Buffetts Patient Bet on Housing Recovery
-- TheStreet.com - Sat 02/04/12 11:05:10 am --
Warren Buffett has been anything but shy when it comes to expressing his optimistic view towards the U.S. economy. Whether it is through newspapers, television interviews, or face-to-face interactions like his annual shareholder's meeting, the billionaire investor has remained unwavering in his bullish projections for years.
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Iowa attorney general seeks more protection for mobile home park tenants
-- press-citizen - Fri 02/03/12 07:09:50 pm --
The Iowa Attorney General’s office has introduced a measure to the state Senate designed to protect tenants of mobile-home parks across the state, including the embattled Regency Mobile Home Park just outside of Iowa City.
It lacks the teeth of last year’s failed proposal, but Bill Brauch, assistant to Attorney General Tom Miller, said this proposal stands a better chance of passing the Leg...
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Cavco Industries Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Results
-- insurancenewsnet.com - Fri 02/03/12 06:49:34 pm --
PHOENIX, Feb. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cavco Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:CVCO) today announced financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of its fiscal year 2012 ended December 31, 2011.
Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 totaled $114,564,000, up 189% from $39,612,000 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2011.
As previously reported, Fleetwood Homes, Inc., a su...
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Manufactured Housing Shipments & Production December 2011
-- Institute for Building Technology & Safety - Fri 02/03/12 06:44:24 pm --
Shipments and Production Summary Report Dec 2011
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Blu Homes Lets Buyers Customize Designs Online
-- closetsdaily.com - Mon 01/23/12 10:27:04 am --
SAN FRANCISCO -- Blu Homes, a manufacturer of customized modular housing, announced the launch of the Blu | 3-D Configurator, a utility that allows home buyers to visualize and design their personalized home online.
The Blu | 3-D Configurator was recently demonstrated at the ShowStoppers @ CES 2012 media event in Las Vegas. The demonstration focused on how Cathy and Walter Pearlman used the new...
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35th Anniversary Edition Home Completed by Hallmark-Southwest Corporation
-- Press Release - Sun 01/22/12 01:12:02 pm --
In celebration of their 35th anniversary, Hallmark-Southwest has designed and built a new model home to showcase current available features and energy efficiency offerings. The new home will be on display at Majestic Homes in Acton, CA.
Loma Linda, CA (I-Newswire) January 20, 2012 - Hal...
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Number of Improving Housing Markets Nearly Doubles in January
-- BuildingOnline - Fri 01/20/12 02:10:58 pm --
The number of housing markets showing measurable improvement nearly doubled in January with the addition of 40 new metros to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI), released this month. The IMI now boasts 76 improving markets, up from 41 in December, with 31 states and the District of Columbia represented by at least one entry....
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Video: Watch the high-end modular home take shape in Penn Valley
-- mainlinemedianews.com - Sat 01/14/12 09:50:42 pm --
A young professional couple is living in the city, enjoying its urban and cultural amenities.
Then the first baby arrives, and a second. It’s time to start having those conversations about school districts and long-term education planning.
They start checking out suburban real estate and find a property they love. It happens to be just down the street from a much-admired elementary school....
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Video: Clayton & TVA team up to build energy-efficient homes
-- wbir.com - Sat 01/14/12 05:20:54 pm --
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ARA closes sale of 16-property manufactured housing community
-- rejournals.com - Thu 01/12/12 12:31:23 pm --
Atlanta’s ARA recently closed the sale of a 16-property manufactured-home community portfolio containing 5,919 land-lease home sites, including several in Michigan.
The portfolio includes land-lease home sites in Michigan, Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
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The facts about manufactured housing
-- news-journalonline.com - Wed 01/11/12 09:20:09 pm --
live in Plantation Oaks of Flagler, a manufactured home community situated less than a mile north on Old Kings Road from Halifax Plantation. A what? A trailer park? No, a manufactured home community. Plantation Oaks of Flagler is a gated adult community, developed by the same people who will develop Plantation Oaks of Ormond.
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Trailer Cash
-- by Zalman Velvel - Sat 01/07/12 10:57:19 pm --
How would you like to help Americans, both young and old, achieve their dream of home ownership, and make a great investment for yourself in the process? How would you like to earn returns, with little risk, of 18 – 72% on your IRA or your savings, to supplement your retirement years, or your regular monthly budget? And what if you could do this with $5,000 or less, or a million dollars or more,...
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Residents buy mobile home park
-- BuffaloNews.com - Sat 01/07/12 10:44:06 pm --
The residents of ..... mobile home community have taken matters into their own hands, using help from the state to buy the community itself from a Rochester-based corporation.
Marilla Country Village Inc. bought the 154-unit Bush Gardens property on Three Rod Road from KDM Development Corp. for $4.5 million, according to documents filed with the Erie County Clerk's Office.
The goal is to en...
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Builder goes modular-home route to survive
-- NEWSDAY - Sat 01/07/12 10:39:57 pm --
During the housing boom Howard Kipnes, president of Cedar Knolls, a residential builder in Ronkonkoma, would purchase land on speculation and build homes when he got a buyer's contract.
That business model took a hit with the Great Recession and the housing bust that still holds Long Island in its grip. The number of permits for construction of single-family homes on Long Island fell to 90 in Nov...
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Manufactured Housing Shipments & Production November 2011
-- The Institute for Building Technology & Safety - Wed 01/04/12 08:31:59 pm --
Manufactured Housing Units produced across the United States in November, 2011. Here is the breakdown by each states Shipments & Production as compiled by The Institute for Building Technology & Safety. ...
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Cash is King in Current Real Estate Market
-- HousingPredictor.com - Wed 12/28/11 07:45:11 pm --
As investors attempt to capitalize on the current state of the economy and snap up bargain priced deals in the real estate market, all cash sales are soaring and account for almost one in three residential transactions. Cash is king.
Bargain hungry investors have been looking for cheaply priced housing to pay off at the time they close their purchases in record numbers. Rental homes and small a...
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Modular vs. mobile vs. manufactured
-- Detroit Free Press - Sun 12/25/11 11:28:53 pm --
Today's "mobile homes" are called "manufactured homes," according to housing experts. Manufactured homes are built to HUD, or U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards, whereas "modular homes" are built to state and local building codes.
Modular and manufactured homes are all built in factories under controlled environments, meaning there is no moisture, wind or scorching sun t...
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Grants available again for home repairs in South Carolina
-- Jefferson Post - Thu 12/22/11 09:35:05 pm --
For the first time in three years, the High Country Council of Governments is once again accepting applications for home repair grant money. Low income county residents who meet the requirements then have an opportunity at a portion of $400,000.
Michelle Ball, Community Development Planner for High Country Council of Governments, was at Monday’s meeting of the Ashe County Board of Commissione...
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Overall Housing Starts Surge 9.3 Percent in November
-- http://www.buildingonline.com/news/viewnews.pl?id= - Thu 12/22/11 03:15:40 pm --
Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000, 9.3 percent above the revised October estimate of 627,000 and 24.3 percent above the November 2010 rate of 551,000, according to data released this week by The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Single-family housing starts in November were at a rate of 447,000, 2.3...
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Patrick Industries Completes Acquisition of Performance Graphics
-- Press Release - Wed 12/21/11 12:09:39 am --
ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 20, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATK) (the "Company") announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the business
and certain assets of Elkhart, Indiana-based Performance Graphics, a designer, producer and installer of exterior graphics for the recreational vehicle ("RV"), marine, automotive, racing and enclosed trailer...
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