We were told that the name of the business came about like this. Some customers were describing to the management of the retail center where they were planning on placing their new manufactured homes. “We’re putting our home at the home place” was an expression that often came up, and that name stuck for the owners of the business. The …
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We don’t work for Ikea, but let’s tip our hat in their direction! Because as tens of millions know, Ikea does a cool job setting up displays in their stores of small spaces that look bigger than they are. This can be very handy in any house, including a manufactured home, when you want to maximize a small bedroom or …
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In a media release that included MHLivingNews, GIA has announced their recent findings that manufactured, modular and other forms of prefabricated home building are growing more popular. This confirms the 5 year trend that manufactured home shipments (read, new home sales) have been growing steadily in the aftermath of the mainstream housing/mortgage crisis. Edited experts from the GIA statement – …
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We’ve asked the question before. Who knows today’s manufactured housing the best? The answer should be obvious. Those who own, build and inspect contemporary factory-crafted homes. In this video, we bring you the following personalities. Von Washington, who’s work was warmly praised by President Obama, talking about modern manufactured homes. Sam Landy, President and CEO of UMH Properties, one of …
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Financing is often at the heart of any deal involving a major purchase. Manufactured home sales follows that patten, with some two out of three new homes being sold involving lending. In an exclusive video interview for Inside MH, Sam Landy spoke with us about the upcoming Senate Banking Committee hearing, Dodd-Frank and the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act …
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The path to home ownership lay before him, smooth and attainable as never before. All Eric Powell had to do was secure a small loan. He had a steady job, a decent credit score and a wife who happened to work for a bank: What could possibly go wrong? By Jan Hollingsworth for MHLivingNews.com Christmas came a week early for the …
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Welcome to The Tidmore Home Tour, an Exclusive to MHLivingNews.com that we are so pleased to bring you! As regulars here know, we usually love to show a few screen captures, insights and details from the video we are about to share, but this time will be different. The reason? We have surprises all along the way on this one! …
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In the video below, you will meet a professional who has been in real estate for over 1½ dozen years. Linda Hazelhoff’s husband is a custom builder, and one of her sons has a degree in architecture. It is fair to say that Linda knows homes, construction, quality, durability and design. What that in mind, the insights from this video …
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Let’s start with a fact that will be a news flash to some. Reality TV can be quite scripted and staged. By contrast, what we are doing with our Inside MH Road Show segments is different! These are videos about real people, answering candid questions about their experiences in manufactured homes or manufactured home communities (also known by the dated …
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