Historic flashbacks can be instructive, including examples from outside one’s own industry or profession that may provide inspiration and insight. The challenge of dominating, monopolistic forces using (…or abusing…) political forces is not new. It’s been going on since the dawn of recorded history. The example below is a …
“Sabotaging everything the country stands for” says Innovative Production Pioneer Read More
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, per BrainyQuote. An attendee of multiple MHI events who is an award-winning corporate leader who is also a Daily Business News reader explained what he called their “razzle dazzle.” He specifically …
“Razzle Dazzle,” Says Former Manufactured Housing Institute Member Read More
A veteran Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) lender’s controversial comments to the Daily Business News are bound to shake up discussions about two hot button industry topics. Those two subjects are: the Duty to Serve (DTS) Manufactured Housing, mandated by Congress a decade ago, and the Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO) …
The 2018 Tunica Show is now in the history books. Reports are that registrations and attendance was up at Tunica over last year’s event. Exhibitors in the events center – and those who displayed new factory built homes – reported good traffic, happy attendees, and solid results. What was …
An independent manufactured home retailer walked up to the Daily Business News team in Tunica Wednesday to say, “thank you” for the depth of coverage of the industry’s news. A HUD Code home producer said, “I wish you’d tone it down a bit,” on the controversies, while expressing “appreciation for …
Manufactured Housing – “Giants vs. Independents” – Tunica Talk – “You’ve Got to See This” Read More
If you haven’t noticed all of the buzz around the Federal Reserve’s expected rate move, then maybe you’ve been on vacation. One might sympathize with former Texas Congressman and multiple time presidential candidate, Ron Paul and wonder why the Fed has been given so much power over the U.S. economy? …
Abracadabra, with Wave of a Powell’s Hand, Rates Change – Plus MH Market UPdate$ Read More
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 …
Fannie Mae’s Paul Barretto, News-Making Remarks in Tunica Read More
PwC Partner Mitch Roschelle says that homebuilders’ optimism is retreating. Roschelle cites among the factors behind the decline – land, labor and lumber – which could affect every American who owns or rents a house. You could add one more “L” to Roshelle’s list, LIBOR. LIBOR is a benchmark rate, …
4 Concerns of Homebuilders Have Impacting Every American Read More
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
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
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. …
Affordable Housing Focus Group – Manufactured Home = Page, 1, #2 Google Result Read More
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
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 …
Senate votes for Changes to Dodd-Frank Regulations Read More
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 …
Every day, tens of millions of Americans turn to Facebook for their social media, and to Google for searches. Industry professionals strive in various ways to use both of those web-tech platforms for their marketing efforts. The economic power of big tech is astonishing. Google and Facebook reportedly eat …
Facebook, Google, and NY Stern Professor Scott Galloway’s Quest Read More
“Small business owners are showing unprecedented confidence in the economy as the optimism index continues at record high numbers, rising to 107.6 in February, according to the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey,” the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) tells the Daily Business News in a release. As longtime …
NFIB’s Small Business Leadership Updates Stunning Data Read More
Things are not always what they seem to be. When one compares mainstream media reports with industry news coverage, there are often significant additional insights found here on the Daily Business News. Why? How many mainstream media reporters or editor/producers have: A quarter century of direct manufactured housing industry …
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), in a February 27, 2018 communication to the Chief Executive Officer of Freddie Mac (linked below), demanded clarification of that organization’s implementation of the “Duty to Serve Underserved Markets” (DTS) in relation to a so-called “new class” of “manufactured home being developed …
