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February 2006 |
Gimme Shelter The U.S. residential real-estate boom masks an ugly truth: Affordable housing is increasingly hard to find. Enter manufactured housing, an $8 billion industry that promises to grow by 10% a year.   |
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... |
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
July 2, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Getting a Mortgage Will Never Be the Same Lots of changes are happening to the mortgage market. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 14, 2013
Jennifer Popovec |
Housing Hurdles With homebuilders richly valued, is there room to grow? |
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
December 30, 2010
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Challenging the Bulls: Is the Housing Market Still a Threat to the Stock Market? These are the stocks that are expected to show the first signs of a housing market recovery -- if they continue to lag the market, it may be a signal of more trouble in 2011. |
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. |
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. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2012
Howard W. Smith |
Financing Fundamentals These 5 tips help borrowers open the door to the right lender. |
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. |
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. |
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
February 29, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
A Wild Week for Fannie and Freddie Analyst downgrades. Worse-than-expected earnings. The lifting of federal loan limits. Put it all together, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have experienced one of the most tumultuous weeks in their history. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Banks Say No Thanks to Reverse Mortgages Should you do likewise? |
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
August 31, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
A Jumbo Problem for Housing Limits on loans by Congress will hurt hard-hit high-end housing markets. |
BusinessWeek
August 22, 2005
Peter Coy |
Piggy Bank -- Or House Of Cards? As downpayments shrink sharply, highly leveraged homebuyers may be in for a fall. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Shiller: The Housing Recovery Could Be on Shaky Ground Yale professor Robert Shiller gives his opinion on the current state of the housing market. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Maybe a Way to Jumpstart Housing Perhaps a way to start healing the housing crisis at the upper end by boosting the conforming loan ceiling. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
The Easy Path to Home Ownership Yes, housing markets have slowed. Sure, plenty of borrowers got burned by overextending themselves. It's also a unique opportunity for those who had been previously priced out of their housing market to consider buying. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Cut Off ARMs to Spite Your Face Mortgage products aren't the problem. Borrowers are. Used correctly, option ARMs provide flexibility that can be extremely helpful to borrowers whose cash flow isn't steady and predictable. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2008
Larry Harwood |
Manufactured Success Today's land-lease communities provide an alternative niche for investment dollars. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2014
Myers et al. |
Healthy Seniors Housing Investor demand revitalizes this niche sector. |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2007
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Lender Woes Go Beyond Subprime Few are feeling the hangover from housing's heyday as much as subprime lenders that cater to risky borrowers. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2007
Emil Lee |
Cleaning Up in Subprime Loan World? This sector will turn volatile, so be careful when seeing if there's any value left. |
CFO
December 1, 2011
Kate O'Sullivan |
Rebuilding, Slowly Four years after the housing-market collapse, the sector's troubles still weigh on the broader economy. But housing CFOs are searching for a path to growth. |
| 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. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Appraisal Nightmares on Main Street If a low appraisal jeopardizes your real estate deal, don't panic. See if your lender will obtain a second appraisal. |
Registered Rep.
April 5, 2012
Jennifer Duell Popovec |
Trailer Homes? Not Necessarily High-quality manufactured housing communities are most likely owned and operated by one of three publicly-traded REITs. |
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
February 13, 2004
Bill Mann |
Crazy on Credit How the manufactured housing industry got burned by easy credit. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
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. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Sheree R. Curry |
House Always Wins? What a housing bubble could mean for your business. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why You Should Still Fear the Housing Market Don't count on the housing market continuing to show signs of life. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Is Housing Rounding a Bend? The housing rescue package, though flawed, could change the sector's course. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The $215 Billion Hole in the Housing Market Underwater homeowners and the looming debt bomb. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
House Bidding Wars Redux Are we doomed to repeat our past mistakes with housing? |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2008 |
Vicious Circle A look at the possible negative effects that a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have on the economy. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2005
Rich Smith |
Champion's Comeback Story Profits and free cash flow are back for the modular home builder. Is it time to invest? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2009
Steve Bram |
Capital Markets Conundrum Are there viable solutions to today's financing puzzle? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2013
Elizabeth Braman |
2013 Midyear Financing Report With an abundance of available capital, the first half of 2013 showed plenty of healthy competition to finance commercial real estate. Will this trend continue? |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Subprime Symptoms Starting to Spread? It seems that subprime mortgage difficulties have already started to spread. There will almost certainly be a more protracted softness for housing than we might have anticipated as recently as the final quarter of last year. |
