Manufactured housing “street” or “community” retailers know how important credit scores can be for getting financing for would be customers. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), related federal or state licensing and regulatory standards have been making it tougher for sellers to communicate with consumers. Regs can also make it challenging …
Aging and improperly maintained infrastructure can lead to drinking and waste water problems in any kind of neighborhood, manufactured home communities (MHC) included. Besides the hassles for residents, media accounts of health violations in MHCs tend to fuel the ‘troubled mobile home park’ image. A recent example of this took …
Faulty Water and Sewer create problems for some MHC Residents and community owners Read More
14 years has gone by since Congress passed what is styled as, PUBLIC LAW 106–569—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 2997. Congress found that: ‘‘SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the Nation; and ‘‘(2) manufactured …
14 Years – Time to Revisit the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000? Read More
Reuters tells MHProNews that “U.S. home resales declined to a six-month low in November after two straight months of strong increases, underscoring the uneven nature of the housing market recovery.” Their information comes from a National Association of Realtors (NAR) report revealing that “existing home sales dropped 6.1 percent to …
U.S. Home Resales Hit Six-Month Low, Implications for MH? Read More
Regulations concerning the condition of manufactured home communities vary from state to state and county to county. According to he Boise Public Radio, some areas do not offer many safeguards to renters of pre-HUD Code mobile homes or older manufactured homes. “Across the Northwest, some families will spend Christmas in …
Do renters of Mobile and Manufactured Homes have enough consumer safeguards? Read More
Investors know that diversification is a good strategy in business. The professionals at Seeking Alpha know this too, but apparently overlooked some factors in a recent report by them on UMH Properties (NYSE: UMH). Alpha writer Reuben Gregg Brewer seems to think that “With oil prices falling rapidly, it’s possible …
Alpha barking up the wrong tree? Decline of MHCs in PA and OH Doubtful Read More
Sun Communities hits a new high, while many other MH related stocks struggled today. The markets continued to surge ahead in what historians may someday call the Yellin Rally. The week started down, down…but finishes, up, up and away…let’s hope the balloon doesn’t burst. This is your last weekend for …
SUN hits new high, Day 3 of Yellin’s Christmas Gift to Markets Read More
Think that investing in a “senior” community means assisted living or nursing care? Think again. Many of today’s seniors are fit and healthy and living an active lifestyle. Many live in country-club-like manufactured home communities (MHCs) that feature pools, fitness facilities, game rooms, shuffle board, and assorted other amenities that …
Alpha Touts Manufactured Home Communities for Healthy Boomers are Becoming Hot Investments Read More
Fracking related sales of manufactured homes and factory-built workforce housing is important in states such as TX, ND, OK, LA, OH and PA. There are mixed thoughts from sources on what the foreseeable economic impact on drilling activities may be from sliding oil prices. According to a December 16, 2014, …
With Oil Prices still Falling, what’s the outlook and impact on Manufactured Housing? Read More
The Luna County government in Deming, New Mexico, says they’ve been losing revenue when manufactured homes are moved by owners without paying taxes on their homes. The town of 14,855, with some 25,000 residents in the entire country, is located 33 miles from the Mexican border. They estimate losing approximately …
County Takes Action to Collect Tax Revenues on Manufactured Housing Read More
According to Chris Matthews writing in Fortune, “Homebuilders just got the best news in nearly a decade.” His claim is based on the fact that Neil Dutta, head of economics at Renaissance Macro Research, pointed out to clients in a note on Thursday that “household formations in 2014 through September …
Best Housing News in 10 years: Good News or Wishful Thinking? Read More
The trend in building a “dream” house or buying a luxury home with lots of square footage has changed for some as people adapt to decreasing incomes and uncertainty about employment. Frugality is becoming a virtue, and smaller homes are being chosen for their low cost, low taxes and upkeep, …
In a follow up to a Daily Business News story posted Saturday, this video below explores how 3D printing of houses posses a direct challenge to prefabricated construction. One of the possible outcomes, says Black Rock Productions, is the potential for a loss of jobs in the construction field. What …
3D Printing Houses – A Threat to U.S. Manufactured Housing Industry? Read More
Do you have your coffee, tea or other favorite beverage at hand? Ready to catch up on the headlines from the week just past? We have an East Coast holiday-style heart-warming story, as well as a heart-breaking story from out West. We spotlight a looming threat to MH, and this one …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Factory Built – Housing News – for 12-7 to 12-13, 2014 Read More
A delegation of MHARR officials and staff, including its present Chairman and two past-Chairmen, met on December 10, 2014 with HUD manufactured housing program Administrator Pamela Danner, Deputy Administrator Theresa Payne and other program officials. The meeting addressed key regulatory issues identified and prioritized by the MHARR Board of Directors at …
MHARR and HUD Officials Hold Productive Meeting On Major Regulatory Issues Read More
Director Robert Matthew Perry says, “To expect a night of laughs as residents of Armadillo Acres of Stark, Florida’s premier mobile home communities hunker down for the redneck Christmas ahead.” So reports, The Herald News (THN) to MHProNews, about the Little Theatre of Fall River, MA, featuring “The Great American Trailer …
by Josh Ducharme Are you currently offering captive financing for manufactured homes? Does it make sense given the new regulatory era ushered in by Dodd-Frank? There are common-sense, regulatory compliant options for business owners who want to address the non-compliant captive financing within their portfolio and do it in a …
In today’s market home buyers want more for their money. MarketWatch tells MHProNews the top ten items desired by housing shoppers. While MH was not mentioned, those 10 hot buttons could be a road map for more manufactured home sales. Jeremy Burbank, Vice President of the Demand Institute said: …
In a recent Question and Answer column in Maine’s Tri-Town Weekly, a commentary by news writer John McDonald was published under the headline, DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: On the move. McDonald’s column was in reply to an email received from “Frank,” who wrote: “We moved here from a southern …
Negative views about Manufactured Housing in the media – do we just expect and accept it? Read More
The nation’s faced many up and downs with the financial and economic crisis. Seniors are facing their own. Higher costs of living on a modest Social Security payment has forced many to plan sooner and add more to their retirement. Seniors are being forced to retire later compared to ten …
Seniors facing crisis, states the Economist and Senior Housing…but what about MH? Read More
