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$19.8 Million Gross 1 Year Increase as Manufactured Home Community Sells for $72+ Million

By / March 5, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Trends

Shopoff Realty Investments has announced the sale of Brookside Mobile Home Park, in El Monte, California. The 72.5 million deal follows the purchase as a joint venture 11 months ago that paid $52.7 million for the property.   Shopoff purchased the land-lease community in April 2017 together with Ladder Capital, a New York based …

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Before You Close, Sell or Quit, Why Not Try a Test? Test Market Marketing & Sales, Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales Meeting

By / March 10, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, research

Who does the better job selling? A smart person, or the simpleton?   As with many situations, that depends on the details. An example will clarify.   When the wise are using their wisdom to objectively test, analyze, refine and improve, those may lead to superior results. But let’s imagine …

Before You Close, Sell or Quit, Why Not Try a Test? Test Market Marketing & Sales, Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales Meeting Read More

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Manufactured Housing Industry Headline News, Sunday Morning Weekly Recap 2.25.2018 to 3.4.2018

By / March 4, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Manufactured Housing Industry Headline News Week Review, Marketing Sales Management, People, Politics, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

  “If you are not catching flak, you are not over the target” – is an Air Force maxim. Its reverse is equally revealing – “If you‘re catching flak, you‘re over the target.” – and it means you are likely near the mark or are scoring direct hits.   There has …

Manufactured Housing Industry Headline News, Sunday Morning Weekly Recap 2.25.2018 to 3.4.2018 Read More

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Keith Anderson, CEO Champion Homes, MHI ‘New Class’ Monopoly Concerns Memo, ‘Harms Owners, Independents’

By / March 3, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News

As the Daily Business News noted in a recent report, corporate officers have responsibilities to shareholders.   Association leaders have a similar responsibility to their members.   The question of monopoly – an anti-trust law issue – is one being raised across the political spectrum.  From voices as different as …

Keith Anderson, CEO Champion Homes, MHI ‘New Class’ Monopoly Concerns Memo, ‘Harms Owners, Independents’ Read More

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Experts Break Down Anticipated Cost$ of Tariffs on New Manufactured Homes

By / March 2, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, Stocks, Trends

While not everyone has their anticipated costs down on what the pending tariffs announced by the White House will be on a new manufactured home, one HUD Code builder provided costs, and another factory building pro gave the Daily Business News other related facts.   It is important to note …

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MHPros Sound off on Steel Deal, Wilbur Ross Reacts to Controversy, Plus MH Market UPdate$

By / March 2, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

The final report tonight will also be on steel, and will contain expert insights from manufactured housing producers. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is responding in tonight’s video clip to the concerns coming often from Republican sources, as a number of Democrats are happy about the tariff announcements. That will be …

MHPros Sound off on Steel Deal, Wilbur Ross Reacts to Controversy, Plus MH Market UPdate$ Read More

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Wisconsin Housing Alliance – an MHI ‘Affiliate’ – Amy Bliss’ Messages Raise New Anti-Trust Issue

By / March 2, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Legal, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Small Business, Trends

  From Justice.gov, is “CHAPTER 5 : ANTITRUST ISSUES IN THE TYING AND BUNDLING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.”   “MHI has given their members full access to the information [Ducker Worldwide ‘New Class of Homes’].  This is not government produced research and MHI would not be obligated to share this …

Wisconsin Housing Alliance – an MHI ‘Affiliate’ – Amy Bliss’ Messages Raise New Anti-Trust Issue Read More

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“F-Bombs” Fly – Cursing Manufactured Housing and Tornadoes – Engaging Public, Experts, Officials, and Media

By / March 2, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, disaster, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation, research, Trends

When you seriously engage the public on the topic of manufactured homes, perhaps especially when it involves tornado safety, you better be thick skinned. The following are examples of real comments, from real people…   “Bull-sh-t!” “Mother-f-cker!” “Liar!”   …are just some of the hundreds of posted feedback received – …

“F-Bombs” Fly – Cursing Manufactured Housing and Tornadoes – Engaging Public, Experts, Officials, and Media Read More

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Announced Tariff’s on Chinese Steel, Aluminum Spark Stock Sell-Off, MH Industry Outlook?

