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USDA’s rural manufactured housing rule has gone into effect

Housing Wire

The new rule also reduces regulatory burdens related to manufactured housing requirements and provides flexibilities for energy efficient manufactured and modular homes located in land lease communities operating on a non-profit basis, RHS added. The rule went into effect on Monday, May 5. housing supply.

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Manufactured homes are appreciating faster than site-built homes

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Despite that attention, however, some in the industry have chafed at the portrayal of land-lease communities by government housing authorities. An analysis of data from the U.S. increased by 58.34% between 2018 and 2023. increased by 58.34% between 2018 and 2023.

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Housing coalition publishes recommendations for GSEs’ ‘Duty to Serve’ plans

Housing Wire

The Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition (UMMC), a coalition of 32 housing groups initially convened by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy , published a report on Wednesday that recommended actions for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. mortgage finance system.

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Opinion: It’s time for bi-partisanship on affordable manufactured housing homeownership

Housing Wire

These standards were not developed with any real input from HUD, which has exclusive statutory authority for manufactured home construction and safety standards nationwide, through the HUD Code. DOE should delay its effective date, while it works with HUD to develop more balanced standards. a year ago to nearly 7% today.

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Recession-Proof Ground Leases Are an Overlooked $2.5 Trillion Asset Class

Propmodo

It’s a rare occasion, however, that the industry gets excited over ownership of something that is an inseparable part of every real estate transaction: land. Most owners of multifamily properties, office towers, and other property types own the whole “kit and caboodle,” the land as well as the building on which it sits.

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First Team High Desert Agent Rob St. Onge Closes Historic Commercial Transaction at $14.7 Million!

First Team Real Estate

Originally starting as a land lease, Rob went to the city to discuss potential truck parking and discovered the property was in the wrong zone designation for this use. Rob utilized his commercial knowledge and skill to market the property to a different demographic of buyers wishing to utilize the land for a distribution center.

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Housing Affordability Task Force Report: My Two Cents (Pt2)

Toronto Realty Blog

Do you think that if and when a development enters their world, that they don’t like, that they will not reach out to city councilors? ” Clearly, this recommendation is attempting to remove the politicizing of developments and let projects pass or fail based on merit, not NIMBY’sim. I’m completely powerless.”