Factory-Built Home Days Proclaimed in New York
In honor of the 64th Anniversary of the New York Housing Association (NYHA), New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has proclaimed May 4-10, 2014 as New York Housing Association’s Factory-Built Home Days....
View ArticlePrivate, Public Alliance Provides Efficient Factory-built Homes to Low Income...
Next Step Homes is the factory-built home distribution channel for parent company Next Step Network, which mobilizes nonprofit resources to provide affordable and ENERGY STAR homes for low income...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway: Q1 2014 Revenues Up, Profit Down
While Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE:BRKA) says its profit for the first quarter 2014 slipped nearly four percent from last year, at the same time its revenues shot up about the same amount. First...
View ArticleProperty Rezoned for Manufactured, Modular Home Sales
The Anson County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina has unanimously approved a conditional use permit to allow Davis Family Homes to locate a manufactured and modular home sales center in...
View ArticleFactory-made Home-building Falls One Percent in Canada
MHProNews has learned from insidehalton.com the Canadian Manufactured Homes Institute (CMHI) reports eleven percent of new single-family homes in 2012 were factory built homes, just one percent off an...
View ArticleFactory-built Homes Could Alleviate Coastal Housing Issues
The Workforce Housing Coalition (WHC) of Greater Seacoast is considering five parcels of land in York, Maine near the Kittery town line that could be developed as housing for people who earn modest...
View ArticleSunday Morning Manufactured Housing Daily Business News Weekly Recap –...
As the name implies, we’re launching a new MHProNews feature that will make it easier for the Sunday morning coffee drinker to pick up their tablet, smartphone or laptop and catch up on news as it...
View ArticleProperty Mentor gives thumbs up on Cavco Industries
Cavco Industries, Inc. released earnings data, Property Mentor Group tells MHProNews. Cavco is the number 2 producer of manufactured and other factory built homes in the U.S.. The company reported...
View ArticleU.S. Home Resales Hit Six-Month Low, Implications for MH?
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.”...
View ArticleProposed New Ordinances in Mississippi Town Threaten Manufactured Home...
Although Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant declared October as “Manufactured Home Month” and noted that factory-built dwellings provide housing for 507,000 Mississippians, this may soon be a thing of...
View ArticleExpanding Systems Builder had Tom Cruise as client? Yup.
MinotDailyNews reports that K.C. and Cayttie Heister of Kopper Creek Building opened a facility near the North Central Research Extension Center. Kopper Creek is a factory systems builder, with...
View ArticleManufactured housing among top performing in markets for August
Benzinga reports that in these difficult times, manufactured housing is among the top-performing-industries in August. As of 10:15 AM EDT, the Manufactured Housing Composite Index was up by 2.24%. This...
View ArticleZacks reports Cavco among 5 homebuilders with lowest P/E ratio
Zacks reported today on five home building companies with the lowest Price to Earnings (P/E) ratios. Standard Pacific (NYSE:SPF) has the lowest with a P/E of 16.1x. Lennar (NYSE:LEN) is second with a...
View ArticleMarket Watch: UMH and Equity Lifestyle reported among REITs with low P/E ratios
Zacks reports that UMH Properties and Equity Lifestyle Properties are among the five REITs with relatively low P/E ratios. UMH Properties (AMEX:UMH) has the lowest with a P/E of 17.4x. Equity Lifestyle...
View ArticleResidents moving to FEMA’s new manufactured home community
JoplinGlobe reports that the first residents are moving into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) new Officer Jeff Taylor Memorial Park. Amber Flowers and her three daughters are among the...
View ArticleToday’s lighter side: 60 snakes removed from ‘mobile home’
WSPA reports that Henderson County deputies removed some 60 snakes and lizards, some of which were considered poisonous, from a western North Carolina ‘mobile home.’ Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis...
View ArticleRent Control in manufactured home communities on the agenda
PressEnteprise reports that Calimsa’s CA City Council will review the rent control ordinance on August 15th. A full house is expected as residents and community owners plan to attend the hearing. City...
View ArticleDevelopers target Gen Y homebuyers
RealDeal reports on a recent study by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) which looks at the market impact of the nation’s eighty million echo boomers. Echo boomers, are age 18-32 and are also known as Gen...
View ArticleSenators say Repealing Dodd-Frank would boost economy
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comFoxNews reports the following quotes on Dodd-Frank in this recent interview by Greta van Susteren with Zachary Goldfarb with the Washington Post. SEN. RON...
View ArticleFEMA MH orders rise to 1650 to serve area flooding victims
KFGO reports that the number of homes that FEMA now has targeted for Minot and Burlington ND has reached 1650. Flooding of the Souris River this summer drove hundreds from their homes in this area. 600...
