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  • 9.11.06 - Genesis Increases Commitment to Urban Redevelopment Projects in ...
    Market Wire (press release) - USA
    ... construction training program candidates graduated Thursday, September 7, and was part of the crew that installed the first Genesis modular home that afternoon ..
    » http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=161872



  • 9.11.06 - HandCrafted Homes Builder-Partner LGS Homes Announces New Model ...
    dBusinessNews Triad (press release) - NC,USA
    ... Homes. “There is endless flexibility in planning a HandCrafted Homes modular home and we are excited to be working with them.”. ..
    » http://triad.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=92031&type_news=latest



  • 9.11.06 - Miss. Weighs Tax Break for Modular Homes to Speed Rebuilding
    Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA
    A group of Mississippi lawmakers last week quizzed some makers of modular homes about the quality and construction of their products. ...
    » http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2006/09/11/72237.htm



  • 9.11.06 - Louisiana Business Shorts: Modular Homes, CIO Cabinet Position ...
    Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
    Modular Homes are everywhere. You can see the companies are trying to position themselves as he answer to the Katrina, Rita shortage. ...
    » http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=8180



  • 9.10.06 - Carl addresses lawmakers about modular housing
    Greenwood Commonwealth - Greenwood,MS,USA
    ... the sales tax rate, the rules and regulations in the state and the relative lack of understanding among consumers and builders about how modular homes are made
    » http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17164402&BRD=1838&PAG=461&dept_id=104621&rf
    i=6



  • 9.10.06 - Rebuilding after Katrina
    Oakland Press - Pontiac,MI,USA
    A year after the hurricane catastrophe hit the Gulf Coast, Auburn Hills-based Genesis Homes is jumping in to provide high-quality modular homes for four .
    » http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/091006/bus_2006091034.shtml



  • 9.10.06 - Panel to consider modular homes
    The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS,USA
    By Kristin Mamrack. The Columbus Planning Commission Monday will consider permitted use requests allowing modular homes in two separate subdivisions. ..
    » http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/09/09/local_news/local02.txt



  • 9.9.06 - Lawmakers check Coast housing plan what's next
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    A proposed tax break on modular homes will be on the agenda when a legislative group meets today to discuss post-Hurricane Katrina housing needs along the .
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS/609060368/1001/
    news



  • 9.9.06 - Legislative group to examine coast housing needs
    The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS,USA
    JACKSON - A proposed tax break on modular homes will top the agenda when a legislative group meets Wednesday to discuss post-Hurricane Katrina housing needs ...
    » http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/09/06/state_news/state01.txt



  • 9.8.06 - Housing: Modular homes part of the solution
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... According to the National Association of Homebuilders, the modular homes are popular in other states and production has increased significantly. Gov. ...
    » http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/09/06/state_news/state01.txt



  • 9.8.06 - Preparing for growth
    Eufaula Tribune - Eufaula,AL,USA
    ... The modular homes could be ready for occupancy in a few months, if not sooner. "You may be coming back here within a month for the grand opening," Mattox said. ...
    » http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17168729&BRD=2235&PAG=461&dept_id=439676&rf
    i=6



  • 9.8.06 - Oversized traffic problem on Galloway Road
    Warwick Advertiser - USA
    Earlier this week at least one of these modular homes remained stalled alongside Galloway Road in Warwick for more than seven days. ...


  • 9.7.06 - Lawmakers to study modular homes for hurricane recovery
    The Commercial Dispatch - Columbus,MS,USA
    JACKSON - A group of Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday quizzed some makers of modular homes about the quality and construction of their products. ..
    » http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/09/07/state_news/state01.txt



  • 9.6.06 - New Orleanian creates NOLA Bungalow as sturdier temp home
    New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
    Troy Von Otnott — CEO of NOLA Homebuilder, a New Orleans modular home company — is one of many people expected to vie for $400 million in federal contracts
    » http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=16597



  • 9.6.06 - Modular Home Makers Ask For Fair Treatment From Inspectors
    WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... Modular home makers said Wednesday that cutting the sales tax rate would help -- but reducing inconsistencies among home inspectors would help more. ...
    » http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=5374032&nav=6DJI



  • 9.6.06 - For one young Vermont entrepreneur, the future of housing is in ...
    Seven Days - Burlington,VT,USA
    ... residential real estate. It’s also indicative of another trend rising on the New England landscape: modular homes. The future ...
    » http://www.sevendaysvt.com/features/2006/copy-1.html



  • 9.6.06 - EDITORIAL: North Lufkin
    Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
    ... LUFKIN STATE SCHOOL (Department of Aging & Disabilities) NEED A GREAT J....(more). OAK CREEK HOMES Custom-builder of Manufactured and Modular homes. ...
    » http://www.lufkindailynews.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2006/09/06/North_Luf
    kin.html



  • 9.6.06 - Campbell supervisors deny rezoning request on English Tavern Road
    Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA
    ... Guffey promised that no manufactured or modular homes will be built on the property, curb and gutter will be installed, public water and sewer will be used and ..
    » http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2FLNA_BasicArti
    cle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190446215&path=!news!archive



  • 9.6.06 - Lawmakers get lesson in modular housing
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... Sales of modular homes totaled 70 in 2005, compared to 150 in the first six months of this year, said Jennifer Hall, executive director of the Mississippi ...
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS/60906034



  • 9.6.06 - Modular Homes Slowly Replacing Hurricane Debris
    WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... And they loved how quickly modular homes allowed hurricane victims to move back home. ... Or they can have modular homes erected on their lots.
    » http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=5373794&nav=6DJI



  • 9.6.06 - Lawmakers to study modular homes for hurricane recovery
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    JACKSON, Miss. - A group of Mississippi lawmakers on Wednesday quizzed some makers of modular homes about the quality and construction of their products. ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/15454065.htm



  • 9.5.06 - Manufactured-home rules set in CNY
    Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
    ... separate storage buildings. Morrisville has proposed an outright ban on any mobile or modular homes moving into the village. In Granby ...
    » http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-6/11574467659680.xml&c
    oll=1



  • 9.4.06 - Ex-salesman constructs customized plan for success
    DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
    ... Burcham hopes to expand his company to build four custom homes annually. See full image. New career: Building and selling custom modular homes. ..
    » http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060904/BIZ02/609040307/1011



  • 9.4.06 - HUD dismisses hoax, sets the record straight
    Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... to get more families who had to flee in the wake of Katrina back to the city, HANO is also working with Nagin and the City Council to put modular homes on HANO
    » http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20060904k



  • 9.4.06 - Quickly built house draws attention in storm-ravaged area
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... weeks. Modular homes, built in a factory by sections and assembled onsite, offer a relatively quick approach to home-building. The ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/15437873.htm



  • 9.2.06 - Center throws shutout at CH
    Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel - Nacogdoches,TX,USA
    ... Texas Department of Transportation TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION i....(more). OAK CREEK HOMES Custom-builder of Manufactured and Modular homes. ..
    » http://www.dailysentinel.com/sports/content/sports/stories/2006/09/02/Center_CH.html




  • 9.1.06 - Industry report
    Detroit Free Press - United States
    ... New Orleans' modular home company NOLA Homebuilders chose Genesis Homes to build the bungalow with two bedrooms and one full bath. ...
    » http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060901/BUSINESS07/609010405/1020/BU
    SINESS



  • 9.1.06 - Modular home projects ready in a snap
    Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
    With just a foreman, two other workers and a crane operator, the first of several modular home projects in the works by Sun West Homes LLC came together in ..
    » http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/15411148.htm



  • .1.06 - [LCMSNews] Project builds home ownership
    Worldwide Faith News (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... The starting unit price is $168,000 for the factory-built, modular homes, well below the average cost of New York City housing, Benke said.


  • 9.1.06 - Housing tax breaks on agenda
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... Senate Bill 2003 would have cut taxes from 7 percent to 3 percent on modular homes, a type of home built in a factory and assembled on a home site that meets .
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060901/NEWS/609010384



  • 8.31.06 - Modular homes defined in parish ordinance
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ... Modular home means a dwelling unit composed of individual, pre-constructed sections that are built at an off-premise facility, transportable in one or more ..
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/NEWS01/608310331/1
    002



  • 8.31.06 - Another Special Session Coming
    WTOK - Meridian,MS,USA
    ... look at the housing situation on the Mississippi coast. He says that study will include "types of housing such as modular homes."
    » http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/3787002.html



  • 8.31.06 - 2nd special session on tap
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... to "take an extensive look at the housing situation on the Mississippi Coast." He said that study will include "types of housing such as modular homes.".
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/15403493.htm



  • 8.30.06 - Home Depot: Rebuilding its image by rebuilding on Gulf Coast
    Blogging Stocks - USA
    ... residents. The hope is that other groups will also want to sponsor a modular home for a family once these initial homes are built. ...
    » http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/08/30/home-depot-rebuilding-its-image-by-rebuildin
    g-on-gulf-coast/



  • 8.30.06 - Couple tackles workforce housing problem
    Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA
    ... to go modular. "I talked to more than one modular home builder, and they all said they could do it," Peterson said. "They have no ...
    » http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/083006/tp13ch19.htm?date=083006&story=tp13ch19
    .htm



  • 8.30.06 - Rebuilding Riddle: Gut That House or Give It Up
    TIME - USA
    ... Another idea: Start a modular home industry — not to build "souped-up" trailer homes but quality custom-builts, a modern-day version of the old Sears catalog ...
    » http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1484005,00.html



