Rain and dreary weather outside did not keep hundreds of manufactured home retailers, communities, builder/developers and others from coming to the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show yesterday. Warm smiles, an upbeat attitude was in abundant evidence. Just a few photos from the event hall where exhibitors were on display, yesterday. …
Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, Photo Report, Day One Read More
Several dozen manufactured home industry pros took their seats in Tunica to hear Paul Barretto shed light on Fannie Mae’s long-awaited chattel lending plan. Barretto is Fannie Mae’s field point-man with the industry on the federally mandated Duty to Serve (DTS) Manufactured Housing. The law which included the …
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The successful McCrory, AR lawsuit was a case brought by a nonprofit organization called Equal Justice. The organization’s name, Equal Justice, is at some level likely inspired by a longer phrase found on the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. = Equal Justice Under Law. It’s a quintessential …
Equal Justice, Citizen Power, and Manufactured Housing Read More
When left-of-center Bloomberg, and right-of-center Fox Business agree on an issue, is it time to pay more attention? Instead of hearing about a possible run for president in 2020, Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg are ducking a barrage of controversy, which is shrinking shares value, and sparking investigations on …
The faces at Tunica’s Hollywood Casino and Hotel chatting near the exhibit hall or lobby included many familiar ones in the manufactured housing (MH) industry, such as Fleetwood’s Charley Lott, or Keith Bennett from Kabco. Paula Reeves, President of CIS Financial, was was with a group of MH Industry …
Tunica, Nashville Trade Shows and Manufactured Housing Glory Days Read More
An explosion at what appeared to be a pre-HUD Code mobile home located in a manufactured home community was caught on a police dash camera. The explosion occurred at the Cypress Mobile Home Park, in Cypress CA, near Los Angeles. Police not only caught the incident on camera, but …
Mobile Home Explosion in a Manufactured Home Community Caught on Camera Read More
Tonight’s spotlight is a classic example of why the manufactured housing connected market report is set within the broader context of other – sometimes disruptive – macro-economic, media, or political issues. With only a handful of exceptions, the manufactured home connected stocks broadly declined, and apparently for reasons that have …
What is MHARR? What do they do? And why are there two national trade associations in manufactured housing? Often, a good place to begin is with what an organization says about itself. “The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is a Washington, D.C…-based national trade association representing the …
Understanding the Manufactured Housing Industry – What’s MHARR? What does MHARR do? Read More
With the Dow closing last week near where it began the month, Russell Investments Senior Portfolio Manager Douglas Gordon believes uncertainty is the biggest headwind affecting investors right now, says CNBC. “We’ve kind of seen the markets go sideways a little bit. I think it’s a case where the markets …
Markets “Craving Certainty” Again, Are “Deep State” & Media Reporting Hampering Business? Read More
If the third richest man in the world (net worth of $87.5 billion as of February 17, 2018, per Wikipedia), and the biggest boy on the block in manufactured housing (MH) was to give you some advice, would you take it? Can you think of a good reason why …
What does “News Through the Lens of Manufactured Homes, and Factory Built Housing” mean? Almost anything you can think of has some direct or indirect influence on manufactured homes (MH) and factory-built housing. Two obvious examples. Tax cuts and regulatory reform are political and economic issues that touched the …
Annual reports and investor presentations that involve manufactured housing companies can range from the black-and-white financial data and text, to robust, highly illustrated reports. Sun Communities (SUI) falls into the later range. While tens of millions of Americans misunderstand manufactured housing, sadly, thousands of manufactured home professionals have an …
Take what Kevin Clayton said in the exclusive video and reports previously produced by the Daily Business News. Marry it up with what Warren Buffett himself has said in interviews and comments, like those shown in the under 3 minute video below What you discover is a hand-in-glove fit. …
Warren Buffett Success Secret$, Video Interview Including “The Moat” Read More
Nobility Homes (NOBH) issued its 1st quarter 2018 results, which will be featured in our spotlight for this evening’s manufactured housing industry market report. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further …
Conversion of a land-lease manufactured home community from investor ownership into resident ownership is an event that takes place several times annually. It’s part of a trend that often brings ‘positive media’ coverage to the industry. These conversions into a resident owned community also arguably avoids a bad news …
Good News With Harmful Twist, Anti-Community Owners MHAction Activist Grabs Headlines Read More
The “Affordable Housing Focus Group“ article posted just days ago on Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews.com) yielded impressive search results on Google. The result was page 1, number 2 out of about 1.66 million possible search outcomes. That’s a positive note for the industry, in an educational/image building way. …
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Japan’s FTC raided Amazon offices their over antitrust issues. That’s not to be taken lightly in the U.S., because President Trump and politicos and economists across the left-right media divide have been increasing their concerns. This report follows on the heels of a string of legal, class action, and antitrust …
FTC AntiTrust RAID, Signal$ for U.S. Monopolistic Giant$? Plus MH Market UPdate$ Read More
A scan of regional crime news in the past two weeks would include several incidents that relate to murder, arson, drugs, and other serious crimes that took place in a mobile or manufactured home. Those incidents often took place in a land-lease community. It’s an issue for the industry, …
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to pass S. 2155, which is a reform of Dodd-Frank that could include some added wiggle room for industry professionals. The bill is dubbed the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.” S. 2155 passed in a bi-partisan vote – as reported by …
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Every day, owners, managers, and various types of workers head to their place of business. In manufactured housing, that may be a: land-lease community, a.k.a. ‘mobile home park’ or a manufactured home’ community, retail center – where homes are displayed for the public and sold, production center, where HUD …
