The world’s largest retirement community, which is also the fastest growing city in the U. S., is expanding to include additional senior living facilities nearby. With a growth rate of 5.4 percent for the 12 months ending July, 2014, The Villages in Florida grew from 51,442 people in 2010 to …
Florida’s The Villages Expanding Continuum of Care for Seniors Read More
Updating a story MHProNews posted June 10, 2015 regarding the closing of Gerry Park for Mobile Homes in Gary, Indiana, and residents concerns of having to move, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson says a meeting between company officials and residents has resolved some of the issues. No company representative was at …
Residents of Closing Manufactured Home Community have Concerns Addressed Read More
“I have learned that there’s a big need for low-income families to get some help,” says Robin Davis, of Davis Homes, a manufactured and modular home dealer in Peachland, North Carolina, reports ansonrecord. She says in the year since the business opened, about 400 people have come in and many …
Davis Homes in NC Offers Paths to Manufactured Home Ownership through USDA Read More
MHProNews has learned that another board director of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) has been involved in insider trading. James Gero purchased 10,000 shares of stock June 11, 2015 at $57.00 per share for a total of $570,000, according to insidertraderreport. The insider transaction was reported to the Securities and Exchange …
Residents of manufactured homes with a taxable value under $61,000 in Lakeland, Florida will have to pay a disproportionate amount of the proposed fire assessment fee policy compared to other residents of the city, according to a methodology used to determine the fee. Bill Brent of the Federation of Manufactured …
Fire Fee in Florida Disproportionately Affects Manufactured Home Residents Read More
A group of Canadian manufactured homeowners is asking the city of Surry, British Columbia for more protection from developers who are closing manufactured home communities (MHC) to repurpose the land. The Surry Manufactured Home Owners Association (SMHOA) is protesting the proposed shuttering of Park Mobile by WestStone Group that will …
Canadian Group Protests Closing of Manufactured Home Community for Senior Facility Read More
With the population of La Plata County, Colorado expected to increase by 52 percent over the next two decades, 790 dwelling units will need to be built annually to meet the demand, according to a study by the La Plata County Regional Housing Alliance (RHA). Using data from the Colorado …
Manufactured Homes Planned for Durango, but More could be Justified Read More
In what Colliers International is calling the most ever paid per home site for a manufactured home community (MHC) in Oregon, Songbrook has been sold for $13.8 million to R & D Management, LLC of California. The gated community has 140 home sites on just under 32 acres in Eugene, …
High End Manufactured Home Community Sells for $13.8 M Read More
Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Bryan Davis of Redford, MI to the state’s Manufactured Housing Commission, according to realestaterama. The commission establishes policies that govern all aspects of manufactured housing (MH), including year-round and seasonal communities. Davis, a business agent for the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, represents organized …
Michigan has New Member on Manufactured Housing Commission Read More
While the focus of homebuilding has been on the larger homes, the future may see more moderately priced smaller homes as the industry tries to lure consumers, especially first-time buyers, back into the homeowner fold, as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) tells mpamag. However, Census Bureau data reports …
MHLIvingNews and MHProNews publisher L. A. “Tony” Kovach interviewed Brent Bolding, head of quality control at Sunshine Homes in Red Bay, Alabama. The interview documents the steps a manufactured home producer must go through in assuring the product is made correctly. Bolding, a former self-employed businessman, now in his tenth …
Video Interview Documents Quality of Sunshine Manufactured Homes Read More
The rights of residents of manufactured home communities (MHCs) will be the topic at a meeting in McKinleyville, California on Sat., June 13 sponsored by two advocacy groups, the Humboldt Mobilehome Owners Coalition and the Golden State Manufactured Homeowners League. Mary Ella Anderson with the Humboldt group says site rents …
Rights of Manufactured Home Community Residents to be the Topic Read More
For the second fiscal quarter of 2015 ending May 2, Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCQX:NOBH) announces sales rose 23 percent over the same quarter of 2014, $6,706,118 versus $5,431,026. Income from operations rose to $665,719 from $305,628 for the same period last year, while net income after taxes increased to $685,553 …
Nobility Posts Sales, Income Gains over same Quarter 2014 Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor, Navigant Consulting, is contacting producers of manufactured housing, especially smaller manufacturers, to obtain feedback on new proposed energy standards for manufactured housing. MHARR maintains the new standards are unnecessary and excessively costly, although they …
MHARR says the DOE is Seeking Support for New Manufactured Home Energy Standards Read More
Long-time veteran of the manufactured housing (MH) industry, Dee Greiner of Conway, Arkansas passed away in her home June 9, 2015. She began her MH career with Barcraft Industries in 1967, and in 1972 joined the staff of Castle Industries, becoming vice-president. In 1986, according to thecabin, she co-founded Prestige …
Since President Obama entered the White House real estate has been the best investment in terms of returns, specifically real estate investment trusts (REITs), companies that own a variety of properties, or just one type of investment. According to cnnmoney, investors have bought REITs during the recovery from the recession …
REITs have been a Good Investment during the Economic Recovery Read More
The Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is considering a measure that would allow residents of manufactured home communities (MHC) the opportunity to challenge a rent increase in their community. Senator Stewart Greenleaf says many MHC residents are seniors on fixed incomes whose rent increases rise faster than the cost …
Pennsylvania Legislature Weighs Manufactured Home Community Rent Control Read More
New Jersey continues to deal with the rebuilding of homes along the Atlantic Coast as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Oct. 2012 storm which killed 117 people in the U. S., leveled thousands of homes and left a path of destruction costing $65 billion. The Christie administration has set …
Manufactured Homes Still on Assistance List in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Read More
The Gerry Park for Mobile Homes in Gary, Indiana has been sold to Arogas, Inc. by former owner Pat Quinn which owns Mr. Fuel gas stations in the area. Arogas already owns a 9.3 acre adjoining site that has been rezoned for industrial use and is expected to be home …
Indiana Manufactured Home Community closing for Redevelopment Read More
Consumers who purchase an Energy Smart Home™ from Clayton Homes between now and Aug. 29 will receive up to $3,000.00 towards their first year’s utility bills, according to what virtualpressoffice informs MHProNews. Clayton CEO Kevin Clayton said, “We’re going to give consumers a jumpstart on those savings by providing an …
Clayton Homes offers Incentive to Buy Energy Efficient Home Read More