  • 8.30.06 - Butterfield updated on mill house plan
    Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald - Roanoke Rapids,NC,USA
    ... saving. These homes will be most likely be replaced by modular homes specially designed to integrate into the historic mill district. ...
    » http://www.rrdailyherald.com/articles/2006/08/30/news/news.txt



  • 8.30.06 - Webb slams GOP on Katrina
    Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
    ... In addition, he said, only a small fraction of the thousands of modular homes purchased by FEMA for displaced people have been occupied. ...
    » http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicAr
    ticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190291027&path=!news&s=1045855934842



  • 8.30.06 - HandCrafted Homes ranked among nation's Top 20 Modular Builders
    Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA
    ... “We attribute our success to our staff, our affiliation with top-notch builders and our commitment to delivering quality modular homes.”
    » http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=headlines.db&command=viewone&id=11
    076&op=t



  • .29.06 - HandCrafted Homes Honored During NCHBA STARS Awards.
    Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA
    ... The Windsor and other modular home models are available for viewing at the HandCrafted Homes' factory, located at 101 Eastern Minerals Rd., Henderson, NC 27537 ..
    » http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=headlines.db&command=viewone&id=11
    051&op=t



  • 8.29.06 - Billions approved - but where is it?
    Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
    ... Thad Cochran, R-Miss., would allow FEMA to provide Katrina's victims with small modular homes that could become permanent residences - instead of housing them ...


  • 8.29.06 - Louisiana Hope and Recovery Tour: Day Five--On The Road To Houma
    Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
    ... What´s often called "modular homes," when built according to local design standards, with quality workmanship and sturdy construction, offer a viable ...
    » http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=8046



  • 8.29.06 - Special session: House inaction is troubling
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... But the refusal of the House to consider legislation that would have cut taxes on the production and sale of modular homes is troubling. ...
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060829/OPINION01/608290330/
    1008/OPINION



  • 8.29.06 - Retailers back affordable homes for Katrina victims
    Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
    ... Home Depot is providing $60,000 to $80,000 toward the cost of each home to make new mortgages more affordable. 'Hopefully, the idea of using modular homes as a ...


  • 8.28.06 - Reconstruction experts open modular home business
    New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... tedious recovery process.”. ARH builds modular homes in a factory then ships and pieces them together on site. The company offers
    » http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=16549



  • 8.28.06 - Commentary: Orlando artfully dodged St. Lucie
    Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
    ... A South Florida developer who has built modular homes in Miami-Dade County's Little Haiti and Liberty City neighborhoods is bringing the affordable option to
    » http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2006/08/28/m1bz_samples
    col_0828.html



  • 8.27.06 - Compassion vs. practicality
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... County. Though she sees modular homes as a great solution, she also sees the urgency to get people living back in Hancock County. ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/15372244.htm



  • 8.27.06 - Bill OK'd for Coast city grants
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... But the failure to pass legislation providing tax breaks on the production of modular homes for Coast residents affected by Hurricane Katrina could bring ...
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/NEWS/608270420/1001



  • 8.27.06 - Panelized houses efficient alternative, but still uncommon
    Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
    ... Panelized construction is one of four common processes known as ‘‘systems building,’’ a category that also includes concrete, log and modular homes. ...


  • 8.27.06 - NH-based manufacturer out to re-invent modular homes
    The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
    ... character. The success of Pembroke-based Epoch Homes, however, is demonstrating that today's modular homes are anything but standard. ..
    » http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=NH-based+manufacturer+out+to+re-inve
    nt+modular+homes&articleId=a62377e8-2f3c-400f-b0c2-05d9ad3fd847



  • 8.26.06 - Saturday, August 26th 2006
    Virgin Islands Daily News - U.S. Virgin Islands
    ... beginning. The 61 modular homes making up the Estate St. George Villas development were manufactured in Florida and shipped to St. ...
    » http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17595821



  • 8.26.06 - Status of proposals in Miss. special legislative session
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... Katrina. Bill sent to governor. MODULAR HOMES: Reduction of sales tax rate from 7 percent to 3 percent on modular homes. Bill died.
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/15369781.htm



  • 8.26.06 - Senate approves bills for Coast communities, Riverbend
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... The Senate passed a bill earlier in the session that would have cut taxes on the production of modular homes, but it languished in a House committee before the ...
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/NEWS/60826003



  • 8.26.06 - Plant brings 90 new jobs to Navasota
    Bryan College Station Eagle - TX, United States
    ... Kenneth Neatherlin, CEO of Centara Building Technologies, supervises work in the company's 250,000-square-foot modular home assembly plant in Navasota. ...
    » http://www.theeagle.com/stories/082606/local_20060826024.php



  • 8.26.06 - Senate mulls DeSoto project
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... "On a $150,000 modular home, that's a $6,000 savings that you're giving people," said Robertson, whose home was damaged in the storm.
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/NEWS/608260370



  • 8.25.06 - MIDWEST MODULAR MANUFACTURER BUCKS DOWNWARD TREND….Terrace Homes of Friendship, Wisconsin, a division of Manternach Development Company, has posted increased revenues for the period ending June 30, 2006. Overall Manternach Company year-to-date sales are up 35.7% over the previous year, primarily due to a shift in single family market strategy.
    According to Galen Manternach, company owner.


  • 8.25.06 - New Orleans Developer Uses Genesis Modular Construction to Quickly ...
    Market Wire (press release) - USA
    ... Once shipped to its final destination, a modular home can be set on its foundation in less than a day by a small team of workers. ..
    » http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=157436



  • 8.25.06 - Katrina Revisited: Bringing Families Hope with New Homes; Factory ...
    U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
    ... Additional information, including photos of the Crews' home and profiles of recent manufactured and modular home buyers, is available from MHI and the NMHC. ..
    » http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71255



  • 8.25.06 - Home, again
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... One of the homes is being built on its site, with the remaining 34 modular homes coming from Carolina Building Solutions. The homes ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/business/15356775.htm



  • 8.25.06 - Legislature makes strides in special session's first day
    The Reflector online - Mississippi,USA
    ... The reduction does not apply to mobile homes because Barbour and other lawmakers feel the modular homes meet stricter building standards than mobile homes. ..
    » http://www.reflector-online.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/08/25/44ef062c5658d



  • 8.25.06 - Copper Cove groups in feud
    Union Democrat - Sonora,CA,USA
    ... everything, they said. There are nearly 200 lots in Unit 8A, a collection of mostly modular homes off Feather Drive. The group of ...
    » http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=21239



  • 8.25.06 - Reconstructing homes, hearts Area churches help rebuild 1 year ...
    Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton,CA,USA
    ... Presbyterian Church in Danville created The Umbrella of Churches, a united effort among several East Bay churches to help build 16 modular homes in Mississippi .
    » http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_4235896



  • 8.24.06 - Town officials will weigh mobile home exceptions
    Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
    ... And although the 4-year old ordinance allows for modular homes in town, Ms. Faison said they are not roomy enough and cost too much. ..
    » http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2006/08/24/town_officials_will_weigh_mobile_ho
    me_exceptions/index.shtml



  • 8.24.06 - Winalta Announces a $7.5 Million Private Placement of Subscription ...
    CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
    ... Winalta Inc is a producer of manufactured CSA certified homes, modular homes, sitebuilt homes, industrial projects and recreational homes. ...
    » http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false
    &showText=all&actionFor=609283



  • 8.24.06 - GRANBY RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL ZONING AMENDMENTS
    Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego,NY,USA
    ... 1 districts, which are mainly rural, but not in R-2 districts, or residential areas, unless they are in a subdivision specifically designated for modular homes ...


  • 8.24.06 - Louisiana-Based Homebuilder Provides Cost-Effective, Dignified and ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    24 /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans modular home company, NOLA Homebuilder, has the solution to FEMA's temporary housing problem and it's called the NOLA Bungalow. ...
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-24-2006/000
    4421496&EDATE=



  • 8.23.06 - Lawmakers will look at help for Coast
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... Barbour said modular houses typically are made to meet more stringent codes than mobile homes, and encouraging the use of modular homes could help the Coast ..
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/15
    337919.htm



  • 8.23.06 - Pricey housing hurting Volusia
    Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
    ... Showcase, which has six offices countywide, said the company is starting to look into ways of doing just that, such as building modular homes, using lower-cost


  • 8.22.06 - Epoch Corp. sells controlling interest
    Union Leader, Manchester, NH
    » http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Epoch+Corp.+sells+controlling+intere
    st&articleId=6a107ae8-1cae-4858-8208-4695ecbbaf06



  • 8.22.06 - Developer offered to build homes on undeveloped lots. Now, 7 ...
    Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
    ... Jr., who runs Virginia Beach-based Commonwealth Merchant Services Inc., a two -year-old company that advertised it would build modular homes on undeveloped lots ...
    » http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=109634&ran=205938



  • 8.22.06 - Moratorium lifted
    Bossier Press-Tribune - LA, USA
    ... by the Bossier City and Benton Metropolitan Planning Commissions and the Police Jury provide specific descriptions for mobile, manufactured and modular homes. ...
    » http://www.bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2409&Itemid=66



  • 8.22.06 - Special session call includes job-creation, Katrina recovery .. Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... "Modular homes" are often confused with "manufactured housing" (also referred to as mobile homes) since they are both "manufactured" in a plant.
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/15333833.htm



  • 8.20.06 - Prefabs seen as affordable solution
    Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
    ... The modular homes are only one part of the county's affordable housing plan, which targets providing homes in the $164,000 to $304,000 range. ..
    » http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/local_news/epaper/2006/08/20/s1c_housing_0
    820.html



  • 8.20.06 - HOME FRONT
    Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
    ... Assembled in sections at a factory, then shipped to a home site, modular homes are becoming a popular way to build a custom home because they require less


  • 8.17.06 - District zoners deny developer's plan
    Reading Eagle - Reading,PA,USA
    The panel rejects a challenge to the residential zoning ordinance. The owner of a 54-acre tract along Treichler Road sought to install 86 modular homes. ...


