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The Latest Industry News & Commentary From... Managing Mobile Home Parks -- Community Opertations Resources - Fri 07/04/08 09:13:32 pm -- Development, Marketing and Operations of Manufactured Home Communities - Community Management Forms - Creating an Effective Budget - How To Get An FHA Guaranteed Loan For Acquisition and Rehabilitation or Development of a MH Community - Promoting Your Community - Writing an Effective Lease ... Manufactured Housing Shipments & Production Report May 2008 -- Institute for Building Technology & Safety - Fri 07/04/08 06:45:05 pm -- Manufactured Housing Units produced across the United States in May,2008. Here is the breakdown by each states Shipments & Production ... Who Should You Spend the Most Time With? - Lead Qualifying! -- by Jerry Rouleau - Fri 07/04/08 02:46:21 pm -- Companies spend a lot of money, to get leads and referrals. Following up on those customers and properly screening and qualifying them, is key. In many cases you don' t need to get more leads, you need to work more effectively, the leads you already have. Many companies spend a lot of time teaching new people... First FEMA homes arrive in Cedar Rapids -- Gazette Online - Fri 07/04/08 12:08:21 pm -- Chris Gage, manager of Squaw Creek Village, said she expects to have 24 manufactured homes by the end of the day and a total of 105. ...No call for FEMA homes here West Branch Timesall 2 news articles... Our Town Dyersville: Building Home Sweet Home -- KCRG - Fri 07/04/08 12:03:04 pm -- These homes look the same as any other new home, but how there built is what makes them special. Known by many as factory built, "modular" homes, ...... Champion to Release 2nd Quarter 2008 Results July 17th -- PRNewswire - Fri 07/04/08 11:36:44 am -- TROY, Mich., July 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Champion Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: CHB) , a leader in factory-built construction, announced today that it will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2008 on Thursday, July 17, 2008 before the market opens and host a conference call that day at 11 a.m.... CIT Sells its MH Portfolio -- Manufactured Housing Reader - Fri 07/04/08 11:00:08 am -- ..CIT announced that it will sell off more than $2 billion in assets to an assortment of investors, including all of its manufactured housing portfolio. CIT made an agreement with Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance to unload its manufactured-housing portfolio for $300 million. The portfolio has a book value of $470 million, so this is quite a discount. Today, CIT’s shares are trading up. ... Mobile Home Sales On The Rise -- WJLA/NewsChannel 8 - Sat 06/28/08 12:34:20 pm -- Many local communities are in a foreclosure crisis and home sales are dropping but sales of one type of home are actually going up. Nationally, the sale of single mobile homes is up a whopping 19 percent in the last year. People who may have never considered moving into one in the past are now taking a closer look. ... Tips on dealing with flooded manufactured homes -- KHQA TV7 - Sat 06/28/08 11:52:54 am -- JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- The Missouri Public Service Commission's Manufactured Housing and Modular Units Program reminds manufactured home owners that if your home has water in it due to the flood, it may be possible to minimize the amount of structural damage by quickly removing all wet material and drying out the structure as soon as it is safe to enter the structure. ... City Governments Change for Better - Every Community Owner Will Benefit -- By Frank Rolfe - Sun 06/22/08 06:52:34 pm -- I remember ten years ago, when every city official you saw would complain about how nasty manufactured home communities are, and how they wished they would all close down. I had constant struggles wit... Homes away from home -- Edmonton Journal - Sun 06/22/08 06:42:25 pm -- ...Porras and 53 other workers from Chapala, a city of 15000 in central Mexico, are assembling modular homes for Bennetts one ...People still have that trailer-park mentality, but our buildings are high quality, and spec for spec are cheaper than site-built homes. And they can be ready much quicker... Reclamation project underway in Farmington Hills -- Detroit Free Press - Sun 06/22/08 05:54:48 pm -- The homes will be inspected for green certification twice during manufacturing, he said. First, the modular homes will be built by Fairmont Homes Inc. in ...... More working poor turning to mobile homes - Muskegon Chronicle -- MLive.com - Sun 06/22/08 05:48:58 pm -- Manufactured homes are a good choice for a range of owners, from a growing family to a retired couple, ...Today, it can be the last resort for those caught in the home foreclosure crisis.... Ask Eddie: Is That Home HUD or Modular ? -- by Ed Hicks - Sun 06/22/08 05:31:16 pm -- Which of these two homes is built to the so called modular codes, and which one to the HUD Codes?  Is it important?  Not sure?   ... VIDEO: This Old Shipping Container -- Recycled Finished Structural Systems - Sat 06/21/08 04:55:16 pm -- Art Fennell Reports' Janet Zappala talks with 2 men who have found an energy and resource saving way to make functional homes. Shipping containers are realizing new potential as building materials for the housing industry. Stronger than conventional house framing because of their resistance to lateral loads seen in hurricanes and earthquakes and because steel is basi... More investors eyeing mobile home, RV parks as low-maintenance ... -- Inside Tucson Business - Fri 06/20/08 08:30:02 pm -- The US market has 50000 manufactured housing communities and 15000 RV communities, said John Newman, senior vice president who will focus on acquisition ...there is growth in the 55+ parks...Family-occupied parks are land banks that eventually get converted to other uses but provide a good income stream while operating.... Fleetwood Announces Offering of 12,000,000 Shares of Common Stock -- PRNewswire - Fri 06/20/08 08:18:04 pm -- RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FLE) announced today that it intends to commence an underwritten public offering of 12,000,000 shares of its common stock. The Company expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,800,000 additional shares of common stock from Fleetwood. The Company expects to use the... HUD Releases Final Installation Program Rule -- Federal Register - Fri 06/20/08 07:51:47 pm -- This final rule establishes aand local requirements in states wherestate that wishes to operate its ownfederal manufactured home installationHUD administers the installationinstallation program must contain stateprogram, as required by sectionprogram. However, HUD has concludedinstallation standards that afford605(c)(2)(A) of the Nationalthat a plain reading of sections 604(d)residents of manufa... Colorado MHCommunities Rent Surveys Have Been Updated! -- INSTANT DOWNLOAD - PARK OWNERS & INVESTORS - Thu 06/19/08 10:41:29 pm -- comprehensive updates manufactured home community RENT SURVEYS AVAILABLE NOW for the following Colorado Markets Northern Colorado (Fort Collins and Greeley) Southern Colorado (Colorado Springs and Pueblo) Denver Metro Aurora, Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Brighton, Commerce City, Federal Heights, Thornton, Golden, Arvada, Westminster and Littleton investm... Factory-Built Homes Appreciate -- LEN BONIFIELD ARCHIVES - Sun 06/15/08 05:41:21 pm -- Last week's column quoted industry leaders about why they felt a factory-built home might depreciate. Let me dispel the myth that all factory-built homes depreciate. This is no more a fact than saying all site-built homes appreciate. There are many factors that determine the selling price of your factory-built home.A nationally recognized consultant who writes... 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