While not a state, Puerto Ricans have been U.S. Citizens since 1917, says LOC.gov. As citizens, they are able to come to any of the 50 United States at any time. Given the devastation on the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria, many believe that’s precisely what’s starting to …
Puerto Rico, Post-Hurricane Maria, Manufactured Homes and Factory-Built Housing Read More
Flashback to the end of 2016, and as the chart below reflects, the U.S. economy was stalling. There were economists who said that the nation was heading into a new recession. That threat was looming on the heels of the weakest recovery from a recession in generations — and one …
Revised Q2 GDP Reflects Early Results for Trump Economic Agenda vs. Obama Administration Read More
After the results of the 2016 election became known, LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC – the parent operation to MHProNews.com and MHLivingNews.com – undertook a series of what might best be termed experimental projects. One of those involved the following. We recruited an individual who said that they ‘wrote in’ Bernie …
During manufactured home industry veteran Ken Corbin’s presentation in Deadwood, SD, the former Clayton Homes professional pointed to what he called “the 10,000 Drop.” What was that “10,000 drop?” Corbin said it was the vanishing of some 10,000 manufactured home retail (a.k.a. “dealer”) locations since the industry’s last high was …
Judge Roy Moore’s Senate primary victory will decide “who has Sovereignty in the United States of America,” said Breitbart’s Steve Bannon to a cheering group of supporters for Judge Roy Moore. That statement by the former White House Chief Strategist came the day before the Alabama jurist pulled an upset …
Sources with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) tell MHProNews that they have about the same number of manufactured housing industry members as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) does. All told, the NFIB has some 325,000 member companies. That’s about 1,000 times the size of MHI. A now retired …
Most manufactured housing industry professionals that deal directly with the public for a year or more instinctively know that the older a person gets, the higher their income and net worth tends to be. Recent research reported by the Washington Post and Business Insider verify those instincts. The charts below …
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 below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the manufactured home industry’s stocks in the broader …
Several MH Communities Sinking, as Manufactured Home Industry at Large Rise$ Read More
In Omaha, some call it “Warren Watch.” In Knoxville and Maryville, from the manufactured housing industry perspective, its Clayton, 21st and VMF watch. In Arlington, VA – it’s the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) watch. In Washington, D.C., there’s sadly way too much to watch. Today, the insider watch could be …
Inside Washington, Knoxville, Omaha, and Arlington Sept, 2017 Read More
With healthcare repeal and replace apparently a dead issue for 2017, the Oval Office is pivoting to President Donald J. Trump’s tax reform plan. In a release to MHProNews, the Oval Office has noted the success Michigan has had with their state tax reform plan at creating economic growth and …
White House Points MHProNews To Michigan Success Story Read More
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 below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the manufactured home industry’s stocks in the broader …
Skyline Spotlight, Manufactured Housing Industry Market Report Updates Read More
“Wow! What an achievement,” says cardiologist David Murdock, M.D. Dr. Murdock was referring to a report that a Chinese robot has successfully done a medical procedure with no human involvement, per the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The robot used 3D printing and precision techniques to do a dental implant …
AI, Robots Replacing Skilled Positions More Rapidly Than Expected Read More
“Corrupt and incompetent” is how former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon described the leadership of the Republican Party on Capitol Hill. In an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Bannon – now back with the right’s popular Breitbart – stressed his support for President Donald J. Trump’s agenda. …
“Corrupt and Incompetent,” Hot Rhetoric, “S.O.B.” like “NY Mafia” Read More
The Daily Business News (DBN) on MHProNews has been told by informed sources that Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes plans to increase their industry dominance in the retail sector. Strategies to accelerate their dominance will be accelerated in the coming months, per sources in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), among …
Field Reports – Clayton to Continue Push for Industry Dominance Read More
As tomorrow’s special election to fill the vacated seat by Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ previous AL Senate seat looms, the heat and “controversies” from left-to-right wing media is rising. So too is the spin that routinely fits a given media’s typical perspective. Recent polling seems to indicate that appointed-Senator Luther …
George Orwell was arguably wrong about the year that drew the title of his best seller, “1984.” But much that Orwell predicted in 1948 when he penned that tome has come to pass, albeit not always as his political and social novel projected. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance …
Officials from both parties are praising the more organized response by FEMA and others in dealing with disaster recovery, as the Daily Business News has previously reported. But reminiscent of the post-Katrina disaster, revival will still take years, HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson stated. Carson has recently toured some disaster …
“Unprecedented Amount of Damage,” Says HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson Read More
Reporting from Omaha, Nebraska. “Not everything is some dark conspiracy,” an informed source said to MHProNews. “Clayton and their [Warren] Buffett owned sister companies didn’t plan [Hurricane] Harvey. But they are benefiting from it in direct and indirect ways, that will allow them to increase their hold over manufactured housing …
FEMA, Clayton Growing “Threat” to Independent “Non-Corporate” Companies – from Omaha Read More
From the vantage-point of where this writer and our son sat during L. A. “Tony” Kovach’s presentation on Wednesday in Deadwood, SD, one could see MHI Sr. Vice President Rick Robinson feverishly making notes. Then, the MHI attorney’s note taking slowed, and Robinson just listened, while observing the audience. Later, …
“It’s a question of honor,” said actively retired businessman and minister, the Reverend Donald Tye Jr. “Too many have never learned or lost their honor. People generally expect someone to mean and do what they say. But all too often in politics and business, that’s just not happening,” Tye said. …