  • 8.17.06 - New Management and Growth Capital: Epoch Homes Sells Controlling ...
    PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
    Epoch Corporation (www.EpochHomes.com) is the leading manufacturer of high quality, fully custom designed modular homes, cottages and mansions. .
    » http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=103948



  • 8.17.06 - New industry proposes own subdivision
    Shelbyville Times-Gazette - TN,USA
    A proposed industrial plant that would build modular homes and an adjoining subdivision that would feature them near HV Griffin Park will be on the agenda of ...
    » http://www.t-g.com/story/1164505.html



  • 8.16.06 - Prefab problems
    Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
    ... County looks to prefab houses to ease affordable housing crisis": Someone should investigate the track record of the "factory-built, modular homes" that the ...


  • 8.16.06 - Questions arise about modular homes in Biloxi
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    By TOM WILEMON. BILOXI - Biloxi will have to set a policy on how to inspect and permit modular houses, but so far no one has applied to put one in the city. ..
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/15283735.htm



  • 8.16.06 - EDITORIAL: Hammering Out the Definitions
    International News Service - Sydney,Australia
    ... Other methods must be employed. One of those is modular homes. Modular homes, he says, are factory-built in a controlled environment in modules. ..


  • 8.15.06 - S&H Motorsports And New Millennium Homes Boast New Marketing ...
    Backstretch Motorsports - Greensboro,NC,USA
    ... Modular homes are built in one-third the amount of time as your typical "On-Site" constructed homes and are produced in a controlled environment with building ...
    » http://www.backstretchmotorsports.com/bm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64
    32&Itemid=40



  • 8.15.06 - Pa. modular home company to build in Georgia
    Penn Live - Harrisburg,PA,USA
    ATLANTA (AP) — Apex Homes will build a modular home manufacturing plant in rural Stewart County, Ga., that will employ up to 150 workers in the next two years


  • 8.14..06 - Over 15,000 attend expo
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... for temporary mobile homes, some officials hope FEMA will consider providing more hurricane-proof housing like the assortment of modular homes on display this ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/15
    268645.htm



  • Homeowners learning new construction methods
    Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA
    ... One program that has received attention is the development of "Hurricane Homes" and "Katrina Cottages," small, modular homes that had been touted as a better ..
    » http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1155550523216730.x
    ml



  • 8.13.06 - New businesses
    Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
    ... ASHEVILLE — Bill Rundell and Laurie August, principals in modular home builder Devco Homes, recently launched a Web site offering pricing and other
    » http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060813/BUSINESS/60812014/11
    22



  • 8.13.06 -= Where Recovery Is the Stock in Trade
    Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
    ... Gulf Coast in one year.". A number of modular homes were on display in the arena's heat-baked parking lot. Many of them made concessions ...
    » http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-expo13aug13,1,4839657.story?coll
    =la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true



  • 8.13.06 - Affordable housing issue hits home
    Bay News 9 - Tampa,FL,USA
    ... Kirshner said the solution is smaller lot sizes with more manufactured and modular homes. ... factory," Judy Hangartner with Baker Modular Homes said. ...
    » http://www.baynews9.com/content/9/2006/8/13/174232.html?title=Affordable%20housing%20
    issue%20hits%20home



  • 8.13.06 - You design it, they'll build it
    Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
    ... By then, he knew exactly what he wanted in a home, and he wanted it built by Chelsea Modular Homes of Marlboro, the company that had a house in the town for ...


  • 8.12.06 - An alternative to FEMA trailers
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... Gavin Smith, of the Governor's Office of Recovery and Renewal, said state officials are about to lobby FEMA to replace trailers with modular homes as housing ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/15260972.htm



  • 8.11.06 - Mod putting the in modular
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... All American Homes is another company which manufactures modular homes. ... While modular homes are prebuilt, modifications are possible, he said. ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/living/home/gardening/15248791.htm



  • 8.10.06 - Modular home factory to employ 150 in Stewart County
    WTVM - Columbus,GA,USA
    ATLANTA Governor Perdue announced today that Apex Homes will build a modular home manufacturing plant in rural Stewart County -- employing 150 workers in the ..
    » http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5267238&nav=8fap



  • 8.10.06 - Modular home factory to employ 150 in Stewart County
    Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
    ... Apex Homes, which builds modular homes ranging from million-dollar estates to starter homes, as well as commercial units, will locate in the former Redmond ...
    » http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=78852



  • 8.10.06 - Apex Homes coming to Georgia
    Atlanta Business Chronicle - Atlanta,GA,USA
    ... Sonny Perdue's office. Middleburg, Pa.-based Apex Homes builds modular homes ranging from million-dollar estates to starter homes, as well as commercial units. ...
    » http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/08/07/daily49.html?surround=lfn



  • 8.9.06 - Today's Prefab-ulous Homes
    CBS News - USA
    ... In the panelized version, the house is built in panels that can be loaded onto a truck, whereas in modular homes the pieces look like mobile homes.


  • 8.7.06 - Mortgage Lenders And How To Find Them – What to Look For When ...
    Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
    ... Personal Mortgage Insurance. Log Home Lenders is a mortgage lender that specializes in loans for log and modular homes. Based in .
    » http://www.bestsyndication.com/Articles/2006/_other/07-08/080706_mortage_lenders_how_
    to_find.htm



  • 8.3.06 - Staco Construction opens model home in apex with grand opening ...
    Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA
    ... Staco Construction has worked with HandCrafted Homes, a leading builder of modular homes, for the last three years, earning numerous awards among its builder ...
    » http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=headlines.db&command=viewone&id=10
    644&op=t



  • 8.2.06 - River Bend right to say no to manufactured home
    New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
    ... Wilson Taylor. Noel and Taylor had obtained a permit in June 2004 that allowed them to place a modular home on the property. However ...
    » http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&Stor
    yID=29132&Section=Local



  • 8.2.06 - Allegations fly at county meeting
    The Capital Journal - Pierre,SD,USA
    ... At the joint commission meeting held June 24, board members discussed a proposed 29-unit modular home development east of Highway 34, and the proposal for the ...
    » http://www.capjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=15654



  • 8.1.06 - Resident continues home work
    Newszap Arizona - AZ,USA
    ... sites of use... the term manufactured housing is colloquially used to include both mobile homes and modular homes.". Town Attorney .
    » http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/08/01/az/north_valley/tpv04.txt



  • 8.1.06 - Champion Enterprises Announces Acquisition of North American ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... Housing, a leading regional manufacturer with a significant presence in the Virginia-Maryland-Washington DC market area, produces modular homes from two
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-01-2006/000
    4408169&EDATE=



  • 8.1.06 - Walter Industries Announces Second Quarter 2006 Results
    MSN Money - USA
    ... In the current-year period, the group recorded a $1.2 million allowance for doubtful accounts against receivables in the modular home division. .
    » http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=PR&Date=20060801&I
    D=5914238



  • 8.1.06 - Cavalier Announces Profitable Second Quarter Results
    Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
    ... these financial and operational objectives against the backdrop of a 45-year low point for our industry, continue to build our modular home footprint and ...
    » http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=
    20060731006059&newsLang=en



  • 7.31.06 - Coachmen Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results
    Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
    ... including basic utilities, vital services and transportation networks are restored, the Company expects to receive contracts for its modular homes and multi
    » http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060731/clm048.html?.v=53



  • 7.30.06 - Modular homes draw interest in St. Bernard
    Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... Bernard Parish Modular Home Expo held in the air-conditioned tent behind the St. ... wanted parish residents to see how quickly they can build new homes to replace ..
    » http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-16/115424603465960.xml&co
    ll=1



  • 7.28.06 - Colo. contractor accused of waste
    Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
    ... Management Agency for spending in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, noting that FEMA bought 24,967 manufactured homes and 1,755 modular homes for victims at a .
    » http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4876631,00.html



  • 7.28.06 - Delay FEMA evictions
    Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
    ... After all, FEMA spent $900 million to buy 25,000 manufactured homes and 1,300 modular homes immediately after Katrina, but most of them are not being used .
    » http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2006/07/28/a10a_fematrail
    er_edit_0728.html



  • 7.28.06 - Martin Mills Becomes International Trade Center
    KLFY - Lafayette,LA,USA
    ... Leger says after last year's hurricanes, he saw a need for system to build homes and a team of businesses to put together solar modular homes inside the plant. .
    » http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5212817



  • 7.27.06 - Asheville, NC Builder Now Offers Pricing Online
    Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
    ... plans. In addition, www.BetterHomeConnections.com offers prices on modular homes available through their Devco Homes brand. BetterHomeConnections .
    » http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/7/emw417046.htm



