Benzinga reports Xactware has developed software that incorporates cost data for over 6,000 manufactured and pre-HUD code homes from 1972 to 2011 for insurance purposes in case of loss or damage. From NADA Appraisal Guides, Inc., 360Value determines depreciated cost-replacement guides for manufactured and pre-HUD code homes. Xactware says it …
At the Manufactured Housing Institute’s 2011 Congress & Expo in Tulsa OK, Robin Crow, musician, author, and developer of Dark Horse Recording Studios, said regardless of what business you are in, creating an environment for employees and customers to make them feel better is the most important thing you can …
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Following up on a post from April 22, The Republican, of Massachusetts, reports that the dwelling on former City Councilor Angela Plassmann’s Northampton property that drew neighborhood complaints has been removed. Despite her attorney’s insistence that the structure was a properly licensed RV, neighbors said it was “a manufactured home …
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Following up on a post from April 7, the Los Angeles Daily News says a majority of residents of Oakridge Mobile Home Park support an LA city plan to install 60 new manufactured homes in the community and rent them to qualified applicants as affordable housing. A 2008 wildfire destroyed …
The Oakdale Patch of Minnesota reports that Rep. Nora Slawik of the Minnesota House of Representatives has introduced bill number HF1430 to provide low-cost mediation when residents of a manufactured home community have a disagreement with community owners. In the past, many communities have been family-owned and were responsive to …
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WRTF7 in West Virginia says the number of manufactured homes shipped to the state fell from 4,700 in 1995 to 1,833 in 2007. Last year 1,100 were sold in the state. Manufactured housing used to claim 60 percent of all housing starts here, according to West Virginia Housing Institute Executive …
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Northern Nevada Business News reports the sale of new site-built and manufactured homes in mile-high Elko, Nevada, is up for the first quarter of the year over last year. Real estate agents sold 21 in the first quarter of 2011, 15 percent more than last year, and at an average …
The Times and Democrat in Orangeburg, South Carolina, reports the Orangeburg County Planning Commission is considering a resolution to allow manufactured housing to become more widespread in town. Harold Young, Deputy Administrator of the Community Development Division, said there have been requests to locate more single-section manufactured homes in areas …
The Sun Journal reports Dana Connors, President of the Maine Sate Chamber of Commerce, saying that manufactured housing is no longer second best. He was speaking at the kickoff for the Oxford Hills Home Show in Oxford, Maine, April 15-17. Mary Anna Palmer of Alternative Modular Homes in Oxford wrote …
The Rapid City Journal in South Dakota reports a family, whose nine-year old son has a severe neurological disorder, has received a brand new manufactured home through the efforts of a local church and radio station. Tay-Sachs affects muscular control, preventing the boy from moving or speaking. Most children die …
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The Raleigh Public Journal reports the tornado that tore through North Carolina April 16 destroyed 63 single-family homes in Raleigh, according to the Raleigh Department of Inspections. Fifty percent more stick built homes than pre-HUD code homes were destroyed. Major damage occurred at 184 dwellings, and 851 suffered minor damage …
HousingWire reports there may be a problem with American-made drywall, not just drywall from China. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), partnering with Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&H), tested 11 homes and found five of them had hydrogen sulfide emissions, as well as sulfur and copper sulfide buildup, which are …
Gazettenet reports from Northampton, Massachusetts, that a structure on the property of now former city councilwoman Angela Plassman may be in violation of the city’s building code. City Building Commissioner Louis Hasbrouck says if it is manufactured housing rather than a recreational vehicle, it would be in violation of the …
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RVBusiness reports there has been no response from the GoRVing Coalition to the mid-April RV/MH Hall of Fame meeting that produced a plan for financial stability for the museum, located in Elkhart, Indiana. The coalition said it would end its $200,000 a year support unless a business plan was developed. …
New Jersey reports that Mercer Mobile Home Park in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is being bought by a non-profit group, Allies Inc., with part of the funding coming from Robbinsville’s affordable housing public trust fund. The 140 homesite community will meet the city’s requirement for investing in affordable housing. Many of …
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Smallcap Network notes four suppliers of wood products have seen gains in their stock since last November. The Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX), which makes building products for manufactured housing, jumped from $7.90 a share to $9.45, a gain of nearly 20 percent. Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) saw their stock price go …
From Texas, the Beaumont Enterprise reports State Farm Insurance canceled the homeowner’s policy of Jon and Beverly Nicholas, and not because of a claim or having done something wrong. Despite their 35-year relationship with State Farm, which gave them a discount for several policies, this couple’s factory-built home in Lumberton, …
The Office of the Governor of Texas reports that Anthony Burks of Fort Worth, Texas, has been appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve on the state’s Manufactured Housing Board. Burks is president and co-founder of Vendigm Companies LLC, a founding board member of the Construction Industry Outreach Advisory Council, …
The Atmore Advance in southern Alabama says Harold Allen, a 43-year veteran of selling manufactured housing, was awarded the number one dealership for Platinum Homes, Inc., for the fifth straight year. Joe Clark, zone manager for Platinum, presented the award to him at the Tunica Show last month. Established in …
According to the Sacramento Bee in California, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) reports that UMH Properties Inc. (a real estate investment trust, REIT, in New Jersey) has agreed to pay an estimated $13.3 million for a trio of manufactured home communities in Tennessee with an average occupancy rate of about …
