10 TOP (or so) STORIES & BLOGS

MODULAR HOME BUILDER: BUILDING PERMITS DROP AS TAX CREDITS END
By Coach
The report Tuesday from the Commerce Department said the rate of construction of single-family homes and apartment buildings rose 5.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 672000. That was up from an upwardly ...
MODULAR HOME BUILDER - http://modcoach.blogspot.com/

 

'Extreme Makeover' home builder sees future in modular construction
More articles from the Construction Industry News section ... Modular building is not new, he said, but it is different to see a custom builder construct ...
www.toolsofthetrade.net/industry-news.asp?articleID...1519

 

Labor Group Offers To Lease Texas Gov. Mobile Home - News Story ...
By wsbtv
The Texas AFL-CIO bought a manufactured house and showed it off Wednesday, saying Gov. Rick Perry could lease it for $1 per year. The union was making fun of Perry's rental home in a gated community. The Associated Press reported this week that the Republican governor has spent almost $600000 in public money the past two years to live temporarily in the home on the outskirts of Austin. .... Real Estate Information. 7 High-Tech Homes For Sale ...
- http://my.wsbtv.com/service/displayHomePageExperience.kickAction?page=Homepage&as=6690

 

House Passes Donnelly Resolution Recognizing Manufactured Housing Week
Information Technology Web site · Corporate News ... "I'm proud to recognize the manufactured housing industry that provides not only quality, ...
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/05/26/4811064.htm

 

MHI's 3 Point Plan; CONSPIRACY vs. Suicide; & Overlooked ...
By George Allen
No one was more pleased than this blogger, to read Manufactured Housing Institute's 'Three Point Plan to Move the Manufactured Housing Industry Forward'! It appears, around the same time I was penning the blog: 'Recent MHCC Meeting Presents ... Following information was emailed to me, in response to a more recent blog posting – describing a chain of events otherwise unknown to most of us in the MH Industry, It too supports the Grand CONSPIRACY or Near Perfect Storm that's ...
George Allen - http://community-investor.com/blog/

 

Maine Modular Home Manufacturers Pin Hopes on New State and ...
MPBN News
Modular housing units manufactured at KBS Homes in South Paris await shipment. ... "Over 1000 jobs in the manufactured housing industry have been lost over ...

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Managing School Projects in ...
By Hope
War On Terror News. This is a source for news on our current conflicts, the War On Terror, including the War in Iraq and the War in Afghanistan as well as other Pakistan News, Afghanistan News, Iraq News and the Rest of the News in the Global War On ..... But prefabrication does not mean that the schools will be temporary, since manufacturers predict the life expectancy of the modular buildings is 20-years. Maj. Paul Patterson, the Balad Resident Office officer-in-charge, ...
War On Terror News - http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/home/

 

The New Face Of Condominium Marketing | Fashion Marketing
By fmgirl19
A recent study has proven that the only valid quandary created by these new housing developments are in the field of traffic and parking problems. Is it true that modular homes are on the rise? Factory produced housing such as modular ...
Fashion Marketing - http://fashionmarketingblog.com/

 

Roll it Experimental Housing / University of Karlsruhe | ArchDaily
So, It IS a good start; Needs more development. ... Rollit Experimental Modular Housing | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World · 'Roll it' is not ...
www.archdaily.com/.../roll-it-experimental-housing-university...

 

Prefab housing seeks a home in the city
Chicago Tribune
What they really wanted was a sleek modular home like the ones they'd been obsessing over in Dwell magazine, so they did some research. ...
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Prefab Houses Go Green - Personal Finance - Real Estate ...
Eco-friendly designs are helping modular homes lose their low-rent image. ... View All Tools | Worksheets | Mutual Fund Map | Map of the Market | My Portfolio | My .... assembly-line construction wastes far fewer materials than on-site home building. ... largely because of Blu's innovative folding technology. ...
www.smartmoney.com/personal.../prefab-houses-go-green/

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