  • 7.26.06 - Work on modular buildings underway
    Martha's Vineyard Times - Vineyard Haven,MA,USA
    ... Pennywise Path project. "Other than (the cost and the efficiency) there is no difference. There's no downside to the modular homes.". ..
    » http://www.mvtimes.com/news/2006/07/27/pennywise_modular_buildings.php



  • 7.26.06 - Recovery Expo aims to help
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    BILOXI - South Mississippi residents both permanent and temporary will get a chance to view modular home models and learn more about recovery efforts during Gov ..
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/15
    123446.htm



  • 7.26.06 - Board Hears Arguments On Grants
    Scott County Times - Forest,MS,USA
    ... The board agreed to look at the 1995 ordinance to determine the difference between mobile, manufactured and modular homes before making any decisions.
    » http://www.sctonline.net/articles/2006/07/26/news/local/news53.txt



  • 7.25.06 - Knock-downs ruin ambience
    Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
    ... include once-prominent businesses, open space and scores of beautiful mature trees are being cleared and subdivided to make way for townhouses and modular homes .
    » http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060725/OPINION/607250377/1032



  • 7.24.06 - Champion Enterprises Reports Second Quarter 2006 Results
    Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
    ... Revenues from the sale of modular homes totaled $88 million, climbing 62 percent for the second quarter of 2006, compared to the same period a year ago, and ..
    » http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060724/dem020.html?.v=54



  • 7.18.06 - Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. Reports First Quarter Earnings for Fiscal ...
    Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
    ... Our year-over-year revenue and earnings improvement reflect increased market share, a continued shift in product mix to modular homes and higher average sales
    » http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=
    20060718006058&newsLang=en



  • 7.18.06 - Program helps heal credit
    Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
    ... Blue Collar doesn't allow them to buy a mobile home because they do not appreciate. Dennison is the first to complete the program - and buy a modular home.
    » http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/15062771.htm



  • 7.17.06 - Foolish Forecast: Palm Harbor Docks
    Motley Fool - USA
    ... In particular, Keener noted that the firm increased its market share, and shifted its product mix towards higher-margin modular homes and away from lower ...
    » http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06071730.htm



  • 7.16.06 - Cheaper new homes on horizon
    The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
    ... Awrey, 62, is shopping for a builder and already has talked to Lehigh-based York Pre-Engineered Residences, which sells modular homes assembled in three or .
    » http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060716/RE/607160413/1076



  • 7.13.06 - Job recruiting session moved to Trade Center
    Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
    ... The labor department also will host a mass recruitment 9 am-1 pm Saturday for APEX Homes, a manufacturer of modular homes, at the company's plant at US Highway ...
    » http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/business/15032317.htm



  • 7.13.06 - Fast Access to New Modular and Prefabricated Home Information and ...
    AZoBuild - Sydney,Australia
    ... the construction of modular housing is quickly catching and in many cases surpassing conventional construction methods, making modular home and prefabricated ...
    » http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=2369



  • 7.12.06 - Financing Your Manufactured Home
    Market Wire (press release) - USA
    OKEMOS, MI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 12, 2006 -- Financing your manufactured or modular home isn't as difficult as you might think. ...
    » http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=143531



  • 7.12.06 - 'Affordable' homes planned for Fort Pierce
    Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription) - Fort Pierce,FL,USA
    ... years. Compared with a site home where construction can take five to six months, modular homes can be built in six weeks. Except ...
    » http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4837786,00.html



  • 7.11.06 - Modular Homes: Built Better to Meet Today’s demanding Housing ...
    PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
    (PRLEAP.COM) There are many reasons to consider buying a modular home these days. Today people are looking for value for every dollar ...
    » http://www.prleap.com/pr/40747/



  • 7.11.06 - Council gets specific on modular homes
    Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
    ... industrial, homes comes from a recent issue in which residents on an Atlanta street became upset and spoke out against the arrival of a modular home in their
    » http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2006/07/11/local_news/news/news18.txt



  • 7.9.06 - Forecast for homes is greener
    Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
    ... Three new standards -- multistory high-rise residential, system-built/modular homes and interior/universal design -- are under development. ...
    » http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/growth/orl-greenafford0906jul09,0,2683819.
    story?coll=orl-news-growth-headlines



  • 7.8.06 - Robbins Ready to Share Story
    Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA
    ... too.". They don't build mobile homes at Holmes. "These are modular homes," said Eddie Austin, vice president of operations. "They ...
    » http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20060708/news/local/070906Robbins.html



  • 7.8.06 - Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Representing Investors Who Purchased ...
    PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
    ... revealed that Home Solutions actually was lending up to $800,000 to American Renaissance Homes for "working capital," secured by its modular homes and land.
    » http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=101811



  • 7.8.06 - Lawmakers Ought to Know of This Web Site
    Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
    ... They are: Manufactured Homes or as some call the HUD Code Homes, Modular Homes, Panelized Homes, Pre-Cut Homes and Mobile Homes. ...
    » http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060708/COLUMNISTS0202/607080305
    /1089/BUSINESS



  • 7.8.06 - House Moved to Westporter’s Island in Long Island Sound
    Westport Now - Westport,CT,USA
    ... On Friday, workers moved a $1.7 million, 4,100-square foot modular home onto the island after a journey via barge from New London.
    » http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/14029/



  • 7.7.06 - Modular Homes Build on Strong Foundation
    Washington Post - United States
    ... The Web site that changed her mind is that of Nationwide Custom Homes, a Martinsville, Va., firm that makes modular homes -- that is, houses built in a factory ..
    » http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700015.html



  • 7.5.06 - Modular, energy-efficient home draws neighborhood interest
    Newton TAB - Needham,MA,USA
    ... efficient. While energy efficiency and modular homes may seem incongruous to some, the concepts are closely linked to others. Dave ...
    » http://www2.townonline.com/newton/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=529812



  • 7.4.06 - Katrina spawns cottage industry
    Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
    ... Hurricane Homes Inc. of Pascagoula. The company was building larger modular homes before Katrina, but the Aug. 29 hurricane inspired ...


  • 7.3.06 - Complaints against Net company probed
    Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
    ... year ago. The victim, he said, contacted him after she wired Christopher $60,000 for a modular home that she never received. A few ...


  • 7.2.06 - It's time to go MODULAR
    Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
    ... Modular homes have become increasingly popular in the past decade as technology has increased buyers' options, according to the National Association of Home ..


  • 7.2.06 - Upwardly mobile
    OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
    ... Factory-built or modular home: All or part of a dwelling built in an off-site plant for permanent installation or assembly at a building site. .
    » http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/money/homepage/article_1199670.php



  • 6.30.06 - Chaffee officials consider easing regulations on modular, mobile ...
    Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
    ... considering the issue for several years, the Chaffee City Council will likely change its zoning regulations Monday night to allow modular homes in regular ..
    » http://www.semissourian.com/story/1158629.html



  • 6.29.06 - City may require sprinklers in new homes
    Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
    ... Bryan Adkins, president of Atlantic Bay Homes -- a modular and custom home builder based in Salisbury -- charges $1.75 per square foot to install sprinkler ..
    » http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/606290303/1002



  • 6.29.06 - Factory-built homes on upscale swing
    Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
    ... But now the Carolinas region is embracing the industry's high-end, with modular estate homes selling on prime Carolinas coastal, lake and mountain lots, and in
    » http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/14926495.htm



  • 6.28.06 - Saving on Housing
    About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
    ... Mobile and modular homes are much less expensive than conventional housing, although you can pay a good sum for one of those - new, anyway. ..
    » http://frugalliving.about.com/cs/housing/a/050200.htm



  • 6.27.06 - Bangor subdivision attracts families
    Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
    ... After living in South Carolina for years, they longed to return. They researched modular homes for six months, while eyeing the burgeoning Sussex Pines.
    » http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=136538



  • 6.26.06 - Ring out the old mobile, in with the new manufactured
    Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA
    ... Unlike manufactured or modular homes of the past, contractors, agents and real estate consultants say the construction on these assembled homes are far
    » http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20060626/NEWS/106260017



  • 6.25.06 - Customized Structures Receives Cornerstone Award
    PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
    ... continues to be a leader in the design and manufacture of factory built customized modular homes for residential, multi-family and commercial homes distributed .
    » http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/6/prweb403348.htm



  • Summer 2006 - Innovative Home Magazine – Article titled "Better Building With Modular Homes". Summer 2006, Volume 1, Issue 1
    » http://innovativehomemagazine.com/ih/preview_issue.cfm



  • 6.23.06 - e-House
    Upstate House - New York,USA
    ... (McDonough recently designed a house in Fishkill with modular home models that incorporate several elements of e-House.) "It's all about the site; once you ..
    » http://www.upstatehouse.com/archive/article.php?issue=38&dept=64



  • 6.20.06 - Neighborhood to offer affordable amenities
    The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
    ... already have.". Maciasz said each modular home will be 1,280 to 1,700 square feet, with prices ranging from $120,000 to $170,000. All
    » http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060620/BUSINESS/606200330/1
    046



  • 6.19.06 - MAKING THEIR OWN WAY
    Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... "I'm just going to get a trailer," she said, then stopped herself. "I guess they don't call them trailers anymore, they call them 'modular homes.' ".
    » http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1150696598302200.xml



  • 6.18.06 - Champion rebound
    Oakland Press - Pontiac,MI,USA
    ... Today, those homes make up less than 65 percent of the company's business. "We have actually pursued a strategy to develop modular homes," Griffiths said ..
    » http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/061806/bus_2006061805.shtml



