The conventional rule of thumb in the New Hampshire presidential primary told us that many, if not most voters, don’t decide for whom they will vote until right before they cast their ballot. This year may have been the exception, as the polls that emerged in the run up to …
Trump Thumps Rs, Hill feels the Bern in NH Primary Read More
Once again, as MHProNews reported June 19, 2013, the First State Manufactured Housing Association (FSMHA) is offering four scholarships of up to $1,000 to residents of a manufactured home (MH) in Delaware. Applicants must be a resident of the state and have lived in an MH for at least one …
MHroNews has learned from prnewswire former president of Goldshield Fiberglass Jeff Newport has been chosen by Skyline Corp. of Elkhart, Indiana as Vice President of Operations, overseeing the manufacturing, purchasing and quality operations for all nine of the company’s divisions. At Goldshield, he spearheaded initiatives that resulted in a 400 …
Actress and singer Hilary Duff and ex-National Hockey Leaguer Mike Comrie, over two years since splitsville in Jan., 2013, have finalized their divorce, as tmz informs MHProNews. Duff gets to keep their Beverly Hills mansion and a manufactured home in prized Malibu–”it’s a very ritzy thing among the rich”–, but …
Hollywood Calling: Quitsville Leaves Hilary Duff with Malibu Mobile Home Read More
Rents have arrived at a historic high, similar to where they were during the housing bubble of 2008, as ktep.org tells MHProNews, according to statistics from the Commerce Department. The old rule of thumb to never spend more than a third of your income on housing is out the window. …
High Rents Yield Hard Times for Low/Fixed Income Families Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Lifestyles of the Rich and Frugal: Manufactured Mansions Take Their Place in the California Sun What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Small community banks declined 20.5% since Dodd-Frank. Seattle Times prods investigation of Clayton. Town officials resign over MH siting. Seniors …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 31 -Feb. 7, 2016 Read More
While the spotlight has been on the Millennials in recent years as the housing market tries to lure them out of their parents’ basements, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and American Community Survey has revealed more than 48 million households in the U. S. are headed by someone …
Seniors Comprise 42 Percent of Households, will Hit 46 Million by 2030 Read More
In its attempt to grow in Pennsylvania and New York, Clayton Homes has acquired G&I Homes of Frankfort, New York according to uticaod. Founded by Gerald and Irene Bushey in 1965, the six upstate manufactured home locations will continue to be run by members of the Bushey family, including son …
Clayton Acquires Manufactured Home Retailer G&I Homes of New York Read More
As part of the Seattle Times‘ ongoing year-long rant on Warren Buffett’s/Berkshire Hathaway-owned Clayton Homes and their affiliated lenders, Mike Baker and Daniel Wagner have succeeded in drawing Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s attention and his state’s Department of Commerce. This is resulting in a bill to investigate the sales, financing …
A home in Lowell, Massachusetts that, says a neighbor who saw it delivered, is a manufactured home, is causing consternation at city hall, accoding to lowellsun. Mayor Ed Kennedy says it is a trailer and since they are not allowed by law, he wants it removed. At the Jan. 26 …
Four-and-a-half months after the Valley Fire swept through portions of south Lake County in California, in Sept., destroying 1,280 homes and devastating over 76,000 acres, James Westrich, 82, has become the first home owner to be issued an occupancy permit, which allows him to move in, and it is for …
Manufactured Home is First Permanent Wildfire Replacement Read More
According to a study commissioned by the American Modern Insurance Group (AMIG), 81 percent of millennials still view home ownership as part of the American Dream, in the survey of 1,000 respondents from the greater San Francisco area. The millennials (ages 18-34) were more interested in owning a home than …
Survey Reveals Millennials Maintain Belief in American Dream Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Not “Beer Cans on Frames,” they’re Modern Manufactured Homes! What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Interview with Don Glisson, Jr. of Triad Financial Services. Another media attack on manufactured housing? Residents of Florida city opposes modular homes. HUD sets up more …
Sunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News Jan. 24 -Jan. 31, 2016 Read More
As some 1500 attendees know, it was cold outside, but climate controlled inside the 2016 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. MHProNews caught up with Don Glisson Jr., Chairman of Triad Financial Services during the show, and found a quiet room to do the exclusive video interview you see below. Triad originates …
Following a storyline MHProNews has posted several times, the last being Jan. 25, 2016 regarding opposition to modular homes in Cape Coral Fla., the developer says changes are coming to make the homes fit in better with the neighborhood. Beginning in Feb., garages will be attached to homes, breezeways will …
Cape Coral Contenders Continue Criticizing Modulars at City Council Read More
Thirty-three years before Harlan Dirks and his son, Dave, bought the Arrowhead Mobile Home Park in 1992 in Toledo, a town of nearly 2,300 pop. in central Iowa, Harlan opened the Dirks Real Estate office in town. Fifty-seven years later, the Dirks Real Estate banner still flies, representing residential, business, …
The Dirks Tripled the Size of their Manufactured Home Community Read More
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informs MHProNews that the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), meeting in Louisville during the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, discussed the fact that HUD, in further non-compliance with the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, wants to increase unnecessary and excessive regulation that …
In a Schedule 13G/A Disclosure filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), MHProNews has learned Wells Fargo & Company owns 6.3 percent of manufactured home community owner UMH Properties, Inc. The 1,697,525 shares of stock are valued at $16,126,488. UMH stock has a one-year low of $9.01 and a …
Wells Fargo has money in Manufactured Home Community Owner UMH Read More
In an attempt to maintain affordable housing for seniors, the Santa Clarita (Calif.) City Council voted to prevent senior-only manufactured home communities (MHCs) from converting to all-age communities. Council members unanimously approved an “urgency ordinance” that establishes a 45-day moratorium on such conversions, according to signalscv, while city officials continue …
City Prevents Senior MHCs from Converting to All Age Communities Read More
Dozens of comments from MHPros coast to coast came in within hours in response to an OpEd by publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach. Writing on the Masthead blog, Kovach outlined examples of errors and tensions within the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), which allegedly point back to the national association’s CEO …
Should the Manufactured Housing Institute’s CEO Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison resign? Read More
