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
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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
Social media, as billions have learned, allows someone to peer into the interests and beliefs of others. The recent mass shootings have put the understanding and battle over the Second Amendment under the microscope again. People inside manufactured housing have feelings about this on both sides of the
Second Amendment – Manufactured Housing Professionals Sound Off Read More
Sources inside and outside of Washington, D.C. have told MHProNews that legislation backed by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Prosperity Now, and the National Association of Manufactured Housing Community Owners (NAMHCO) has stalled. The reasons are many. Even some of the sponsors of the bill are having second thoughts. The
There are a few things that a newcomer or longtime reader of MHProNews and our sister site must bear in mind. Despite the currently low ebb of the industry, the upside potential is nothing less than impressive. Few investment opportunities rival the potential of HUD Code manufactured homes. Those
Consumer Group Leader, Manufactured Housing Institute Rep Agree to Stall Federal Action Read More
Just 3 years ago, Doug Ryan at what was then CFED – since rebranded as Prosperity Now – was blasting Clayton Homes and their Berkshire Hathaway sister brands for their alleged monopoly over manufactured home lending. Part of what Ryan proposed was a push to get the Government Sponsored Enterprises
A recent survey by Bankrate reveals the top pick for most investors. The report breaks that investment down by age group. It is a shift that ought to make manufactured housing professionals ask serious questions. That On a down day for the major markets and most tracked manufactured home stocks
The Record Gazette is a newspaper published in Banning, CA. As is the case with cities, towns, and states across the country, there is a debate on rent control and what to do about spiking site fees (a.k.a. ‘lot rents’) in a growing number of locations. A manufactured home
In Genesis 4:8 the first murder is described of Cain killing his brother Able out of jealousy. It is in the apocryphal book of Jubilees, says Wikipedia, that the detail comes that Cain murdered his brother Able with a stone. Rock control, anyone? In prison, where guns are kept out of
It has been several days since we curated video content from right-of-center Fox Business, and this particular topic seems ever timely. Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), twin brother of 2020 Democratic hopeful Julian Castro likely got the publicity he wanted for himself and his sibling when he released donor information in
Castro Slammed for Trump Donor Info, plus Manufactured Home Investment Updates Read More
There are several nonprofits that began with noble motivation and useful purposes. But when conglomerates with their own agenda begin to coop those nonprofits with subtly or self-evident agendas, the time has come to ask the question, is it time for manufactured housing independents to form their own national
Manufactured Housing Independents Ponder, New Manufactured Home Hall of Fame Read More
ABC 7 is doing a periodic series of reports dubbed “Building a Better Bay Area.” Their promo said in part that “All this week we are looking at the Bay Area’s housing crisis,” speaking of San Francisco Bay, that covers cities like Oakland, CA. Among their reports last week was
Housing Crisis – Metro ABC News Media Spotlights Modular Home Solution Read More
When someone pushes for accountability, they too should be accountable. That’s only fair, right? There are three topics in the headline, each will be addressed in sequence in this article. Yesterday, a glitch on our end caused articles still being drafted – and therefore, incomplete – to become
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Michael Pillsbury with the Hudson Institute. Larry Kudlow on President Donald J. Trump’s economic advisory team. Investor, business man, and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, who has done business in China for years. There are plenty of voices weighing in on the U.S. China trade war. The Fed has signaled