  • 6.17.06 - Bay St. Louis residents turning to prefab homes face obstacles ...
    Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
    ... that we can't get through the permitting process here," said Cecelia Slattery, a home consultant with Palm Harbor, a Dallas-based company building modular homes .
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/14843524.htm



  • 6.16.06 - Town OK's changes to Delton Woods
    Wisconsin Dells Events - Wisconsin Dells,WI,USA
    ... Now, Kolar only wants homes that are build to state code. He said modular homes would still be OK. - All homes must have an attached garage. ...
    » http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/news/index.php?ntid=87929&ntpid=2



  • 6.16.06 - Our view: FEMA hurricane relief waste is inexcusable, outrageous
    LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
    ... assistance at all. FEMA bought 24,967 prefabricated homes and 1,295 modular homes at a cost of about $900 million. But it could ...
    » http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/06/16/opinion/00edit616.txt



  • 6.15.06 - Make mine modular?
    Saugus Advertiser - Beverly,MA,USA
    ... the Expo in Boston and met with a sales representative from the Sandcastle Group of Marshfield, who encouraged them to visit some of their modular homes on the ...
    » http://www2.townonline.com/saugus/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=516856



  • 6.13.06 - Binswanger Continues to Successfully Represent Champion ...
    Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
    ... Apex Homes, operating out of Middleburg, PA, is a maker of finely produced custom modular homes, condominiums, multi-family units and light commercial ...
    » http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=
    20060613005790&newsLang=en



  • 6.10.06 - High-tech homes fill Reno area subdivision
    Marietta Times - Marietta,OH,USA
    ... Manufactured, or factory-built homes are not a recent phenomenon. On Thursday The Times reported on the recent increase in demand of modular homes. ...
    » http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new54_610200630950.asp



  • 6.9.06 - Commission praises two-story mobile homes
    Ocean City - MD,USA
    ... A memo from Zoning Administrator Kelly Henry said that modular units and manufactured homes are becoming more similar from a construction standpoint.
    » http://www.oceancity.md/octoday/headline.cfm?PubID=3534



  • 6.8.06 - Modular homes popular
    Marietta Times - Marietta,OH,USA
    At the turn of the last century pre-fabricated, modular homes ordered from the Sears mail-order catalogue, and others, were all the rage. ...


  • 6.7.06 - Sandcastle Group shows building biz is women's work
    Marshfield Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA
    ... Vice President Francine Townsend and her husband, Paul have built a solid reputation running one of the top local firms building modular homes and additions on ...
    » http://www2.townonline.com/marshfield/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=510700



  • 6.7.06 - American Renaissance Homes Addresses Misleading Internet Report
    TMCnet - USA
    ... that this relationship with Home Solutions provides ARH a strong competitive edge in its ability to deliver large number of modular homes throughout the areas
    » http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-american-renaissance-homes-addresses-misleading-intern
    et-report-/2006/06/07/1673929.htm



  • 6.7.06 -Modular Goes Mod
    HousingZone Builders' Newsletter, June 7, 2006
    Statistics show that modular homes are growing in popularity due to increasing quality, affordability and quick delivery. The product has drawn the attention of builders who market to buyers at all income levels. In many cases, builders say they can deliver such homes in far less time -- often 50 percent faster -- for less money.
    Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
    » http://www.housingzone.com/news2.asp?topicId=14531&docId=l:392954167?&nid=2469



  • 6.7.06 - Rezoning Requests
    Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
    ... Text Amendment: To clarify the definition of manufactured home, mobile home and modular home to be more in line with the federal and state definitions. ...
    » http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/14757775.htm



  • 6.5.06 - Modular homes growing in popularity
    TMCnet - USA
    ... Bevier listed some of the most recent technological advances in the modular home industry that have made the product more appealing. The most notable include: ...
    » http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/06/05/1668860.htm



  • 6.4.06 -FACTORY-BUILT
    Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
    ... and Benchmark officials say the exposure in the parade will help consumers grasp the difference between factorybuilt homes and the lower-cost modular homes.
    » http://www.columbusdispatch.com/homegarden/homegarden.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/04/2
    0060604-J1-02.html



  • 5.29.06 - Homeowners urged to use caution when getting appraisals
    Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon,OH,USA
    ... He said the appraisal also had misinformation about the Phillipses’ home, which on the appraisal is described as a “frame built modular” home. ...
    » http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/05/29/warning.html



  • 5.28.06 - Rolling on the river
    DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
    ... who is equally comfortable building million-dollar-plus homes in Galena Territory, an Illinois resort near Dubuque, as he is manufacturing modular homes. ..
    » http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060528/BUSINESS04/605280352
    /1029/BUSINESS



  • 5.24.06 - Homeowners unhappy about modular home
    KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
    But the owner claims it's a modular home. ... (map) Neighbors say it's a trailer, however there's a label from the state that calls it a modular home. .
    » http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4941473



  • 5.24.06 - Palm Reading
    Motley Fool - USA
    ... The difference is that Palm Harbor specializes in factory-manufactured and modular homes. They look a lot nicer than they sound. ...


  • 5.23.06 - Home Solutions Gets New Orleans Contract
    MSN Money - USA
    ... A modular home is built in sections in a factory. Those sections are transported to the home site, and put together on premade foundations. ...
    » http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060523&I
    D=5742536



  • 5.22.06 - Modern Prefab
    Upstate House - New York,USA
    ... He also considered modular homes, which are obviously more economical, but he knew that the design and style options were limited. ...
    » http://www.upstatehouse.com/article.php?issue=37&dept=8&id=613



  • 5.19.06 - Judge's ruling will allow builder to put up homes
    Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
    ... Bryant, Yadkin County and the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners that had prevented him from developing 50 acres in Boonville into a modular-home subdivision ...
    » http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArtic
    le&c=MGArticle&cid=1137836182454&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099



  • 5.17.06 - On Guard
    Forbes - USA
    ... Some of the 25,000 modular homes purchased by the agency for $860 million could not be delivered to parts of Hurricane-ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi
    » http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltway/2006/05/17/immigration-contract-waste-cz_m
    s_0517beltway.html



  • 5.16.06 - New modular homes tout quality
    Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
    ... Although sometimes described as a high-quality type of affordable housing, Clayton's modular homes may not be the least expensive new construction in town.
    » http://www.azstarnet.com/business/129271



  • 5.15.06 - Builders brace for construction boom
    Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
    ... The building boom has prompted Muskogee, Okla.-based Southwind Homes, which builds modular homes, to begin construction of a plant just north of Wiggins.
    » http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/NEWS01/6051503
    03/1002



  • 5.14.06 - Building in NH? Think modular
    The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
    ... Pierre said. “So you can see why it can save the buyer money.”. That doesn’t mean a buyer could decide on a modular home today and have it in two weeks. ..
    » http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Building+in+NH%3F+Think+modular&arti
    cleId=3d3c3542-e97e-4a72-82fd-20f6fffb948c



  • 5.14.06 - Crest Homes building office
    Sunbury Daily Item - Sunbury,PA,USA
    ... Crest Homes, a leading modular manufacturer and a subsidiary of CMH, was established in 1986 and employs people from surrounding counties. .
    » http://www.dailyitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060514/NEWS01/605140327/-1/NEWS




  • 5.11.06 - 27 homes planned at Turtle Lake
    Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
    ... campground. Sixteen of the 50-plus camp sites, Scott's modular home, and the campground office may be in the right-of-way, Scott said. ..
    » http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/may/11turtlelake.htm



  • 5.11.06 - $50 million resort planned at Pocono Raceway
    Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
    ... Mattioli said once he has township approval, development could start in only two weeks because he plans to use modular homes and apartments.


  • 5.9.06 - County to get affordable homes
    Pensacola News Journal - Pensacola,FL,USA
    · Affordable Housing Solutions of Northwest Florida for $750,000 for 15 modular homes. · Crawford-McBride Development for $150,000 for three modular homes. .
    » http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060509/NEWS01/605090
    327/1006



  • 5.8.06 - Innovative Urban Infill Housing Designs Win National Awards
    PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
    Patriot Homes was awarded 2 of the top honors by their peers for Top Concept Modular Home – 1800 sq. ft or less and Top Production Modular Home – 1800 sq.
    » http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=128043



  • 5.7.06 - Council votes to allow modular homes
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    GAUTIER - The City Council voted 5-1 last week to amend city zoning ordinances and allow construction of modular homes in all residential neighborhoods. ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/14
    521126.htm



  • 5.3.06 - Housing plant to be built in Stone
    Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
    By Nikki Davis Maute. A new modular-home manufacturing plant in Stone County should be turning out its first homes within eight months.
    » http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060503/NEWS01/6050303
    09/1002



  • 5.2.06 - NH Businesses Use Immigrant Labor
    NHPR - Concord,NH,USA
    ... of hispanic cambodian and vietnamese. Another modular home builder in the state has also hired immigrants. Gary Dossett of New England ...
    » http://www.nhpr.org/node/10664



  • 5.1.06 - Man charged with fraud in Okeechobee caught in Sebastian
    Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription) - Fort Pierce,FL,USA
    ... Anyone who may have given Varnum money for a modular home and hasn't received it can call their local law-enforcement agency to make a report.
    » http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4664612,00.html