View ArticleFHFA, HUD and Treasury calls for RFI input on disposition of REOs
RealEstateRama reports the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has announced a Request...
View ArticleMare Island deal puts Blu back in Modular News
TimesHerald reports the Architectural Heritage and Landmark Commission unanimously approved improvements to the nearly 10 story Lennar Mare Island-owned Building 680 in preparation for an anticipated...
View ArticleFactory Home Building Wins Converts in South Carolina
PostandCourier reports that in South Carolina, the perceptions of factory built homes are mixed. Lee Cave, Mount Pleasant’s top building official said, “People see the pieces (of a home) come in on a...
View ArticleBender MH community sells to developer
Colorodoan reports that Bender Mobile Home Park has sold to a developer who plans to redevelop the location as single family housing. Located at 912 Wood Street in Fort Collins, CO, the property has...
View ArticleAG announces sentencing of MH Retailer
TimesRecord reports that Maine’s Attorney General William Schneider announced the sentencing of Tammy Barker for misappropriating funds from the sales of 17 ”mobile homes” from Brunswick Naval Air...
View ArticleUpdate on Thayer Long’s replacement at the Manufactured Housing Institute
MHProNews is continuing our follow up in the search for a replacement at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) for the departing association president, Thayer Long. For a variety of reasons,...
View ArticleMajor MH Event draws praise and launches new Video
MHProNews has learned that praise for the new early March show date and support for the Great Southwest Home show continues to grow. “The Great Southwest Home Show is one of the best investments we...
View ArticleModulars used in new affordable housing project
SunTimes reports that Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (SC) will soon be providing 3 new modular homes in an affordable housing project made using federal funds for neighborhood stabilization. Each house...
View ArticlePlans to close MH Community halted
GurnseyGazette tells MHProNews that some 30 households faced with eviction as a result of planning by the Camp Gurnsey unit of the Wyoming National Guard have been scrapped. Wyoming State Adjutant...
View ArticleLeveling Solution Available for Manufactured Homes
Creative Concrete Products, LLC of Mount Vernon, Washington produces and installs Duraskirt, a concrete re-leveling skirting for manufactured and factory-built homes produced before 1995 that rest on...
View ArticleManufactured Homes May Replace Aging Factory-builts
A project to bring more affordable housing to Spencer, Iowa is in the works at the Sioux River Estates manufactured housing community, according to spencerdailyreporter.com. Dave Jacobsen of Jacobsen...
View ArticleCommittee Considers Restrictions on Manufactured Homes in the Parish
The dailytimes.com reports from Franklinton, Louisiana the Parish Council Infrastructure Committee is considering preventing manufactured homes from being moved into the parish if they were constructed...
View ArticleHobart, Factory Home Building Pioneer, Turns 100
David Knoll, vice president and general manager of Hobart Brothers, said, “One hundred years is an incredible milestone and it’s a testament for any business to reach that mark. At Hobart, we are very...
View ArticleManufactured Housing Industry New Home Production, Shipments Report for April...
Washington, D.C. The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
View ArticleSunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News August 13th to...
Our new August issueOur theme for this month: Awful, Awesome August 2017 in MHVille featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our May theme will be available mid-week this...
View ArticleSunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News, September 3...
Our new September issue is live. Our featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our September theme will be available mid-week this week. To see the line-up of over 2-dozen...
View ArticleSunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News, September 24...
“Tony, every week there is so much that happens, this [The Sunday Morning Headline News Recap] is an easy way for me to review the news, thank you for this [feature] and your team’s coverage of...
View ArticleThe Top 10 American Corporations, Manufactured Homes, and PreFab Housing
Every professional adult interacts/or is impacted by every Top 10 U.S. based giant periodically. But odds are excellent that manufactured housing operations, and interests like your business, are...
View Article“Global” Domination Plan Announced by Robbie Antonio, Cutting Edge-Factory...
When the Daily Business News first began doing periodic reports on Revolution Precrafted Properties, the Trump family had some interests in their operation. For the purposes of this update on their...
View ArticleSkyline Champion Corp – Manufactured Homes, Modular Housing – Outlook,...
With almost 2 months since the combination of Skyline and Champion – producers of manufactured home, modular housing, and other forms of factory-crafted construction – has occurred, it’s an apt time to...
View ArticleFord is Powering the “Home of the Future”
Several years ago, early in our history, MHProNews interviewed Eddie Hicks, a veteran manufactured home community consultant. Part of the topic was product placement. Fast forward to the Verge and...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Ben Carson Address to Innovative Housing Showcase, Complete...
“This week, we showed that the future belongs to the American builder. And we showed this limitless future can be accessed, owned, and built upon by any hard-working citizen of this great land we all...
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