Local market bucks trends, may provide clues to boost housing
SavannahNow reports on a bright spot of the nations housing market that has benefited single family, modular, townhome and condo sales. Sales hit a four year high in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham county...
View ArticleAdventure and Granger love Louisville
Ron Thomas, Sr., Chairman of the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF), said: “I’m happy to tell you the Louisville Show is scheduled for January 11, 12, and 13. Everyone I talk to is very...
View ArticleUMH Properties, Inc. Announces New Acquisition
MHProNews.com learned that UMH has recently announced it has closed on the acquisition of Clinton Mobile Home Resort, a 116-site manufactured home community situated on 24 acres, located in the City of...
View ArticleComing Up: MH Field Committee Hearing
InsuranceNewsNet reports a field hearing on “The State of Manufactured Housing” will be held by the House Financial Services Committee Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee Tuesday,...
View ArticleInmates Secure in Modular Steel Cells
AccessNorthGa reports from Baldwin, Georgia, that SteelCell of North America offers modular detention units tailor-made for particular applications, whether new construction or made to fit existing...
View ArticleUMH Acquires Community in Oil Exploration Area
Freehold, New Jersey-based UMH Properties, Inc. has acquired manufactured home community (MHC) Rolling Hills Estates in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The 91 homesite community, situated on...
View ArticleCanadian Housing experts divided – soft landing or continued house price growth?
Teranet-National house price index continued to rise in July. The index tracks single family home sales in 11 major cities, and is up 4.9% year over year and 4.1% year to date. “On the same day, the...
View ArticleHUD’s Pam Danner draws robust welcome during address at FMHA annual event
Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) President Cyndi King introduced the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Manufactured Housing Program director – Pam Beck Danner, JD – to the...
View ArticleMBA’s Lobbying seeks to ease CFPB’s Mortgage Regulations
As midterms elections approach, the Mortgage Banker Association (MBA) is seizing the lobbying opportunity to fund Congressional campaigns; hoping to open more discussions to gain relief from the...
View ArticleDanny Ghorbani warns of consqequences for Manufactured Home consumers from...
The national trade group, Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), says in a Journal OpEd by their CEO emailed on October 14th of the potential risks related to government...
View ArticleRV/MH Hall of Fame Challenge Advances
Darryl Searer, chairman and president of the RV/MH Hall of Fame tells MHProNews he’s encouraged by early support of the “Kevin Clayton Debt Elimination Challenge” fund raising campaign. The money...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn – Is American Business as big a gamble as Poker?
Hedge fund mogul David Einhorn thinks there are similarities between poker, business and ‘gambling’ on the stock market. Although Einhorn plays poker just a few times each year, and usually for...
View ArticleClayton Bank named #1 Community Bank in the Nation by ICBA’s Independent Banker
Knoxville, TN – – Clayton Bank and Trust has been named the #1 Community Bank in the Nation by the ICBA Independent Banker, the award winning magazine of the Independent Bankers Association. The list...
View ArticleOne Month Later… What’s Happening in Louisiana’s Post Flood Recovery?
While millions watched the drama unfold on TV, residents throughout the state of Louisiana were dealing with historic rains and floods that would drastically impact their lives. Steve Duke, Louisiana...
View Article$6.7 Billion in Opportunities Bubbling Up?
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)...
View ArticleNew Rules for Tiny Houses crafted, Manufactured Housing Connections
The saga of the legality of placement of tiny houses continues to play out throughout the United States. Coconino County, in north-central Arizona, is one such place. Amanda Acheson, Sustainable...
View ArticleSBA, George Washington University, Blast Proposed DOE Energy Rule for...
“It does not appear that DOE grasps the unique challenges that small manufacturers encounter.” — U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy A controversial proposal by the U.S. Department...
View ArticleSkyline Corporation Hits 52-Week High. Is Near-Term Analysis Positive?
The stock of Skyline Corporation (NYSE: SKY) hit a 52-week high of $12.72 last week, according to a recent report from BarChart. While the stock price has had its ups and downs throughout 2016, Skyline...
View ArticleCommunity Owners, Residents Clash over Measure V
A full-blown battle over rent control is on in Humboldt County, CA, reports the Lost Coast Outpost’s Ryan Burns. The Humboldt Mobilehome Owner Coalition established a ballot measure, Measure V, that...
View ArticleMeasure V – Battle Lines Drawn
“As the moms and pops that built our mobile home parks age out, predatory, out-of-town corporate investors have been taking over.” – Measure V proponents “Once rent control is adopted, politicians will...
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