  • 5.1.06 - Tension mounts as Arcadia mayor questions council
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ... And things haven't been so smooth for Smith at council meetings over the past six months. The strain intensified when a modular home debate began last fall. ...
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060501/NEWS01/605010316/1
    002



  • 4.26.06 - Reader's letter: ‘Mod' opposition gets facts wrong
    Hi-Desert Star - Yucca Valley,CA,USA
    Regarding the letter from Mr. Maresh regarding the modular home being built in his area. Mr. Maresh states that the modular will ...
    » http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2006/04/26/editorial/opinion6.txt



  • 4.26.06 - Canbury Homes Announces of New Marketing Director for Custom ...
    The Open Press (press release) - USA
    ... Modular homes are constructed in a “weather free” environment, so Canbury provides year-round employment for their skilled labor. ..
    » http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=9154



  • 4.24.06 - Memories bind Verona neighbors
    Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
    ... The couple will move from Staunton after a crane operator hoists their two-piece modular home onto its moorings sometime this week. ...
    » http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424/NEWS01/604240301/1002



  • 4.24.06 - Officials will meet with city residents
    Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
    ... A new modular home will be located on the cleared lot in the coming months, he added. "That area and areas around it are my personal No. ...
    » http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2006/04/24/officials_will_meet_with_city_resid
    ents/index.shtml



  • 4.24.06 - Drew Industries Presents Webcast of First Quarter Conference Call ...
    Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
    ... stabilizer jacks, and trailers for hauling equipment, boats, personal watercrafts and snowmobiles, as well as chassis and windows for modular homes and offices ...
    » http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060424/dem010.html?.v=39



  • 4.24.06 - Presque Isle event brings people home A fully built ranch ...
    Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
    ... the venue. The 28-foot-wide by 48-foot-long house, built by Oxford Modular Homes, included landscaping and fixtures. The landscaping ...


  • 4.23.06 - On The Move
    Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
    ... with the mission of developing new technologies to enhance the value, quality and performance of the nation's factory-built manufactured and modular homes.
    R-Anell Homes was chosen to be part of the first group of manufacturers of the Manufactured Housing Research Alliance, a nonprofit organization with the mission of developing new technologies to enhance the value, quality and performance of the nation's factory-built manufactured and modular homes.


  • 4.22.06 - Arcadia employees finally get paid
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ... The political bickering between the town's leaders has been ongoing for months, starting in earnest last year when a debate erupted over a modular home. ...
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/NEWS01/604220337/1
    002/NEWS



  • 4.22.06 - Discover possibilities of pre-fab houses
    DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
    ... said. "We make the pieces stand out. We don't hide the fact that it is a modular home and make it look like a ranch house.". A pre ..
    » http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/OPINION03/604220312/
    1035/OPINION



  • 4.21.06 - Building project highlights home show
    Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
    ... year. The 28-foot-wide-by-48-foot-long house, built by Oxford Modular Homes, is finished, including landscaping and fixtures. The ...
    » http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=132427



  • 4.21.06 - Palm Harbor Homes Named Manufacturer of the Year by Manufactured ...
    Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
    ... developers. Nominations for the manufactured and modular home award were made by members of the MHI Manufacturers Division. All ...
    » http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/4/emw375554.htm



  • 4.21.06 - Unpaid Arcadia employees go on work stoppage
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ... The mayor and council members have remained at odds over a still-undecided modular home debate that has homeowner David Dill, Eugene Smith and four of five
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/NEWS01/604210336/1
    002/NEWS



  • 4.20.06 - Latest KU home building project on the move
    Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
    ... the help of a crane, 20 Kansas University architecture and design students were this morning moving their latest creation — a unique modular home — from an
    » http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/apr/20/latest_ku_home_building_project_move/?breaki
    ng



  • 4.19.06 - Pascagoula's Renaissance Committee Presents Plan To City Leaders
    WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... "Help revitalize some blighted areas and encourage home ownership, bring in some modular home companies, help rebuild areas that are hard hit.". .
    » http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=4788992&nav=6DJI



  • 4.17.06 - Champion Enterprises Reports 42 Percent Increase in Sales and Net ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... Revenues from the sale of modular homes totaled $81 million, climbing 75 percent compared to last year's first quarter, and representing 24 percent of total ...
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-17-2006/000
    4341354&EDATE=



  • 4.15.06 - LAWN MOWERS
    Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
    You can learn more about modular homes through a free brochure, "Modular Homes: The New Face of Home Building," from the Building Systems Councils of the ...
    » http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/living/home/14348646.htm



  • 4.14.06 - Magazines tout home building, décor
    Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
    ... of TV's home-improvement shows. It also discusses factory-built modular homes. Both magazines are available at stores nationwide. ...
    » http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/home/articles/0415mags0415.html



  • 4.12.06 - Modular Home Production Begins In Pascagoula
    WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... The company will be at the Pascagoula Planning Commission meeting Wednesday night to get a special use permit to put the modular homes on Highway 90.
    » http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=4762623&nav=6DJI



  • 4.11.06 - Factory-built homes attract impatient displaced residents
    New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... Mayor C. Ray Nagin recently became a supporter of modular homes. Fed up with the federal government’s trailer parks, Nagin said
    » http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=15233



  • 4.9.06 - Churches hope to bring 'house in a box' to Gulf Coast area
    Quincy Herald Whig - Quincy,IL,USA
    ... The two organizations, which combined represent about half of the city's 70 churches, will use the money to buy a pre-fabricated (or modular) home and have it .
    » http://www.whig.com/312135988208341.php



  • 4.7.06 - Canbury Homes Announces Web Site for Custom Modular Homes in ...
    The Open Press (press release) - USA
    ... That is completely wrong. Unfortunately some people buy a double wide mobile home and think they are getting a modular home. In ..
    » http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=8683



  • 4.7.06 - Champion Enterprises Completes Acquisition of Caledonian Building ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... The Company produces manufactured and modular homes through its family of homebuilders, as well as modular commercial buildings for military and commercial .
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-07-2006/000
    4336206&EDATE=



  • 4.6.06 - Modular Homes
    Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
    ... in home-site vandalism. One of every ten homes built in the Northeast is a modular home. Here are three. DESCRIPTION: This 2,300
    » http://online.wsj.com/google_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FS
    B114429050465318497.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj



  • 4.6.06 - Today's Consumer Headlines
    WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
    ... A local business owner says he's giving out at least $16,000 in refunds to people who wanted to buy his mobile and modular homes. ...
    4.6.06 - Today's Consumer Headlines
    WSAV-TV - Savannah,GA,USA
    ... A local business owner says he's giving out at least $16,000 in refunds to people who wanted to buy his mobile and modular homes. ..
    » http://www.wsav.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSAV/MGArticle/SAV_BasicArticle&c=MGAr
    ticle&cid=1137835176873&path=!frontpage



  • 4.6.06 - Free Brochure Highlights Benefits Of Modular Homes
    National Association of Home Builders (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
    ... The full-color 16-page resource includes articles with tips on selecting a modular home manufacturer, customizing a modular home, financing a modular home and .
    » http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=148&newsID=2338



  • 4.3.06 - Coachmen sells Miller Building Systems
    Reuters - USA
    (COA.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which makes recreational vehicles and modular homes, said on Monday that it sold Miller Building Systems Inc. ..
    » http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-
    04-03T132308Z_01_WEN3812_RTRIDST_0_MANUFACTURING-COACHMEN-URGENT.XML



  • 4.2.06 - Public company news
    Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
    ... Champion Enterprises (NYSE:CHB):Acquired Highland Manufacturing, a Worthington, Minn., builder of manufactured and modular homes, from Minneapolis-based
    » http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/14226624.htm



  • 3.31.06 - Norwest Equity Partners sells Worthington home manufacturer
    Twin Cities Business Journal - Minneapolis,MN,USA
    ... At Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Champion Enterprises (NYSE: CHB), Highland will join a group of 33 other manufactured and modular home builders throughout the
    » http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2006/03/27/daily54.html



  • 3.31.06 - Manufactured housing viable option for need
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... quality control.". Officials toured a 3,300-foot-modular home that costs about $250,000 to $260,000, depending on the finishes. It ..
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/BIZ/603310340/1005



  • 3.26.06 - Two 'Extreme' tales: Broward victims of Hurricane Wilma get ...
    Miami Herald - FL,USA
    ... the storm. For her kindness, Extreme Makeover arranged for Georgia manufacturer Adrian Homes to send down a modular home. Instead ...
    » http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/home/14178185.htm



  • 3.26.06 - From the factory to you
    Boston Globe - United States
    ... As modular homes become more customized -- and tougher to differentiate from other houses -- many builders say it's an approach that is becoming a convenient


  • 3.23.06 - Ownership Change of Canbury Homes Completed -- Modular Home Sales ...
    The Open Press (press release) - USA
    ... Patterson has completed the transactions that give him full ownership of the Canbury Homes name, a company that provides turn-key, custom modular homes in the .
    » http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=8326



  • 3.21.06 - Quebecer sells prefab houses to Afghanistan
    Montreal Gazette - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
    ... in principle last month with the owner of Wahid Construction in the Afghan capital of Kabul, where they plan to build a $5-million plant to make modular homes. .
    » http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=c4729b54-1e54-4451-
    bb5f-9d7c82dc2449&k=8848



