One Dollar Each Read More
In an attempt to strengthen the state’s housing market, Virginia has passed a measure that allows first-time home buyers to invest up to $50,000 in any financial institution, free of state taxes on any earnings, provided the money is used to buy a home in the state. Called the First-time …
Manufactured Homes Included in Homebuyer Savings Plan Read More
Joe Kelly, executive vice president of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA), informs MHProNews only 43 manufactured homes were ordered by retailers in Iowa during Q1, 2014—just six in the month of January—a drop of 15 homes, 26 percent, compared to the same period in 2013. For the last three …
Orders for Manufactured, Modular Homes Drop in Iowa Read More
As the Michigan home market continues to improve, lenders say they are seeing more millennials, those in their 20s to 30s, now buying homes, comprising 31 percent of home buyers. The uptick is reaching the manufactured housing (MH) market as well. As digitaljournal.com reports, Sharon Crowe of Parkhurst Homes in …
In the name of transparency, beginning in May, Louisiana House Bill 909 requires companies that provide homeowners insurance, including manufactured homes, to publish information on premiums, incurred losses and how the insurance company arrived at its rate. MHProNews has learned from dailycomet.com the information, which will be available on the …
Homeowners Insurance Transparency Includes Manufactured Homes Read More
After being voted the best place to buy manufactured and modular housing in the Best of Maury County (Tennessee) reader’s poll, Keith Baker Homes is closing its doors after 38 years in business. “We were voted the best in Maury for many years for which I want to express our …
Tennessee HUD and Mod Dealer Closing after nearly Four Decades Read More
Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Drew Industries, Inc. of Elkhart, Indiana announces its exclusive agreement with Shanghai Lixin Trading Co. Ltd. for the distribution of LCI products to the growing Chinese caravan, recreational vehicle and utility trailer markets. Shanghai Lixin recently created a special division to deal …
According to fresnobee.com, except for people living in remote rural areas, California has the highest rental and owned housing costs, relative to income, as Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reveals. The Los Angeles area tops the chart in this category, while San Diego ranks number five, San Bernardino-Riverside …
A questioner writes to “Anne” of the democratandchronicle.com in Rochester, New York, saying when she and her husband sold their manufactured home in a community and asked the community manager for the return of their security deposit, he replied they had to produce all three years of receipts because they …
A major player in the manufactured housing industry in Elkhart County, Indiana since 1964 passed away June 25. Jack Tuff, founder of Tops Mobile Home Centers and several manufactured housing communities, and an early supporter of what became the RV/MH Hall of Fame, began his MH career in Fort Knox, …
RVBusiness.com reports Elkhart, Indiana-based Patrick Industries, Inc. has acquired Foremost Fabricators LLC, a manufacturer of fabricated aluminum products, fiber reinforced polyester sheet and coil, and custom laminated products primarily for the recreational vehicle (RV) market. While expected annual revenues will total $75 million, MHProNews has learned the net purchase price …
Patrick Acquires Aluminum Products Producer Foremost Fabricators Read More
Facing an energetic and aggressive challenger who took advantage of the anti-Washington, DC mood, Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Cochran, stunned by the June 3 primary that denied him an electoral majority, beat back TEA Party challenger Chris McDaniel by less than two percentage points, 6,400 votes in the Republican primary, …
MSMHA Director Jennifer Hall Hails Senator Thad Cochran’s Election Win Read More
The aging baby boomer generation moved the median age of United States residents from 37.5 years to 37.6 years as an estimated 10,000 people each day hit 65, and the youngest of the boomers enter their 50s. Seven states, according to mdjonline.com, however, actually saw their median ago lowered, and …
Factory-built Housing Rising as Age Drops in Oil Rich States Read More
Five members of ROC-NH’s (resident-owned-communities-New Hampshire’s) have been honored with the organization’s Above & Beyond awards for outstanding volunteer work in their respective co-op communities across the state, according to communityloanfund.org. Neighbors at Windswept Acres Cooperative said of Raymond Davis and Roger Hebert they clear doors and shovel snow off …
Residents of Co-operatively Owned MHCs Awarded for Volunteer Efforts Read More
Westville (Illinois) Village Trustees denied a request from resident John Barton to purchase a 22 year-old manufactured home within the village limits and and reposition it on a vacant lot within the village for his daughter and her family. The Westville zoning ordinance does not allow manufactured homes (MH) older …
Illinois Town Denies Request to Re-Site Manufactured Home Read More
Fort, Myers, Florida-based Murex Properties has acquired the 273-homesite manufactured housing community (MHC) Ventura Lakes in Punta Gorda, FL for $12 million, in conjunction with Northwest Mutual. The 84-acre community was developed in 1998 and includes an 8,000 square-foot clubhouse with a library, fitness center, billiards room, stage, dance floor …
Noting the growing trend of retirees downsizing to homes that are more manageable and affordable, monroemonitor.com in Monroe, Washington suggests there is a growing market of used manufactured housing in 55+ retirement communities that with a little elbow grease can lead to living well, green and stylish. By replacing the …
Age-restricted MHCs offer Strong Sense of Community Read More
Yale Law School’s 2014 recipient of the Simeon Baldwin award has been conferred upon Eugene Landy, founder and chairman of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) and Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE:MNR). The award recognizes achievement in law and business. Describing Landy as “one of the pioneers and founders of the …
