Ventura, California based Anacapa Homes received positive local media coverage by announcing that they are the new area representative for Skyline Homes. The company touted how the addition of Skyline Homes adds to a mix that also includes California and Arizona based producer Redman Homes. Anacapa Homes is owned and …
Manufactured/Modular Home Retailer Grabs Positive Local Media Coverage Read More
Between now and Election Day, Nov 8th, MHProNews will continue to bring busy professionals periodic ‘headline news items’ from various third party media sources, featuring issues at-a-glance in the coverage of the race for the Oval Office from other news sources. These will focus on subjects that may influence voters, …
The opposition has been steady, and at times, with intense emotions on the side of those who wanted to ‘just say no’ to the redevelopment of a city park into a new, affordable, manufactured home development. “To me, Ellis Granley Park was a huge, big space that had a lot …
Northern NIMBY? Controversy, but New Manufactured Home Development Gets OK’d Read More
“I accept fully responsibility for all unethical sales practices,” Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf said in a prepared statement on Capitol Hill yesterday, testifying before the Senate Banking Committee. As millions have heard, 5,300 workers were fired and the company agreed to pay $185 million in fines to …
Wells Fargo and the CFPB – Who are Feds Working for – Consumers? Business? Itself? Read More
Prairie Gold Homes is helping build affordable housing options while giving inmates a chance to develop job skills all at the same time, reports Bruce Baker of the McCook Gazette. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based program teaches inmates how to build modular homes. So, while an inmate gains valuable job skills and …
Thousands are homeless in the storied city by the bay, and cardboard boxes are a clearly undesirable option. Developer Patrick Kennedy of Panoramic Interests has his sights set on developing inexpensive, modular supportive housing for the throngs of homeless, which he will then lease back to the city, according to …
Booms in West Texas, North Dakota and the Marcellus regions due to oil and gas drilling may have tamped down for a time, but one (or more) of those may be bubbling back up. Shale Directories (SD) notes that, “Yes, $6.7 Billion in Spending Is Coming.” SD reports: multi-billion-dollar pipeline projects – …
It was a different era, but these words from a prior anti-establishment candidate come to mind in reading the top headline, linked below. “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two major parties…” – but the addendum querry to that insight today might be, is there a dime’s …
Outed! Hillary’s Bush! 7 Weeks to November 8th Voting – Trump Surges to lead Read More
Between now and Election Day, Nov 8th, MHProNews will continue to bring busy professionals periodic ‘headline news items’ from various third party media sources, featuring at a glance issues in the race from other news sources. These will focus on issues that may influence voters, and thus the outcome of …
Countdown to Nov 8th – Election Coverage – Political, Economic Headline News Read More
This past week has underscored our theme of Superior September 2016 coverage of the news that matters for manufactured housing industry professionals, and all those who follow or are engaged in the factory-built home industry. The articles below will include numerous special reports from respected writers Joe Dyton and RC …
Sunday Morning Weekly Recap – Manufactured Housing Industry News Sept 11 to Sept 18, 2016 Read More
Businesses from coast to coast – including manufactured housing industry professionals – are keenly awaiting the outcome of the 2016 campaign. What was once considered a likely shift of the U.S. Senate from the GOP back to Democratic control now looks questionable, if recent public opinion polling holds. The House …
Hillary Clinton’s Abe Lincoln Moment? Mo-Trump; POTUS 2016 News & Analysis Read More
In recent weeks, the Industry Voices guest blog has had more guest columns from manufactured home industry professionals from coast to coast. They have included association as well as business professionals, including many well-known names in the industry. Their topics and comments have been useful in various articles and reports …
Programing – What Manufactured Housing Industry Voices Say… Read More
The broader factory-built home industry of the present and future are definitely not the mobile home industry of pre-June 15, 1976. For the progress that’s been made, the factory-built home industry is still facing perception and narrative challenges with the public and the media. When combined with the rising …
What Does the Future Hold for Hybrid Prefab Homes? Read More
A recent study done by the financial publication 24/7 Wall St. ranked the nations’ top 50 metro areas based on the percentage at which their jobs increased over the past four years. The Elkhart-Goshen area was ranked 10th nationwide and first in Indiana when it comes to job creation over …
Study: Michiana areas top job creators; Manufactured Housing helps leading the way Read More
JACKSON, OH — James “Jim” Elliott lived life to the fullest — every single day of his 73 years. To say he had a zest for life would be an understatement, said Legacy. Jackson passed away in his home on Saturday, Sept 10, 2016, with his family with him, the …
Analysts at Citigroup in a research report released to investors upgraded Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI) from “neutral” to “buy” on Monday with a target price of $86.00 on the real estate investment trust’s (REIT) stock. This news comes on the heels of other reports from TheStreet – cut from …
Citigroup Inc., other investment managers, sound off on Sun Communities Inc. (SUI) Read More
The Controversy – two sides of rent control – are found in what looked to be a political event at an ice cream social. It began when the North Santa Barbara County Manufactured Homeowners Team (NSBMHT) gave congressional, state legislature and city council candidates a chance to talk about their …
The Skinny: New residential construction company Sm+RT Homes, LLP, based in Fridley, MN is teaming with Dynamic Homes of Detroit Lakes, MN to provide affordable, factory-built houses in North Minneapolis as well as a modular home manufacturing plant in that part of the city. North Minneapolis has suffered from foreclosures, …
Sm+RT Homes Teams with Dynamic Homes, mulls North Minneapolis Plant Read More
Presidential campaigns often revolve around policies and personalities. Related issues like character, health and others also arise. Manufactured housing professionals mirror to some extent the views of the broader nation. There are Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Republicans. Look hard enough, and a supporter of Jill Stein and her Green Party …
Campaign 2016 – Hillary’s 911 and Manufactured Housing Read More
“West Virginia is a fairly close-knit community,” explains Andy Gallagher, Executive Director of the West Virginia Housing Institute Inc.(WVHI). “Natural disasters are regular occurrences, unfortunately, and family takes care of family.” Jeff Jenkins, writing in the WVMetroNews, stated that “Several staff members with the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be …
The Other Flooding Story – FEMA and Manufactured Housing Units (MHUs) Read More
