The latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) is out. It’s near an all-time high, but one category is declining. Affordability for conventional housing buyers is sliding. Manufactured Housing (MH) was MIA – missing in action – from the Fannie Mae report. Manufactured homes aren’t even mentioned. “The …
MIA from Fannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey, MHI Producer Sounds Off Read More
There’s plenty to unpack from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. One of the revelations is Warren Buffett’s on-camera statement on what they’re doing with the tax cuts that President Donald J. Trump championed. That’s our focus report for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature …
Longtime Daily Business News readers know that the MHProNews view – and that of scores of industry professionals – is that proper terminology is important. The reverse of that is that improper terminology is to be avoided. When the Daily Business News uses the term “trailer house” or “trailer …
Manufactured Housing Roadblock? BBC Reports “Trailer Park Living” Read More
Buckle up for what may be the most important topic so far this year, for this session of the Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales and Marketing Meeting about “Style or Substance.” Executive summary? Style matters, but properly understood, the industry evidence demonstrates that substance is proven to matter more. …
When it comes to the affordable housing crisis, one of the nation’s hot-spots is Seattle, Washington. Seattle is the headquarters of founder Jeff Bezos’ – the world’s richest man – ubiquitous flagship company, Amazon. In the backdrop of every U.S. affordable housing story, there ought to be an appropriate …
Is it a coincidence? As the temperatures outdoors are rising, so too are the reports, research and news items that shake, rattle and roll (pardon the last pun) manufactured housing professionals. Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting is underway, and sucks up a fair amount of O2. An …
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared. That is how thousands of people across the Front Range are feeling and they all have one thing in common: They live in manufactured homes,” says Denver 7 in their report on a manufactured home community in Thornton, Colorado. At a time when about half of all manufactured homes …
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared.” “Mobile Home [SIC] Owner’s Fears Reflect National Crisis” Read More
A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an acceptable standard housing unit (which varies by location) and what households can afford to pay using no more than 30 …
As an investment and business guru told MHProNews today, one person can move the markets. He was talking about Warren Buffett, and his big bet on Apple. That will be the focus for our market report tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are …
In any industry, trends are worth noting, and are important for investors, owners, lenders, policy pros, and other professionals alike. As the chart below will spotlight, there have been hundreds of manufactured home communities that have opened since 2002. That’s news to many, not to others, in manufactured …
What could all of those individual topics in the headline possibly have in common? What could each of those current events mean to manufactured housing professionals, owners, investors and advocates? Plenty. Here’s the quick rundown. The glue for each are the two words, “first principles.” Let’s look… The …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production grew again in March 2018. “Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers produced 8,830 homes in March 2018, a …
HUD Code Manufactured Home Shipments, Housing Production – March 2018 Data Read More
Oil is hovering near a three-year high. What does that mean for the outlook on manufactured housing, and industry related stocks? That will be our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline …
Crude Oil Continues Rise, MH Impact and Manufactured Housing Industry Stock Market Updates Read More
There are several kinds of webmaster tools data, and research services that measure website traffic. A colleague of some competing trade media bloggers and publishers raised the question of traffic and site data That source, an ally of several competitors, suggested that the Daily Business News publish a report. …
A manufactured home community in the Wausau, Wisconsin area may be putting a fresh light on a dark topic. Media and others often fail to put the topic of closures in the broader context of housing. Hundreds of thousands of housing units a year are demolished in America, and …
Closure by Collusion? Dark Side of Local Manufactured Home Community Code Enforcement? Read More
Governor Kay Ivey has signed a proclamation declaring the week of May 6th through May 12th to be “Manufactured and Modular Housing Week.” The proclamation was issued in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the national Fair Housing Act and the 49th anniversary of the founding of the …
Governor Declares May 6th-12th “Manufactured and Modular Housing Week” Read More
The latest in an ongoing consumer fraud case has settled, and there could be significant implications for the manufactured housing industry. That’s our market focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports …
“Potential for Higher Returns Lures New Buyers, Generating Competition; Supply of For-Sale Listings Remains Tight, Boosting Prices,” – Marcus & Millichap (M&M) National Report, First Half of 2018 A new research report has been provided by brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap to the Daily Business News. For those in …
“The [association] efforts have come as [Trump] administration officials are embracing manufactured homes as a way to increase the stocks of affordable housing using the private sector rather than taxpayer funding,” writes Juliet Eilperin, for the Washington Post (WaPo). “Already, they [manufactured homes] serve as the largest source of …
In spite of a strong market, American families are facing unaffordable housing, said Fannie Mae CEO Timothy Mayopoulos on FOX Business Tuesday. “The greatest challenge in housing now is not home price appreciation but really affordability for families,” Mayopoulos in his “Mornings with Maria” interview. The government-sponsored enterprise, which is …
CEOs Debate Over Affordable Housing, One Touts Manufactured Housing Concerns Read More
