Mixed signals on Federal role, Fannie and Freddie Future uncertain
TheHill reports a push back from the Treasury Department on an earlier Washington Post report that alleged that President Obama favored a plan retaining a major federal role in the housing finance...
View ArticleBullseye Missed by CFED’s Doug Ryan in “The Hill” blog on Preserving Access...
Writing in thehill.com blog, Doug Ryan, director of Affordable Homeownership for Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), says the manufactured housing industry is trying to sabotage perfectly...
View ArticleThe Hill-Bankers Sigh-but it’s not the “Iced Tea Party”
While the Tea Party can trace its origins to anger over the Wall Street bailouts in 2008, the sharp edge for that movement of the Republican Party to the right has been dulled at the polls recently,...
View ArticleHome Prices Continue to Rise, Outpacing Wages
According to thehill, home prices increased as Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city index notched a five percent annual gain in February, an increase over the 4.5 percent pace in January, marking...
View ArticleExpanding Portfolio Loans could help Consumers Purchase Homes
In a blog from thehill, former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, now president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, noting June is American Housing Month, says he hears from bankers across the...
View ArticleSunday Morning Recap-Manufactured Housing Industry News July 19-July 26, 2015
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com > A Hunter and Native American Decorator’s Dream! John Howard’s Home, Inside MH Road Show Video > How A Manufactured Modular Home...
View ArticleExisting-home Sales Continue Climbing
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) tells MHProNews that sales of existing homes in September rose 4.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.55 million, up from 5.3 million in...
View ArticleHUD Closes Loophole on RV Exemption
According to what thehill tells MHProNews, recreational vehicles (RV) are currently exempt from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s rules for manufactured homes (MH). New proposed...
View ArticleNew Home Sales Surge in April, especially in the Northeast
Good news for the spring buying season came in the form of new home sales trumpeting 16.6% in April, the best monthly rate since 2008, as sales rose to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of...
View ArticleDesire for Home Ownership Remains Strong
According to the Morning Consult Poll, buying a home remains a top priority for an overwhelming majority of Americans, according to what thehill tells MHProNews. Further, the National Association of...
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