“In the business world, the rear view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – Warren Buffett quote, per Industry Week. “For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e’en the past enjoy.” – Alexander Pope, per GoodReads. “Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are […]
For those who are new to manufactured housing and/or to MHProNews, a report like the feature today from Bloomberg News would be a head scratcher. There’s a ‘dearth in housing supply’ and stick builders can’t keep up. Housing affordability is an issue. Quality and satisfaction – according to third-party measures
“Dearth of Supply in Housing,” plus Manufactured Housing Investment Updates Read More
The headline asks an apt question. Have recent events opened new opportunities in Manufactured Housing for business, investors, and affordable home seekers? The short answer is “yes.” The reasons for that answer our outlined in the executive summary report linked below, with more details linked here. Let’s
It should be obvious that who controls the Congress, who occupies the White House, and who sit on the Supreme Court all have an impact on business. Arguably, some of the market dip in 2018 has been politically driven, as investors read the tea leaves for how the divide in
Don’t look now. It’s back… …talk of housing bubbles are found in various parts of the world. MHProNews reported some years ago about such concerns in Communist China. There are virtual ghost cities there that are nearly empty. One expert on that nation predicts the coming collapse of China. In
Ranked – Countries Most at Risk of a Housing Bubble Read More
Both sides can’t be 100% right, although it might be possible that each side has some truth to it. For the purposes of this evening’s market report, which voices may be telling the bigger fib isn’t as relevant to our industry as the principle that this troubling accusation raises for
Madoff Whistleblower – GE ‘Bigger Fraud Than Enron,’ plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More
Yesterday on MHProNews’ evening market report, our focus was on the simple premise that the panic over the yield curve was for reasons cited by several experts, inaccurate. But that didn’t keep over a trillion dollars in stock value from being wiped out in less than a day. That came
Misleading Yield Curve ‘News,’ vs NFIB’s Monthly August 2019 Small Business, Jobs Report Read More
The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) met yesterday. The MHCC is one of several requirements established by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA). The report below from the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided their take on the event. The Arlington, VA
HUD Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Update Read More
Life is filled with nuance. So, for years, MHProNews and our consumer-focused sister site has hit the theme of separating the ‘wheat from the chaff’ with all people, companies, products, and organizations. For example, upon close inspection, there are nonprofits doing important work in the manufactured housing arena, some
“Complaint Report” How Consumer Complaints Could Become More Manufactured Home Sales Read More
This is another day when manufactured home stocks arguably ought to be doing better than the broader market, if the industry was performing more like its historical norms. Why? Because affordable housing is needed in good times, and if times get tough, it is even more needed then. So with
The latest edition of an annual wholesale event for manufactured home communities, retailers, and developers is just weeks away. In a press release to MHProNews, Legacy Housing Corporation said the following. Join Legacy Housing Corporation (NASDAQ:LEGH) at our flagship factory in Fort Worth, Texas this September 16-18 for
Special Manufactured Home Wholesale Event Looms Read More
In order to grasp what is necessary to regrow in an honorable and ethical fashion the manufactured housing industry, a level of open-minded patience and analytical thought is required. So, the headline will be addressed, but it must be approached systematically, in sequential steps. MHProNews is approaching its 10th
This is a deal done in July that was sent to us as a news tip which MHProNews has intended to spotlight, but other issues have kept it on a back burner, until now. Let’s begin with the NTA’s media release, which will be followed by a brief analysis.
NTA’s Deal, Manufactured Home Industry End Around? Read More
“A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.” ― Robert Holmes. “I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of
Straight Lines, Law Enforcement, Key Manufactured Home Industry Legal, Regulatory Issues Read More
Stocks roared back today on signals from the Trump Administration that the tariff side of the trade war is being dialed back, just a bit with an eye on the U.S. Christmas and other holidays. A look at trade will be our focus tonight. Every evening our headlines snapshots
In a release late yesterday afternoon, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) informed their members, MHProNews, and the industry at large about a special honor bestowed on James “Jim” Shea, Jr. Their release is below and will be followed by additional information. Washington, D.C., August 12, 2019
“President Donald Trump is the biggest 2020 election issue for small business owners across the U.S., according to the CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey for the third quarter 2019,” said CNBC on 8.11.2019. “A combined 53% of small businesses see the election as a referendum on Trump,” the left-of-center
President Trump is Biggest 2020 Issue for Small Business, Says CNBC/Survey Monkey Poll Read More
It would be no exaggeration to say that millions tune in only to their favorite news networks. To those, they only see the version of the news that a given network provides. There are instances when news reports are strikingly similar, other times, when there are just as noteworthy differences
If you listen, as we as an industry trade publisher have, to a range of inputs about Clayton Homes’ retail operations, you will find a full scope of comments and perspectives. Those third-party inputs range from praise, to disappointment, and worse. How can someone objectively sort through that dichotomy? This
Clayton Homes Annual Report Reviews Truth Hiding in Plain Sight Read More
Darren Krolewski If people were moved by facts alone, then HUD Code manufactured housing producers would be selling over a million new homes this year alone. Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) President and CEO Richard ‘Dick’ Jennison said on camera that the industry should be patient in waiting for a
