There is no joy for a pro-manufactured housing trade media to report any bad news about problematic cases. But ignoring bad news is debatably worse for the industry than not stating what the facts, concerns, and often mainstream media reports reflect. In this case, the jury has ruled. …
Meaningful and accurate history are arguably as important as accurate news. Based upon corporate and market fundamentals, the markets should be doing better than they have performed in recent months. The reasons are many, but one cause is a broad lack of economic, historic, and political understanding. Instead of whining …
America and our industry are suffering under several interrelated issues. Let’s do a quick survey with links to details, and then push onto a specific and time sensitive example for manufactured housing. One is arguably the problem of monopoly, impacts many industries, not only ours. That is not today’s focus, …
Crisis of Misinformation, Fact Checks, and Manufactured Housing Read More
The Conference Board has released its latest data, which dipped slightly, but is still near its historic high for the past decade. Consumer confidence is periodically cited by publicly traded manufactured home producers as important for buyers to make that major purchasing decision. Other recent data reflects what could …
Consumer Confidence High Heading into Holidays, Per Conference Board, Retail Sales Surge Read More
Who said that jawboning doesn’t work? President of the United States (POTUS), Donald J. Trump has been saying very publicly that he isn’t even a little happy with his pick to head the Federal Reserve as chairman, Jerome Powell. Today, in Powell’s speech to the Economic Club of New York …
Fed Chair Powell’s Full 24 Minute Economic Speech, Stocks Roar, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Not one, but two different former independent HUD Code manufactured housing retailers that sold out to Clayton Homes in recent years revealed a surprising trend to MHProNews. Retail traffic – manufactured home shoppers – at formerly independently-owned manufactured home sales centers declined after Clayton Homes bought their locations, …
Clayton Homes Owned Sales Centers Reveal Surprising Trend Read More
“In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show.” reads the subheading for “The Monopolization of America” by David Leonhardt. “Like an onion, many political issues have layers within layers, and sometimes they make you want to cry. …
New York Times-David Leonhardt-“The Monopolization of America,” Manufactured Housing Slant Read More
“If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it’ll change.” – Will Rogers (1879-1035) There have been story lines in entertainment and news medias since at least the early 1990s about climate change or “global warming.” That the climate changes is a matter of fact. …
Climate Change, Energy, Riots, and Manufactured Housing in Green Era Read More
“We are Google employees and we join Amnesty International in calling on Google to cancel project Dragonfly,” reads the opening of a letter obtained by the Daily Business News on MHProNews. It’s news that has implications for manufactured housing on several levels, as will be noted further below. This is …
Google Employees Go Public, Protest Controversial “Project Dragonfly” Read More
Raymond James’ Jeffrey Saut is so confident that there will be a stock surge, he is giving a year end estimate, which is our market focus for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever …
Bull Run, Part II Ahead? Says Raymond James Executive, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
It is stating the obvious to observe that the news media, as well as the entertainment world, has an ability to influence the perceptions of readers, viewers, and listeners. As the majority of front-line industry professionals, serious investors, owners, executives, and management know, tens of millions of our fellow …
“It’s a huge business opportunity. With more than 600,000 new homes sold in the U.S. alone last year, there are billions of dollars to be made by anyone who can get a head start in dragging the industry into the tech age — something Amazon has accomplished in multiple …
Details Emerging on Amazon’s Plans for Plant PreFab Modular Home Investment Read More
GM CEO Mary Barra and with the White House’s economic point man Larry Kudlow huddle following job-cuts announcement next year at a number of their automotive production plants. Investors apparently liked the sound of that, as GM and other stocks rose. But President Donald J. Trump slammed the move, saying …
POTUS “Not Happy,” Barra, Kudlow Huddle, Stocks Rise, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
AP and numerous local media announced last week that residents in a manufactured home community in California won a multi-million-dollar judgment from a jury. “A jury has awarded more than $5.5 million to 31 residents of a Southern California mobile home park1 [sic] rife with problems including sinkholes, sewage …
Jury Awards Millions to Residents in Suit Against Controversial Community Operator Read More
There are times that one must look outside of one’s industry or profession for useful insights. That’s the case with today’s Monday Morning Marketing and Sales Meeting. Toyota has issued a recall for some 800,000 Prius vehicles, per NPR. Those recall totals are equal to about 11 years …
Ford and Toyota Teach Manufactured Housing Professionals and Investors Read More
Every Sunday morning for several years, we provide this popular week in review. It helps answer the question, ‘What Just Happened?’ It will also suggest a few answers to a question that hasn’t been asked, what’s coming up in this week ahead? Drama. Some of it is ‘manufactured …
The truth can be stranger than fiction. Prepare to scratch your head in wonder, to be stunned, or both. But the evidence will be provided, and you can decide for yourself whatever you think it means to you, your business, the manufactured home industry, and our nation that is seeking …
A report and analysis from Columbus, GA linked further below from earlier today includes the interview of a man who stated that he was homeless prior to moving into an affordable manufactured home. Now an official in that town is threatening to close the community that provided a once-homeless man with …
Elections, monopolies, public policy, and repeatedly misleading mainstream media reports all have consequences. The Dow and other markets tumbled again on a short Black Friday trading session, and that will be our focus report, further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready …
Dow Falls 178+ Points, Worst Thanksgiving Week Since 2011, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
If there is one thing that almost everyone likes, it’s good press. The reverse of that reality is that public officials, mainstream media, and professionals dread media scrutiny that reveals unjust behavior. Against that backdrop is the following mainstream news story out of Columbus, GA. It focused on a …
Public Official, ABC News, Manufactured Home Community Owner Clash Over Resident Concerns Read More
