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Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Larry Harwood |
Manufactured Success Today's land-lease communities provide an alternative niche for investment dollars. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Bob Hirschfeld |
Trailer Cash Mobile homes and the people who live in them are easy marks for comedians, but it'd be a mistake to let the jokes influence your opinion of the industry as an investment opportunity. |
BusinessWeek June 5, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Prefab Gains Signal Housing Pain Manufactured home sales are reviving. That may be bad news for the larger market. |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2004 Bill Mann |
Crazy on Credit How the manufactured housing industry got burned by easy credit. |
U.S. Banker February 2006 |
Dwelling on the U.S.'s Affordable-Housing Crisis The housing boom of the last 13 years has lulled many people into a false sense of stability. Look past the numbers and one can easily find evidence of a housing crisis-and it increasingly involves the Everyman. The opportunity to address this crisis starts with banks. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Goldilocks in the Housing Market Not too hot, not too cold. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2006 Emil Lee |
The Gleam on Manufactured Housing This beaten-down industry shows a lot of promise to some value investors. |
Registered Rep. February 14, 2013 Jennifer Popovec |
Housing Hurdles With homebuilders richly valued, is there room to grow? |
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2002 Merrie S. Frankel |
Manufactured Housing Sector Looks to Build on Improved Fundamentals Although it remains a small sub-sector of the commercial real estate industry, the manufactured housing market offers investors some interesting opportunities despite facing serious challenges... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2002 Hoffman & Allen |
Homing in on Manufactured Housing Look to these communities to find investment opportunities. |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
A Champion in a Tough Industry Champion Enterprises, a manufactured housing builder, reports more sales but so-so earnings. The these results suggest a recovery is finally under way? Investors, take note. |
U.S. Banker July 2002 Mark Fogarty |
Girl Power Women are doing it for themselves: More in the workforce, more heading households, and more in the market. And yes, they'll buy a house. Banks like Union Planters of Memphis and Citibank are looking to expand their mortgage volumes by closing a gender gap widening among homeowners. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2012 Howard W. Smith |
Financing Fundamentals These 5 tips help borrowers open the door to the right lender. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2002 Stephen V. Jacquemin |
Understand Lender Criteria to Finance Manufactured-Housing Communities Manufactured-home community buyers have two main financing choices: long-term loans from institutional or conduit lenders or short-term bank loans. To obtain the appropriate financing for these investments, commercial real estate professionals should understand lender criteria for each type. |
Reason August 2002 Mike Lynch |
Building Crisis That housing prices have held up in the midst of the stock market downturn is considered a blessing by many economists -- and by the nearly seven in 10 families that own their homes. But it's a cause of concern for local pols and academics who worry for a living. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Kathleen Madigan |
After The Housing Boom What the real estate slowdown means for the economy. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Real Estate Revisited Have real estate prices finally hit bottom? As far as home prices go, the data says they have. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
Dissecting the Housing Bubble Question The most widely discussed real estate issue in the United States today boils down to a two-part question: Does a housing bubble in America exist? And if so, will it burst? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2014 Richard Close |
Manufactured Homes Interest increases in this niche. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
It's Boom Time in the Housing Market, But for How Long? Following several years of rapid home price appreciation, real estate experts say current housing prices in the U.S. are based on solid foundations and are not purely a speculative bubble. However, they also say that certain regional markets are vulnerable to a downturn. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Christopher Palmeri |
Home Buyers: ARMed And Dangerous? Adjustable-rate mortgages are pulling in new buyers -- but the risks are high |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor The real costs of a housing bubble. |
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 James Mehring |
More Scrutiny For High-Risk Mortgages New guidance put out by U.S. bank regulators warned lenders to keep up their due diligence when issuing exotic mortgages. The impact could be fewer mortgages and less demand for homes. |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Will Bring On the Real Recovery Now, some positive signs in mortgage financing are bolstering the argument that for real estate, the worst is truly over. |
FDIC FYI November 4, 2003 Puwalski & Williams |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Caplinger |
Why Falling Home Ownership Is a Good Thing Don't assume that all the news on housing is bad. |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Housing Market Stimulants Bush administration remedies for the ailing housing market may provide much-needed inducements for the market to heal itself. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
Profit From the Housing Bust Smart investors recognize opportunity when everyone else is panicking. If you are prepared to consider a very risky short strategy, then homebuilders and lenders might seem like obvious targets. |
U.S. Banker December 2008 John Engen |
When Boom Goes Bust The subprime crisis, credit squeeze, housing slump and resulting economic fallout has played out with particular vigor in Las Vegas. |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Hooray for Falling Home Prices! New home sales unexpectedly increased in February, does this mean we're in the clear? |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2006 Rich Smith |
A Crack in Cavalier's Armor The manufactured-housing company beats estimates but inspires fear. Investors, take note. |
This Old House Sid Davis |
Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Cash Out? As home prices peak, consider all your housing options. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
How Much Further Do Home Prices Need to Fall? These numbers tell me we're not out of the woods just yet. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Housing: Now Actually Cheap Prices are back to normal. Just don't think that's the end of the housing story. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Curtains for the American Dream? How trouble with Fannie and Freddie could affect your ability to get a mortgage. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Peter Coy |
When Home Buying by the Poor Backfires The steady push of homeownership to lower and lower income groups by government initiatives, while positive in many ways, is not an unadulterated good. For many families, a house can be a bad investment. |
Real Estate Portfolio July 2000 Lynn Novelli |
Still Affordable? The affordable housing market could become too expensive for REITs and REOCs |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2004 Sara Drummond |
The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
The Housing Roundup The housing news is still bleak, but the builders are edging slowly upward. |
FDIC FYI May 2, 2005 |
FYI Revisited U.S. Home Prices: Does Bust Always Follow Boom? The broadening of the U.S. housing boom during 2004 may imply a growing role for national factors-including the availability, price, and terms of mortgage credit-in explaining home price trends. |
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Fogging the Mirror in Mortgage Lending The housing industry is getting bogged down in the aftermath of subprime loans. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2007 Sham Gad |
Nobility Homes Still Noble The Florida home manufacturer feels the pinch and decides to stay the course. Investors, take note. |
FDIC FYI September 17, 2003 Susan Burhouse |
Evaluating the Consumer Lending Revolution Consumer balance sheets have become stretched by large amounts of new consumer and mortgage debt. This rapid increase in consumer spending and borrowing raises important questions about the sustainability of current debt loads and the vulnerability of the consumer sector to economic shocks. |
U.S. Banker May 2003 John Engen |
Out of Step They're exempt from state and local taxes and from registering most securities with the SEC. They have sharply lower capital requirements. Combined, these factors give Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a gargantuan advantage in the market. Their "mission creep" has most bankers seeing red. |