REITs beat the S&P 500 and could return up to 13% in the next year, MarketWatch informed MHProNews. Housing starts rise to second-highest rate since recession. Meanwhile the Fed’s Dudley says September rate hike ‘is possible’ as the CPI remained unchanged in July. Daily results place stocks at a lower …
REITs beat S&P 500 with Promising Forecast for the Year Read More
Decatur Pilot, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Decatur (Illinois) Housing Authority, is developing eight modular homes at a cost of $2 million near the Oakwood business district which will revitalize that neighborhood. It will also provide low income housing for families who qualify, those earning $35,000 to $75,000 annually, according …
Eight Modular Homes for Low-income Families Rising in Illinois Read More
Affordable housing is defined as housing and utility payments falling under 30 percent of monthly household income. Colorado’s Durango County Planning Commissioners see manufactured homes as being a good fit for that important need, the Pine River Times tells MHProNews. Challenges in their market include the rising costs of conventional …
Commissioner sees Manufactured Homes and Communities as Affordable Housing Solution Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Comparing Tiny Houses vs Manufactured Homes – Function and Value vs. Fashion What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Children of home owners more likely to own homes. Trump tells NAHB he identifies with them. Residents of closing community continue trying to …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug 7-Aug.14, 2016 Read More
Boston already has 150 microunit apartments—housing units under 450 square feet– with 200 more on the way, but according to bostonherald, a new 385 sq ft module designed collaboratively by the city’s Housing and Innovation Lab, the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) and developer Livelight could play a huge role …
Modular Apartments may Alleviate Boston’s Housing Crunch Read More
Phoenix, Arizona based Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) released key figures and financial highlights for the first fiscal quarter, which ended July 2, 2016. Cavco management followed their August 09, 2016 release of SEC reported filings with a conference call to discuss the results in further detail. Key points released by …
Minnesota’s temporary family health care housing law will allow a modular or manufactured home or recreational vehicle to be sited on the property of a relative, legal guardian or caregiver for up to one year, as MHProNews has learned from abcnewspapers. The law would allow a structure of up to …
Manufactured Home can Provide Temporary Health Care Read More
In May of 2014 spring melt flooding on the Albany River drove 450 Kashechewan First Nation residents living in Northern Ontario, Canada out of their homes and into temporary quarters in Kapuskasing, according to what cbc.ca tells MHProNews, at a cost to the government of $350,000 monthly. Earlier this spring, …
Kashechewan First Nation getting Modular Homes following Major Flood Read More
A new modular apartment building has risen at the corner of Washington and 12th St. in Philadelphia, as philly.curbed informs MHProNews, assembled in one three-day weekend. The luxury apartment building that replaced the old heating and air conditioning store is five stories tall and will have a combination of 50 …
Modular Apartment Building Rises in Three Day Weekend Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Loans – Financing – Mortgages for Manufactured, Modular and Mobile Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Sale of Minn. MHC challenged by Attorney General. Section 8 vouchers can now but MH. Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2016. NC MH …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Aug 1-Aug. 7, 2016 Read More
Changes to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada’s by-laws have led to a mini-boom in modular container homes, called laneway housing locally, small homes added to property that may already contain a regular size family home. Honomobo co-founder Daniel Engelman, who has teamed up with Devon Siebenga, president of BigSteelBox Structures in Kelowna, …
Modular Container Homes Rising in Edmonton, Alberta Read More
A modular apartment building with 11 single bedroom apartments for Ute Mountain Indian tribal members will result from an $871,000 grant to Colorado’s Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing, as cortezjournal informs MHProNews. The apartment units in Towaoc will specifically target homeless, those at risk of becoming homeless …
Modular, Manufactured Homes Coming to Ute Mountain Indians Read More
California modular home builder U. S. Modular, Inc. has been custom-home-building busy on the beach just south of San Diego at Ocean Beach. The latest, with a foundation currently being laid, is expected to be ready for occupancy next month, as sdnews informs MHProNews at this time. Vice president of …
Modular Homes Rising above the Ocean outside San Diego Read More
Ritz-Craft Custom Homes will be opening its third plant in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania due to a strong demand from builders doing work in residential developments, aided likely by the recent closing of the Excel Homes plant some 40 miles away in Liverpool, as MHProNews posted May 16, 2016. Ritz-Craft sells directly …
Modular Home Builder Opening Third Plant in Mifflinburg Read More
MHProNews has learned from baseballnewssource that Phoenix-based Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) will release its quarterly earnings report on Wed., Aug. 3, 2016 after the close of the market. Analysts anticipate earnings per share will come in at $0.60. At the last quarterly report on May 26, the company reported earnings …
Cavco Industries Set to Release Quarterly Financials Read More
With Baby Boomers hitting 65 at the rate of 8,000 to 10,000 per day, many of them with elderly parents who may need attention due to medical problems, modular home builders are offering “granny pods,” small modular homes that can be attached to a larger house, or stand alone in …
Assisted Living Modular Homes expected to Rise with Aging Population Read More
A new home construction technology on the drawing boards is building blocks with microbial fuel cells (MFC) embedded in the blocks that can turn waste into electricity, joining the growing list of “smart” items in the marketplace. “Microbial fuel cells are energy transducers that exploit the metabolic activity of the …
“Smart” Blocks Will Transform Our Lives-a/k/a Redefining ‘Blockhead’ Read More
Component supplier to the manufactured home and recreational vehicle industries, Patrick Industries, Inc. has finalized the acquisition of BH Electronics, Inc. (BHE) of Munford, Tennessee, according to what prnewswire tells MHProNews. From five facilities in the southeast, BHE designs and produces custom thermoformed dash board and console assemblies, as well …
Patrick Completes Acquisition of BHE, another Thermoformed Producer Read More
The new featured articles for MHProNews will begin to go live later today, on August 1. Because of the size of this issue, new articles will continue to be added to the featured articles module until completed, which is expected to be August 2, 2016. A new Cup of Coffee with… …
An American August in MHVille – New Feature Articles Alert Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com NIMBYism? Debunking Myths About Manufactured Home Communities (aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’) What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FEMA moving manufactured homes into four W. VA. Counties. CFPB proposes clarification of Know Before You Owe. Patrick’s revenues rise 35%. Sun’s stock projected …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 24-July 31, 2016 Read More