  • 3.20.06 - HandCrafted Homes unveils new website, corporate image
    Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA
    ... “The new look reflects Handcrafted Homes’ position as a leader in the modular home building industry, the one company to which top builders can turn for ...
    » http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=headlines.db&command=viewone&id=85
    54&op=t



  • 3.18.06 - Advocate learns affordable housing is a tough sell
    Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
    ... But even with the cheap lot, the reasonably priced modular home he put on it, and the even more reasonably priced labor he used (including friends, contacts ...
    » http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/14130020.htm



  • 3.17.06 - FOR THE
    Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA
    ... A "site-built" home costs about $100 per square foot, DeSio said, but manufactured homes can be built for $40 to $45 per square foot and a modular home for $70
    » http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/11425910683280.
    xml&coll=1



  • 3.17.06 - Builders focus on homes friendly to the Earth
    Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
    ... faster than normal hardwoods. To improve efficiency, Evans is using a modular home manufacturer in Indiana. The first and second ...
    » http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/BIZ01/603170369/1076/BIZ




  • 3.17.06 - The fastest way home
    Cook County News Herald - Grand Marais,MN,USA
    Take Bob and Joan Burrows, for example. They are truly enjoying living in their modular home on a hill overlooking Lake Superior near Hovland. ...
    » http://www.grandmarais-mn.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=3&story_id=216611



  • 3.16.06 - Zoning approval may be easier for some modular homes soon
    Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon,NC,USA
    ... If the amendment is passed, a modular home built off-site will be considered the same as a stick built home if it has a North Carolina Building Code sticker ..
    » http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/news/18566.asp



  • 3.9.06 - Wardcraft Homes finishes showroom; to host open house
    Fort Morgan Times - Fort Morgan,CO,USA
    Wardcraft Homes, a custom builder of modular homes since 1971 located at the former Oakwood Homes site on Highway 34 on the east side of Fort Morgan, will host ...
    » http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/Stories/0,1413,164~8305~3264241,00.html



  • 3.9.06 - Champion Enterprises Names William C. Griffiths Chairman and Adds ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... through a major turnaround, transforming it into the largest modular homebuilder in the ... first in 1993 with Hanson Industries, and then Beazer Homes after its .
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2006/000
    4317411&EDATE=



  • 3.8.06 - Club puts out call for designers
    Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
    The house is three-story, 4,028-square-foot modular home in Pembroke. The four rooms to be designed are the family room, two bedrooms and the foyer.
    » http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/REPOSITORY/60308030
    5/1013/NEWS03



  • 3.8.06 - Gov. seeks modular homes program
    Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
    By Laura Hipp. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the US Senate Appropriations Committee to authorize a pilot program for modular ...
    » http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/BIZ/603080345/1005/b
    iz



  • 3.8.06 - Hurricane recovery draws differing priorities
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ... In Mississippi, it is a matter of wanting to get residents into modular homes rather than trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ..
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS01/603080323/1
    002/NEWS



  • 3.7.06 - Center helps generational companies prosper
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
    Madison - As the chief executive of a company that makes modular homes and prefabricated buildings, Jeff Wick has seen what can happen when a family business ...
    » http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=405828



  • 3.7.06 - A Freak Accident Generates Buzz on New Homes
    KQTV - St. Joseph,MO,USA
    ... In a typical stick-built home, it would cost $100 to $150 a sqaure foot," Mull says. Modular homes are built inside a warehouse. .
    » http://www.kq2.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=3142



  • 3.4.06 - Home is a dream fulfilled
    Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
    ... park views. The home was recognized by "Metropolitan Home" in its March 2006 issue as the Custom Modular Home of the Year. The ...


  • 3.2.06 - Significant build savings mean the future is offsite
    Inside Housing - UK
    ... Mike Kirk, development director for the London region at Hyde Housing Association, which has imported modular homes from Poland, said the sector needed ..
    » http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/default.aspx?contentid=6563a773-261f-429e-bab5-3e18546
    5ff20&newsid=1447331



  • 3.1.06 - Reader's letter: Modular homes are dragging down area
    Hi-Desert Star - Yucca Valley,CA,USA
    We have a problem here in the Morongo Basin with modular or manufactured homes being placed in the same neighborhood as standard built houses. ...
    » http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2006/03/01/editorial/opinion2.txt



  • 3.1.06 - Library corner
    Nipawin Journal - Nipawin,Saskatchewan,Canada
    ... For those of you who are starting from scratch, "The Modular Home" by Andrew Gianino gives you a look at building a modular home. ...
    » http://www.nipawinjournal.com/story.php?id=215869



  • 2.28.06 - Biloxi: Doctor Helps Fill Need for Affordable Housing
    WSFA - Montgomery,AL,USA
    ... Nance. Nance says factory built modular homes are an affordable alternative to traditionally built homes and there's another benefit. ...
    » http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4563571&nav=0RdE



  • 2.28.06 - Iowa news and notes
    Agri News - MN,USA
    ... built on the available lots. Modular homes will be accepted, but trailers will not, Baxter said. AMES, Iowa -- Agricultural drainage ...
    » http://webstar.postbulletin.com/agrinews/246389589662403.bsp



  • 2.28.06 - Company Eyes New Housing Plant
    WTOK - Meridian,MS,USA
    ... per hour," said Nance. "And that's not bad.". The first modular home was erected on the Gulf Coast last week. Nance says his homes
    » http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/2378431.html



  • 2.27.06 - Look what's made in Gallatin
    Gallatin News Examiner - Gallatin,TN,USA
    ... "We are probably the top two or three modular home manufacturers and one of the largest employers," said Bill Graves, general manager of Fleetwood. ...
    » http://www.gallatinnewsexaminer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060227/MTCN0408/3022
    70007/1441/MTCN04



  • 2.26.06 - Swedish building style saves time in Santa Cruz
    Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
    ... That's the difference between panel construction, which is designed by an architect, and modular homes, which gives customers a certain number of designs from ...
    » http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/February/26/biz/stories/01biz.htm



  • 2.26.08 - ALL AMERICAN HOMES
    Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
    ... While somewhat similar in the construction process, these homes should not to be confused with conventional "modular homes." All American Homes offers hundreds ...
    » http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060226/LIFESTYLE/6022
    60309/1024



  • 2.24.06 - New Housing Option for Gulf
    WTOK - Meridian,MS,USA
    Dr. Randy Nance has introduced pre-built modular homes to the coast that he says he hopes will help a lot of people find places to live.
    » http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/2359931.html



  • 2.23.06 - (PZ) Seminar for Housing Professionals in Baltimore
    Houston Chronicle - United States
    ... Seminars To Grow your housing Business, it's being sponsored by Home Buyer Publications, Building Systems Magazine, J. Rouleau & Associates and SystemsBuiltNews .
    » http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/3680242.html



  • 2.22.06 - Group Calls Affordable Housing A Growing Crisis
    Caledonian Record - VT, United States
    ... As an alternative to home ownership and rental units, more people may turn to mobile or modular homes, said Campbell, of the US Department of Agriculture Rural .
    » http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/local_news/story/e74ca7bc7



  • 2.21.06 - Affordable housing on horizon
    Drayton Valley Western Review - Alberta, Canada
    ... Due to a shortage of trades workers they decided to look at modular homes and Hammond said after looking at five different companies they settled on the last .
    » http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/story.php?id=214254



  • 2.21.06 - House is built just in time to greet home show guests
    Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
    ... Coughlin said. "When people think of modular homes they think of a tiny house that comes in two parts that are bolted together.". .
    » http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/business/13922762.htm



  • 2.21.06 - Town's Offer of Free Land 'Snowballed'
    Forbes - USA
    ... Modular homes will be accepted, but trailers will not, Baxter said. Marne is just off Interstate 80 about 40 miles east of Council Bluffs.
    » http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/02/20/ap2539873.html



  • 2.21.06 - Dateline Iowa
    DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
    ... for types of homes that can be built on the available lots. Modular homes will be accepted, but trailers will not, Baxter said.
    » http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060221/NEWS08/602210376/100
    1/NEWS



  • 2.20.06 - Planners urge move from ideas to action
    The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
    ... One point Poche thought could be a reality, though, was the concept of modular homes in place of FEMA trailers. Duany presented
    » http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060220/NEWS01/602200309/100
    2



  • 2.20.06 - Arcadia homeowner claims he is victim of racial discrimination
    Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
    ARCADIA -- An Arcadia man involved in an ongoing controversy over his modular home is accusing neighbors and town officials of racial discrimination. .
    » http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060220/NEWS01/602200316/1
    002/NEWS



  • 2.19.06 - Home delivery
    Boston Globe - United States
    ... Charter's rule-of-thumb cost for a budget-conscious modular home of excellent quality is $115 per square foot, which gets the buyer a place in move-in condition ..
    » http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2006/02/19/home_delivery/?page=1



  • 2.06 - Kelly Devin, Marketing Director of Cardinal Homes receives national award.
    The National Association of Home Builders’ Institute of Residential Marketing announced at the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida that Kelly Devin, Marketing Director of Cardinal Homes, Inc., has been inducted as a Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) of the National Association of Home Builders. This is the most prestigious designation given by the Institute of Residential Marketing (IRM) and is earned through a combination of professional education and experience in the home building industry.


