To do a good job of marketing and selling, one must first have a sense of the broader, and local market elements. We’ll share some examples today that are essential for a marketing or sales professional in manufactured housing to understand in order to be effective with qualified prospects. We note …
“Proud to be an American” As we watched the release of Josh Holt and his Venezuelan wife, the ‘sound track’ of the Lee Greenwood song that includes the lyrics above was playing in our heads. First, the events of last night, courtesy of the White House press room to the …
“HISTORICALLY PLAGUED BY THE image of a tin box on wheels, manufactured housing finally is winning some of the mainstream acceptability that this housing segment has long sought. Today, manufactured housing—also mistakenly known as mobile homes, a colloquial but technically inaccurate name sometimes used to describe the housing product broader …
GSE Asked: Will Manufactured Housing Overtake Conventional Homebuilding? Read More
WASHINGTON – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued the following statement to the Daily Business News upon attending a signing ceremony at the White House for S. 2155. The “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act,” is the formal name for S 2155, which was …
White House Signing Ceremony on Historic Pro-Growth Financial Regulatory Reform Read More
Skyline Corporation and Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Champion Home Builders, Inc., previously announced merger/acquisition (M&A) is set to close within the next two weeks, according to sources familiar with the matter. Recent press releases have not announced a set date, but they have pointed to …
Skyline Corp, Champion Home Builder M&A Updates, Stockholder Insights Read More
“We are at the tip of the iceberg,” for the manufactured home industry’s opportunities, said Rick Rand of Great Value Homes in WI. Rand – a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) board member, and award-winning communities veteran – would not weigh in on the latest controversies about the Arlington, …
Manufactured housing’s Arlington based association has taken its expected victory lap on the signing of the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” as predicted. But MHI has had more than one slap-in-the-face this week, and that backhand came from among the ranks of the post-production sector. That gut …
Home Values Rising Rapidly, Yet MH Lags? Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates Read More
There is nothing quite like pie charts, facts and figures to dramatically illustrate what has taken place in HUDVille – the manufactured housing industry – over the last several years. Trend lines are important for lenders, investors, and business owners to be aware of, and these graphics should also be …
Clayton Homes, Top 25 Manufactured Housing Industry Report, Trend Lines Read More
HUD has a new man in a significant role at HUD. We will get into the various “official” statements about Brian Montgomery. But we begin with a backgrounder. Mr. Montgomery has a track record, and the question industry professionals must answer is simple. Will he operate as he did …
HUD’s New Man, Officials Statements, with Insider Info Beyond the Media Releases Read More
“The growth rate of real gross domestic product (GDP) is a key indicator of economic activity, but the official estimate is released with a delay,” said the Atlanta Federal Reserve on Tuesday. “Our GDPNow forecasting model provides a “nowcast” of the official estimate prior to its release by estimating …
Fed – Atlanta – Projects Record GDP Growth for U.S., the Detail$, MH Industry Outlook Read More
If one takes candidates at their word – which is never a given once they are elected – it must be noted that candidates Secretary Hillary Clinton, and businessman, builder and media maven Donald J Trump each made a range of stated policy positions. Last night, the House passed …
Shifting Momentum, Demographics, Women, the 2018 Midterms, and Manufactured Housing Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Today, the House of Representatives voted 258-159 to pass the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act,” which represents the most significant pro-growth financial regulatory reform package since the passage of Gramm-Leach-Bliley nearly a generation ago,” said the House Financial Services Committee Chairman in a statement …
“A recent article in the Washington Post regarding the HUD manufactured housing program and the reassignment of former program administrator, Pamela Danner, vividly highlights the glaring need for a new, independent, collective, national trade association to more effectively represent the industry’s post-production sector,” said Mark Weiss in the latest …
Just hours or days before an expected Congressional vote in the House on their version of S. 2155, the Seattle Times is reporting on federal investigations into the business practices of Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage, and their affiliated Berkshire Hathaway lending units. “Gwen Schablik, a former Clayton employee who …
What does “News through the lens of factory-built housing.” © mean? It’s a fair question asked by a reader. You can get news anywhere. You can get opinions anywhere. MHProNews provides news, analysis and commentary on curated topics that are useful to the factory-built housing industry’s professionals. Dictionary says …
Late Friday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) said that “high ranking Fannie Mae employees have been intentionally violating their government prohibition on lobbying through a series of secret meetings to remove the failed mortgage giant from federal oversight.” According to Congressman Hensarling’s statement to the …
The Daily Business News can report that there are multiple candidates for the position vacated by the removal of Pam Danner at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP). According to the HUD website, the Mission of “The Office of Manufactured Housing …
Who will replace Pam Danner at HUD’s Office of Manufactured Housing Programs? Read More
President Donald Trump takes a bow with Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). General and manufactured housing specific reports indicate that the 45th president’s tax reform plan are helping to grow manufacturing, increase jobs, and are causing new production centers to open. That will …
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The manufactured housing industry is poised to have one of its best years in recent history. Michigan is responsible for a significant percentage of that, according to the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association, (MMHA). “Michigan has always been a big proponent of manufactured homes, the communities and the people who …
