equities says Drew Industries, Inc (NYSE:DW) reports record net sales for the second quarter of 2012 of $251 million, a 35% increase over Q2 2011, a record for any quarter, primarily due to a 39% increase in the RV division, while acknowledging the manufactured housing sales segment also increased due …
ModularHomeCoach informs MHProNews Haven Homes in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania will cease operations for the final time Sept. 24, 2012 after 40 years in business. As of 3:00 PM July 27 the stopped accepting orders for their line of modular homes. The company says the current economic environment and recent health issues …
27east tells MHProNews modular housing has begun arriving in Amagansett at the far eastern tip of Long Island, New York next to St. Michael’s Lutheran church. With a $4.9 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to non-profit St. Michael’s Housing Associates, the modular sections will …
The CumberlandTimesNews in Cumberland, Maryland says Allegany County Commissioners will consider a proposed change in the county’s sprinkler law that will delay the stricter regulations until the state adoption of the International Residential Code (IRC) takes effect in 2015. Currently, all multi-family dwellings are required to have sprinklers, but the …
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The Daily Reporter tells us from Coldwater, Michigan, the Coldwater City Council has approved bringing 16 acres into the city from Coldwater Township for Ralph Schaefer to erect a modular home sales business. The council must also approve rezoning of the land, and the city planning commission must approve the …
Yahoo!Finance says Cavco Industries, Inc. will release its earnings report for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2013 on Thurs., Aug. 2, 2012 after the close of the market. Senior management will conduct a live webcast the following day, Fri. Aug 3, 2012 at 12:00 noon eastern time to …
Daily Mercury reports from Sydney, Australia a modular house called HOUSE2.0 unfolds out of a box and can be set up within a week ready for the furniture to be brought in. Tektum managing director Nicolas Perren says a developer in Mackay in New South Wales (NSW) has expressed interest …
Yahoo!Finance says Elkhart, Indiana-based Skyline Corporation reports for fiscal year (FY) 2012 net sales increased 13% from $162,327,000 FY 2011 to $182,846,000. Manufactured and modular housing sales comprised $109,157,000 of the 2012 total, an 11% increase over the $97,922,000 net sales for 2011. FY 2012 net loss was $19,365,000 as …
Following up on a story we last posted May 2, 2012 about modular medical units temporarily placed on a property to house loved ones with special needs, MHProNews has learned several states, including Virginia, New York, and California have enacted legislation to allow these units to override local regulations and …
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair that featured a modular home built by the U.S. Plywood Association termed the “American Home of the Immediate Future”, mothernaturenetwork says Habitat for Humanity is constructing a 1,400 square foot modular home incorporating the newest in green technology for …
MarketWatch tells MHProNews Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) reported net earnings of $17.5 million for the second quarter of 2012 on net sales of $593.2 million, a 9.1 percent increase over net sales of $544.1 million that produced net income of $4.3 million for the second quarter of 2011. Net …
KamloopsNews reports Leonard Estates Trailer Park residents in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada have evacuated their homes due to a raw sewage leak seeping from the ground along a row of a dozen modular homes in the community. Located on aTk’emlup First Nation Indian reserve, Health Canada (HC) found several spots …
From its manufacturing plant in Durant, Oklahoma, Icon Construction has completed the delivery of five modular classroom buildings and the relocation of five previously sited modular classrooms in Anadarko, OK at Riverside Indian School southwest of Oklahoma City. From timesunion, MHProNews has learned Riverside is the nation’s oldest federally operated …
Lotwenterprise reports that modular builder Wincrief Homes of Kenora, Ontario, Canada received its certification from the Canadian Standards Association to supply municipalities and First Nation peoples with modular homes. Unlike the company’s ready-to-move (RTM) homes, modular homes are eligible for financing through banks. A subsidiary of Wincrief Forestry Products, the …
As energy workers are lured to eastern Ohio to take advantage of the jobs becoming available in the oil and gas fields of the Utica Shale formation, RVBusiness says the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health have issued a 12-page set of regulations governing water. The …
MySanAntonio tells us the western edge of the Eagle Ford Shale near Interstate 35 south of San Antonio is drawing workers to the drilling fields where an additional 7,900 workers will be needed by 2025, but housing remains a problem. Banks are generally reluctant to lend money for rural housing …
LousivilleCourier-Journal states Bob Lane, executive director of the New Albany (Indiana) Historical Society says the first prefabricated house in the country came out of the Gunnison Housing Corporation in New Albany in 1936. Foster Gunnison, a lighting director from New York who was involved with the construction of Radio City …
theherald-nc reports the owner of the Lighthouse Christian Academy in Smithfield, North Carolina had to close the school because of the economy, and unable to find a church to help cover the cost of the mortgage on the modular building, decided to make it a boarding house to accommodate ten …
The Boston Globe reports prefabricated housing, once thought of as somewhat lowly, is going upscale. A $2 million modular home in Wellesley, Massachusetts boasts four bedrooms, granite marble kitchen, mahogany floors, six bathrooms, second-floor decks, and a spacious living room with fireplace in the 5,900 square foot home. Haven Custom …
chron tells MHProNews.com the Army has contracted to build a four story modular housing unit at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas with Energy Star roofing, waterless urinals, 50% waste reduction system, hydronic heat pump system, and 20% recycled materials, qualifying it for LEED Silver Certification. Ramtech Building Systems …