  • 2.19.06 - Modular pads going upscale
    Baltimore Sun - United States
    ... Typically they contain as much as 15 percent more lumber than conventionally built homes but cost 10 percent to 15 percent less. "A modular home, in the past .
    » http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.modular19feb19,0,1431479.story?coll=bal-b
    usiness-headlines



  • 2.19.06 - New home sweet home
    Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
    ... Also in this issue: an inside tour of a simple, modular home in Japan that is environmentally friendly while holding to a minimalist aesthetic, and essential .
    » http://webmail.adelphia.net/webedge/do/mail/message/view?msgId=INBOXDELIM19752&l=en-U
    S&v=adelphia



  • 2.18.06 - New housing community plans unveiled
    Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
    ... of UMH, which will develop the community, presented detailed information on the project, including streetscapes and examples of the planned modular homes
    » http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/Cox_sen_hsng-18Feb06.htm



  • 2.18.06 - City approves new mobile home resolution
    Bradford County Telegraph - Starke,FL,USA
    The resolution addresses the requirements a mobile home, manufactured home or modular home must meet to be able to locate it within the city's limits.
    » http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16149212&BRD=2150&PAG=461&dept_id=430589&rf
    i=6



  • 2.17.06 - Universal Studios Hollywood Musters Employee Volunteers, Will Help ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... project in support of Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home Delivery program, designed to allow volunteers across the nation to build modular homes on remote .
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-17-2006/000
    4284419&EDATE=



  • 2.17.06 - Residents disapprove of trailer ordinance
    Slidell Sentry News - Slidell,LA,USA
    ... to return to Slidell unless the ordinance is amended or a resolution is passed that would allow those who had mobile, manufactured or modular homes prior to .
    » http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2006/02/17/news/news03.txt



  • 2.16.06 - Modular homes deliver bang for the buck
    Business Edge - Alberta,Canada
    ... Proffering an alternative to factory-built prefab is Lindal Cedar Homes. The Seattle-based company ships its signature post-and-beam ..
    » file:///Volumes/ALBUMPHOTO/Margot/Photo02.htm



  • 2.15.06 - Parish committee votes against proposed emergency district plan ...
    Gonzales Ascension Citizen - Gonzales,LA,USA
    ... Hobart Oaks subdivision," said Riley, who also presented the restrictions on the subdivision which showed that "no mobile homes or modular homes shall be
    » http://www.ascensioncitizen.com/articles/2006/02/15/news/news6.txt



  • 2.15.06 - Dollars faulted as measure of help
    Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... The report also found that many of the nearly 25,000 manufactured homes and 1,300 modular homes, costing about $900 million, may not be usable because they don .
    » http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/113998886780320.xml



  • 2.15.06 - Alabama project squandered resources
    Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
    ... outlined a bungled FEMA project to purchase almost 25,000 manufactured houses for a cost of more than $850 million and almost 1,300 modular homes for about $40 ..
    » http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/OPINION01/602
    150308/1006



  • 2.15.06 - A One-House, $400 Million Bubble Goes Pop
    New York Times - United States
    ... "There's nothing really to look at," Charles Dalrymple, 54, a neighbor, said of the surroundings. "They're just modular homes, trilevels.".
    » http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/national/15house.html?_r=1&oref=slogin



  • 2.15.06 - Waste Not, Want Not
    Hamptons Independents - The Hamptons,NY,USA
    ... Under the plan, the 20-year old trailer will be replaced with an 18,000 square foot modular home that will be paid for with recreation fees. ...
    » http://www.indyeastend.com/cgi-bin/indep/news.cgi?action=article&category=News&id=904
    2



  • 2.15.06 - Take tips, new styles back home from show
    DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
    ... organizing and directing. . A custom-built modular home furnished and landscaped by area professionals. . Five gardens. Aside from
    » http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/LIFE03/602150331



  • 2.14.06 - Millions vanish under FEMA's nose
    SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... them are not being used. "It appears that FEMA may have purchased manufactured and modular homes in excess... and is now paying ...
    » http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/13
    866366.htm



  • 2.14.06 - Fraud samples
    Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
    ... FEMA might have bought too many temporary homes - 24,967 manufactured homes obtained for $857.8 million and 1,295 modular homes at $40 million - resulting in ...
    » http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-femabox14feb14,0,7323077.story?col
    l=sfla-news-florida



  • 2.14.06 - Katrina ineptitude now legendary
    Boston Herald - United States
    ... And sure the idea of buying trailers and modular homes (price tag $858 million for the former and $40 million worth of the latter) wasn't awful, but more ..
    » http://news.bostonherald.com/opinion/view.bg?articleid=125948



  • 2.14.06 - Hurricane Response National Failure
    WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA
    ... engagement ring. Add that to millions used for temporary and modular homes, many of which were unneeded and were never used. In ..
    » http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4497008&nav=2CSf



  • 2.13.06 - Audits: Millions of dollars in Katrina aid wasted
    San Diego Union Tribune - United States
    ... FEMA may have bought too many temporary homes -- 24,967 manufactured homes obtained for $857.8 million and 1,295 modular homes at $40 million -- resulting in .
    » http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/katrina/20060213-0830-katrina-fraud.html



  • 2.13.06 - Ledger Readers Raise $169,692 for Charity
    The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
    ... As in years past, Palm Harbor Homes of Plant City and its business partners
    relied on the Heart program to give away a fully furnished modular home valued a
    » http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/NEWS/602120401/1039



  • 2.12.06 - CORNER LOTS
    Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
    Modular homes: These factory-built homes are built to the state, local or regional code where the home will be located. Modules .
    » http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicAr
    ticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834020744&path=!business&s=1045855934855



  • 2.12.06 - A simple touch will turn on your home
    Miami Herald - FL,USA
    ... Called the NextGen Home Experience (www.nextgenhome.com), the small ranch-style modular home was packed with flat screen TVs, media center computers and a ...
    » http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/home/13843558.htm



  • 2.12.06 - Houses of the Future--Now
    Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA
    Prefab: When you hear 'modular home,' you think 'double-wide.' Today's prefabricated-housing designers want you to think again. ...
    » http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7857152/site/newsweek/



  • 2.11.06 - Awarded funds to help remedy ‘invisible' problem
    New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
    ... Pamlico project. Himbry said a site for the units, which may be mobile or modular homes, has yet to be determined. As transitional .
    » http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&Stor
    yID=26213&Section=Local



  • 2.10.06 - Modular Housing Plant Shuts Down
    Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA
    Many former workers at a modular home building plant on NC 211 just outside of Moore County are still looking for work after the plant's abrupt closing. ..
    » http://www.thepilot.com/news/021006modular.html



  • 2.10.06 - Conference focuses on modular homes
    Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula,MS,USA
    PASCAGOULA -- Realtors, developers, bankers and city officials from Jackson County learned some of the ins and outs of modular home manufacturing from ..
    » http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1139570178289170.x
    ml



  • 2.10.06 - Demand for housing swamps St. Tammany
    Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
    ... Mayer said the task force has talked about recommending smaller lot sizes, such as 50-foot frontages, and relaxing codes to allow some modular homes
    » http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1139554549131400.xml



  • 2.10.06 - Business skills honed in Russia
    Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
    ... The basis for the business plan is to make wooden modular homes that are cheaper and quicker to build than traditional brick Russian homes. ..
    » http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=449206&category=BUSINESS&BCCode=HO
    ME&newsdate=2/10/2006



  • 2.9.09 - Champion Enterprises Reports 44 Percent Increase in Sales and 67 ...
    PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
    ... "During the fourth quarter, we made significant strides in increasing our modular home sales, while continuing to focus on operational improvements and .
    » http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-09-2006/000
    4279035&EDATE=



  • 2.8.06 - Michigan Manufactured Housing Association: Private Property ...
    Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
    ... an end to the dream. Manufactured and modular homes turn dreams into reality for hundreds of Americans. Like site- built homes, manufactured ..
    » http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060208/dew003.html?.v=44



  • 2.7.06 - Williams-area housing going upscale
    Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff,AZ,USA
    ... Preliminary plans also call for stick-built homes rather than modular homes, such as can be seen populating nearby Lake Kaibab Park subdivision.
    » http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=124518



  • 2.6.06 - RE/MAX IN MOTION gains a new associate
    Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
    ... Cayuga Country Homes, established in 1990, is an award winning builder of custom modular homes featuring superior flexibility in design with a strong emphasis .
    » http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060206/LIFESTYLE06/60206
    0312/1046



  • 2.5.06 - A show where domiciles dominate Thousands check out living options ...
    MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
    ... But Nadeau was checking out her options as a first-time home buyer. "I'd love this one," she said of a gray, two-story modular home with a wide front porch. .
    » http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2400163.shtml



  • 2.5.06 - South Mississippians Check Out Alternative Of Modular Housing
    WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
    ... That was evident by the turnout at a Modular Home Expo in D'Iberville Saturday. ... Vendors stayed busy fielding questions at the Modular Home Expo in D'Iberville.
    » http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=4456390&nav=6DJI



  • 2.3.06 - Modern modular: Ticky-tacky no more
    Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
    ... been involved in since 1987. (The Connecticut place was the first modular home he designed for himself.). "I wanted an example to ...
    » http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/magazine/daily/13778872.htm



  • 2.3.06 - Home headed for Mississippi
    Newszap Delaware - DE,USA
    GREENWOOD -- A three-bedroom modular home built at the Beracah Homes plant in Greenwood will soon leave Delaware for Long Beach, Miss. .
    » http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/02/02/dm/sussex_county/dsn03.txt

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