Manufactured Homes

Single-family Project to include Manufactured and Modular Housing Quashed

By / January 25, 2014 / Business, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

According to willistonherald.com, the Williams County (North Dakota) Planning and Zoning Commission denied a request for a 55 home single-family residential development to be built outside Ray, ND, just northeast of Williston in the housing-strapped Bakken Oil Field region. Limited to manufactured, modular and site-built homes, the 164 acres were …

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Manufactured Home Community Co-operative Applies for Block Grant

By / January 25, 2014 / Communities, Finance, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People

Following up on a story MHProNews posted Jan. 20, 2014 regarding a possible grant for water system improvements at the Centennial Estates Manufactured Housing Community (MHC) Cooperative in Derry, New Hampshire, the town council voted to apply for the $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The application will compete against …

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Former Fuqua Homes Plant Sold

By / January 24, 2014 / Business, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

The 125,000 square foot industrial space in Bend, Oregon at one time occupied by Fuqua Homes, Inc. has been sold to a hedge fund manager and his wife for $2.7 million. The couple will likely develop it into a multi-tenant facility, according to bendbulletin.com. Fuqua Homes built manufactured and modular …

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Manufactured Home Teeters on Bridge

By / January 24, 2014 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

As the result of high winds, a manufactured home being transported along Interstate 205 between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon tipped onto the edge of a bridge above the Columbia River, according to katu.com. Oversize loads were temporarily banned from the highway, the first time Washington Department of Transportation officials …

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New Manufactured Housing Ordinances take Effect May 1

By / January 23, 2014 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Monticello (Arkansas) City Council passed an ordinance effective May 1, 2014 that limits manufactured homes sited be no more than 15 years old, and they must meet all city building and occupancy codes the same as other homes. According to mymonticellonews.net, building permits for manufactured homes are only good …

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Louisville (Slugger) Manufactured Housing Show Hits Homer

By / January 27, 2014 / Business, Finance, Louisville Show, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, People, Trade Shows

Show coordinator Dennis Hill said by 1:00 PM, Wednesday Jan. 22, the first day of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, more people had come through the gate than for the entire show last year. The finance panel discussion, moderated by Dick Ernst and featuring most of the major lenders in …

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Placement Denied for Three Manufactured Home Variance Requests

By / January 21, 2014 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

As follow-up to a story MHProNews posted Jan. 16, 2014 regarding three variance requests for the siting of manufa­ctured homes in Magnolia, Arkansas, the Magnolia Planning and Zoning Commission denied all three, according to magnoliareporter.com. Although all three requests were from parties who own the land, and the commissioners support …

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Update of Manufactured Housing Community Delayed

By / January 21, 2014 / Business, Communities, Factory-Built Homes, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Following a story we first posted Oct. 21, 2013 regarding the proposed redevelopment of Vineland Vista Mobile Home Park in St. Helena, California owned by Vintner Hall Wines, the Napa Valley Planning Commission has delayed approval of the modification because the old ordinance does not allow for multifamily modular housing. …

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Killam Raises Monthly Dividend

By / January 20, 2014 / Business, Canada, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Pursuant to Killam Property, Inc.’s (TSX:KMP) dividend policy, the board of directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.05 per common share to be paid on Feb. 17, 2014 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 31, 2014. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, this marks Killam’s first dividend reflecting …

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Water System on Tap for Co-operative?

By / January 20, 2014 / Communities, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Wed. night, Jan. 22 the Town Council in Derry, New Hampshire will discuss a grant proposal for water system improvements for the Centennial Estates Manufactured Housing Cooperative. The public hearing is one of three that will be held to discuss the proposal for the 57 site manufactured housing community (MHC), …

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Former Manufactured Housing Plant Bustling with Modular Workforce Units

By / January 19, 2014 / Business, Canada, Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular

Taking over a one-time manufactured housing plant in Johnstown, Colorado, PTI Group has converted the 113,000 square-foot facility to constructing modular workforce housing for the oil, gas and mining industries in Canada. Based in Alberta, Canada, PTI scouted 78 cities before choosing the Denver area because of the availability of …

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Manufactured Housing Chassis Firm Firms-up Financing

By / January 19, 2014 / Business, Company News, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

Following up on a story MHProNews posted Jan. 31, 2013, regarding $125,000 in seed money received by Wolfpack Chassis from Elevate Ventures’ Indiana Angel Network Fund (IANF), the Kendallville, IN-based company announces the completion of a $625,000 round of financing. Wolfpack manufactures chassis and chassis components for the manufactured housing …

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Clayton-Bradley Academy Adding Classrooms Ahead of Schedule

By / January 17, 2014 / Company News, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular, People

As follow-up to a story MHProNews last posted May 22, 2013, the Clayton-Bradley Academy, which opened on the grounds of Clayton Homes in July, has announced plans to add four classrooms to the school which currently serves 78 tuition students. Dr. Don Bruce, chairman of the nonprofit organization Innovative Education …

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Axle & Tire Company Rolling Forward Once Again

By / January 17, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

TJT Inc. (OTC Markets: AXLE) reports a net profit of $75,815, $.02 per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, as compared to a net loss of $302,189 for the same quarter in the previous year. According to marketwatch.com net sales for Q1 2014 increased 90 percent …

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Manufactured Homes Siting on Agenda

By / January 16, 2014 / Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Zoning

The Magnolia (Arkansas) Planning Commission will deal with the placement of several manufactured homes at its next meeting on Mon., Jan. 20, 2014. As magnoliareporter.com informs MHProNews, Aaron Thomas and Shari Palmucci have each requested a variance to site a manufactured home in an R2 zone (single-family homes and duplexes). …

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Universal Forest Products Acquires Insulation Producer

By / January 15, 2014 / Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

One of the subsidiaries of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) has agreed to purchase the assets of National Fiber, a manufacturer of environmentally sound cellulose insulation serving clients in the Northeastern U. S. Located in Belchertown, Massachusetts, National Fiber also sells special machines required to install the insulation, and offers …

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Sun Communities to Release Q4 Results

By / January 15, 2014 / Business, Communities, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, RV

Real estate investment trust (REIT) Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) will release its fourth quarter, 2013 financials on Thursday, Feb. 14 before the market opens. Officials will discuss the results in a conference call later that same day at 11:00 AM eastern time, according to marketwatch.com. The conference call will be …

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New Manufactured Home Sales for Texas Rise

By / January 15, 2014 / Business, home buyers, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

The Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) reports sales of new manufactured homes in October, 2013 rose +8.20 percent from September and increased +2.41 percent from Oct. of 2012. New sales year-to-date from October of last year were up +12.60 percent. MHProNews has learned sales of used manufactured homes rose 14.29 …

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Factory-built Homes Covered by New Mandatory Warranty

By / January 15, 2014 / Business, Canada, Factory-Built Homes, home buyers, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes

Alberta, Canada’s New Home Buyer Protection Act will offer more consumer protection when the mandatory warranty protection takes effect Feb. 1, 2014. The Canadian Home Builders’ Association-Alberta initially offered coverage on new homes beginning in 1974, and the new act ensures all builders meet the same standards. Modular and manufactured …

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U. S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Equity LifeStyle Properties Appeal

By / January 15, 2014 / Communities, Company News, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, regulation

Capping a 14-year legal battle between the city of San Rafael, California and Contempo Marin manufactured housing community (MHC), the United States Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that favored the city’s rent control ordinance. A U. S. district court ruled in favor of the Contempo, owned by …

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