To be effective as a trade publisher that continues to attract new readers to the manufactured home industry, one must curate topics and content from an array of sources. This evening, our feature is a fascinating infographic that aims to allay your fears of market crashes. That will be our …
7 Facts Can Free You from Bear Market Fears, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Thousands of new manufactured homes go into rural areas, as public officials who are members of both major political parties have noted. Manufactured homes, and other forms of factory-built housing, also routinely are sold into areas where new energy production is taking place. So these trends …
Oil, Soybean Market Maneuvers and Manipulation Reveal Broader Concerns for MHVille Read More
Taxes. Appearances. Uncertainty about the future. Those are some of the excuses, err, reasons that trustees of South Elgin, a part of the Chicago metro, rejected a 296 unit manufactured home community development that would have served residents 55 and older. It’s a story that affordable housing and manufactured home …
It’s still been a rough month on Wall Street, but today’s record move up on the Dow helped put a post-Christmas smile on the face of investors. Most manufactured home stocks rose. Some broader market commentary is our feature this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new …
In the United States, Hyundai is best known for their cars and other vehicles. That’s still a big part of the South Korean firm’s business, but they have a diversified presence in several industries, with “engineering” and industrialization in construction as common elements. Hyundai Engineering said Wednesday that they’ve …
Introducing Hyundai Engineering Projects, Donates Disaster-Resistant Modular Homes Read More
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) says that survivors of the August 2016 flooding who are using Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) manufactured housing units (MHUs) will be given one more extension on the use of that emergency housing option. In a press release to the Daily Business News …
FEMA Manufactured Housing Unit (MHU) Program Extension Announced Read More
Disney Springs in Orlando, FL has been discovered openly using offensive, inaccurate terminology deemed prejudicial towards factory-builders and the over 22 million Americans in the U.S. – plus others in Canada – who live in pre-HUD Code mobile homes, modular housing, and HUD Code manufactured homes. Near the Disney Springs …
In the days before GPS, Apple or Google Maps a good paper road-map had a rectangular box with ‘the legend.’ The legend in this sense of the word explained the meaning of the various circles, lines, symbols and how many miles-to-an-inch. ‘The legend’ unlocked the meaning of the map. In …
Legends, Battle of Bedford Falls, and Christmas in Affordable Housing’s MH Land Read More
As 2018 draws towards a close, Sears is a company struggling to survive. Creditors, courts, and a hunt for more customers are past of the once great retailer’s grim future. Walmart, Amazon, and others have taken big bites out of Sear’s market share. But a century ago, it wasn’t so. …
It’s the best economy in 20 years, says Heritage Foundation chief economist Steve Moore, who disagrees with President Trump on one point. The Federal Reserve’s policies are not the only problem slamming the markets, but it is a serious one. On a day when all tracked manufactured home stocks declined, …
An attorney who claims to represent the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has sent a ‘demand’ letter to MHProNews. No proof of his representation of the Arlington, VA based Monopolistic Housing Institute, otherwise known as MHI, has yet been offered, but has been requested. The attorney’s letter has obvious errors in …
“Manufactured Housing Institute Attorney” Letter and MHProNews Response Read More
Giving and denotations can be good, and certainly the Mona Lisa and Oscar De Paz of New Braunfels, TX will benefit from the Christmas gift of a new manufactured home donated by Clayton Homes. “Manufactured housing is one of the largest sources of unsubsidized, affordable housing in the country,” said …
Clayton Donates Manufactured Home for Christmas, But What’s Up With Those Lumps of Coal? Read More
A rut has been defined as an open-ended grave. Habits can be useful, and good habits are necessary in one’s personal and professional life. But problematic habits are a rut. They may be comfortable, at least until the walls of the rut finally weaken and collapse. If a collapsed …
Escaping the Grave? Affordable, Manufactured Housing News Read More
Part of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s “strategic moat” is arguably how access – or limiting of access – to capital impacts the manufactured housing industry. So, while some point to Buffett’s Berkshire benefit from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), what is underreported in MHVille is …
Capital Pouring In, What Warren Buffett May Not Want MHVille Professionals to Know Read More
December 21st is literally the shortest, darkest day of 2018. From this point on, the daylight get about 2 minutes longer a day until the summer solstice on June 21, 2019. So, on the worst week on the Dow in about a decade, we’ll look at Grinch-like data-point that should …
Darkest, Shortest Day 2018, Markets Dump, Apt Rentals Bump, Housing Slump$ Read More
In a press release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, Zillow has timed the results of their own study on homelessness in the U.S.A. near the date that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annual report to Congress occurred. The Zillow findings are eye …
“This year was one for the record books, with manufacturers’ average optimism for 2018 hitting an all-time high,” said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons, in a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews. “Empowered by tax reform and regulatory certainty, manufacturers are keeping our promise to …
Optimism Among U.S. Manufacturers at Record High Heading into 2019 Read More
There will be a brief commentary below on the snapshot of the manufactured housing market this evening. That will be followed by Jim Cramer’s – the Mad Money show host – commentary on left-of-center business and investment focused news site, CNBC. Cramer has been a vocal critic of the Fed’s …
In business, you might technically be on the right side of a law, but still appear badly to the public at large that you hope to attract and serve. A recent fracas arose between 85 year old resident, Millie Francis, and a resident-owned manufactured home community’s management. Vanguard …
There is a measure of joy among tens of thousands of workers in 20 states about the coming rise in minimum wage that will occur in 2019. But wages have been rising naturally at the national level at the highest pace in years. How much a worker makes can, …
