Following the continuing saga of survivors of the Butte and Valley wildfires in Northern California as MHProNews last posted Oct. 23, 2015, record-bee reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has identified the Clearlake Resort and Campground near Lakeport as a site that will accommodate 40 manufactured homes. Another location …
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Investors Business Daily (IBD) tells MHProNews that producers of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles have moved up the IBD rankings of 197 industry groups from 120th six weeks ago to the current 7th spot. Termed the Building-Mobile/Manufacturing & RV group, the MH/RV ranking was in the 89th spot just three …
MHProNews has been informed that Capital One’s Damon Reed, Senior Vice President and Director of MHC Finance for the Multifamily Division, has arranged a $5.8 million Fannie Mae fixed-rate loan for the acquisition of Orosi Estates in Orosi, California, 200 miles north of Los Angeles. The 128 manufactured home community …
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With unanimous approval from the Avon Park City Council on first reading, one hundred thirty-four acres of groves in Avon Park, Florida may soon become the largest manufactured home subdivision in the city, and one of the largest in Highlands County, as highlandstoday tells MHProNews. Avon Park City Manager Julian …
Large Florida Manufactured Home Community on the Drawing Board Read More
Updating a story MHProNews last posted Oct. 23, 2015 regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) housing assistance to survivors of the Butte and Valley Fires in California, mymotherlode reports crews are busy removing debris and household hazardous waste materials. The state and federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) continue to …
By some estimates, ranked as the largest private equity firm in the world with $193 billion in assets under management, the Washington, D. C.-based Carlyle Group has invested in another manufactured home community (MHC) in California, according to bizjournals. As MHProNews reported Sept. 22, 2015, Carlyle took part ownership in …
Carlyle Acquires another Bay Area Manufactured Home Community Read More
MHProNews has learned from yahoobiz that manufactured home community (MHC) owner and operator UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) has completed its issuance and sale of 1,801,200 shares of 8.0 percent Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock at a sale price of $25.00 per share. These shares are equal to the company’s …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Retired Realtor ® and Conventional Housing Pro on Why they Bought a Manufactured Home Comparing Quality to Quality – Conventional On-Site Building vs. Manufactured Homes What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News “Duty to Serve” Rule Planned by FHFA, as cost of …
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MHProNews has learned from dakotafinancialnews that Richard W. Florea, CEO of Skyline Corp. (NYSE:SKY) purchased 10,000 shares of company stock in a transaction dated Oct. 21, 2015, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He acquired the stock at an average price of $2.99 per share, …
MHProNews has learned from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that one of the first seven manufactured homes to house survivors of the Butte and Valley wildfires will be available for media members to tour on Friday, Oct. 23 at McClellan Park in McClellan, California. Being installed by the state’s …
A 40-year veteran of the manufactured home industry, serving most recently before his retirement as general manager of Friendship Homes of Montevideo, Minnesota, Dick Lance passed away at age 82 in Fergus Falls, MN Oct. 20. An inductee into the Hall of Fame of the Manufactured and Modular Home Association …
From Redlands, California comes word that manufactured home lender New Horizon Mortgage Concepts has posted record growth in recent years for manufactured home loans, according to pressreleaserocket. Never having experienced this amount of growth, the company’s Q3 2015 is $500,000 over their 2014 year end totals, and expects to hit …
New Horizon Hits Record Levels in Manufactured Home Lending Read More
Ingenia Communities in Australia has acquired Lakeside Lara, a manufactured home community (MHC) 38 miles from downtown Melbourne for $16.3 million AUD, just under $11.8 million U. S. dollars, as Ingenia moves away from tourism rentals and into owner-occupied MHCs, according to what smh.au tells MHProNews. The 8.3 hectares (20.5 …
Mountain View Estates manufactured home community (MHC) in Rossville, Georgia now has an FEMA-compliant above ground tornado shelter that can hold up to 200 people in the event of severe weather, according to wrcbtv. Made of quarter-inch thick steel, it is welded and bolted to a concrete slab and can …
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Freddie Mac multifamily has financed $1 billion in manufactured housing community loans in 18 months, according to what marketwired tells MHProNews. These are loans made to manufactured home community (MHC) owners, representing over 25,000 home sites in 23 states. “MHC loans are an example of how we are serving new …
Government-Sponsored Enterprise Stabilizes $1 Billion of Affordable Housing Read More
Shares of Encore Wire Corp. (NASDAQ:WIRE), suppliers of a variety of interior electrical wire to the manufactured home industry have been on a bit of a tear: the stock has risen +11.42 percent in the last week, and +16.09 percent for the past four weeks, according to reports MHProNews has …
Following a story MHProNews posted Oct. 6, 2015 regarding Greg Yutzy’s election as treasurer of the Kansas Manufactured Housing Association (KMHA), hutchnews reports Dave VanAsselt has been elected to the KMHA Board of Directors for 2015-2016. VanAsselt has been active in the manufactured housing industry over 30 years, and currently …
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