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HUD Updates Manufactured Home Regulations

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The new updates seek to expedite the home production process by cutting red tape and eliminating the need for manufacturers to obtain alternative construction approvals for materials that already meet or exceed HUD standards—helping build more manufactured homes and boost the nation’s housing inventory.

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Analyst: HMBS 2.0 developments should benefit reverse mortgage industry

Housing Wire

This move is designed to “create an additional economic incentive to protect Ginnie Mae and taxpayers against a decline in collateral value,” Ginnie Mae explained when announcing the proposed term sheet.

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The Supply Chain Reaction – Interview with Greg Stephens

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My appraisal organization involvement includes Appraisal Institute membership where I hold the SRA and AI-RRS designations. I am past President of the North Texas Chapter, the National Association of Appraisers, where I hold the MNAA designation and am currently on the Board of Directors. Buzz: How are we experiencing one currently?

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HPC urges regulators to align nonbank servicer standards

Housing Wire

HPC begins by recognizing CSBS sought to align its proposed regulations with the FHFA, but pointed out that its proposal is a “higher of” construct, and that standards may always increase from those at the federal level but would never decrease.

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GSEs Seek Input on Duty to Serve Plans

Appraisal Buzz

Populating the nation’s rural areas FHFA’s current Duty to Serve regulation defines a “rural area” as a census tract outside of a metropolitan statistical area (MSA), as designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); or a census tract in an MSA that is outside of the MSA’s Urbanized Areas as designated by the U.S. population.

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Can 3-D printed homes help solve the housing crisis?

Housing Wire

A former Texas A&M cross country and track athlete and Episcopalian minister, Ballard in 2011 co-founded TreeHouse , a retailer to sell environmentally friendly home construction materials. Ideally, an engineer designs a model of what they want on software, from an air duct to a prosthetic limb, and it is precisely printed out.

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Japanese luxury-home developer plans U.S. IPO

Housing Wire

The company’s SEC filing added that, so far, LRE has “not entered into any binding agreement for any acquisition nor identified any definite acquisition target.”. The design and construction of the luxury properties is outsourced to third parties. and further expand our operations in the U.S.