By / March 1, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Jobs, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, research, Stocks, Trends

Steel and other metals are part of every manufactured home.  It would be unlikely that someone would find a long list of HUD Code manufactured home builders getting excited about the first word on tariffs.   Publicly traded companies involved in manufactured housing watched their stocks lose ground in most …

Announced Tariff’s on Chinese Steel, Aluminum Spark Stock Sell-Off, MH Industry Outlook? Read More

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Progressive “Nation” Reports on Monopolies Cites Buffett, Clayton, Others – MH Industry Impact?

By / March 2, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, Trends

It’s a threat to this industry, and the majority of Americans, unlike any the U.S. has experienced before.   Who says?   ‘The Nation,’ a self-described progressive publication in a series of reports on monopolies that specifically mentions manufactured housing, and Warren Buffett’s brands. But as other reports linked reflect, this …

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Controversial Trump Tariff$ Announcement, Century Aluminum CEO Explains the Facts, Plus MH Market UPdate$

By / March 1, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Jobs, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Home Community Commercial Financing, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

To say that President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of tariffs have roiled voices across the political spectrum would be an understatement, which will be part of our market focus tonight.  There’s more to this than may initially meet the eye, as an expert explain. If you’re new, already hooked on …

Controversial Trump Tariff$ Announcement, Century Aluminum CEO Explains the Facts, Plus MH Market UPdate$ Read More

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“Starting” Dip in Home Sales, New Crisis Says Housing Experts

By / March 1, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Trends, Zoning

Washington, D.C. The economy and job growth are strong, says Adam DeSanctis, with the National Association of Realtors ® (NAR) communications team.   So why did contract signings for new homes take a “startling” dip in January? There’s bad news for many Americans, potentially hopeful news for opportunities for the …

“Starting” Dip in Home Sales, New Crisis Says Housing Experts Read More

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York’s Champion Production Center Celebrates 58th Birthday

By / February 28, 2018 / Announcements, Business, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry

Champion Home Builders celebrated on February 6, 2018 , its 58th year of operating a production line in York, Nebraska, says the York News Times.   “Lunch was catered in and birthday cupcakes were enjoyed by all 163 employees currently on staff. A commemorative t-shirt was also distributed,” said their …

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On 1.26.2018, Skyline Corporation (SKY) manufactured homes stock closed at 23.30. Today, about 1 month later, the stock closed at 21.39. But that doesn’t tell the full tale of what’s trending with investors in the stock, which will be our focus report for this evening.

Skyline and Champion 30 Day Snapshot, Plus Manufactured Housing Market UPdate$

By / February 28, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Stocks, Trends

On 1.26.2018, Skyline Corporation (SKY) manufactured homes stock closed at 23.30. Today, about 1 month later, the stock closed at 21.39.  But that doesn’t tell the full tale of what’s trending with investors in the stock, which will be our focus report for this evening.   If you’re new, already …

Skyline and Champion 30 Day Snapshot, Plus Manufactured Housing Market UPdate$ Read More

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HFFLP Arranges $400M JV in US Properties, NAM Update$

By / February 28, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Business, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Trends

  Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (HFFLP) announced the arrangement of “a programmatic joint venture between a real estate investment trust and an institutional investor for the acquisition of approximately $400 million of core industrial properties in the Western U.S.,” the company said Tuesday, per Law 360.   HFF has managed …

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Robbie’s Revolution Precrafted’s $1.1 Billion-Dollar PreFab Project

By / February 28, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People, Trends

”Robbie Antonio, an avid art collector and founder and CEO of Revolution Precrafted—a start-up for prefabricated designer homes—is the mastermind behind the US$1.1 billion project, which he calls “the world’s first live-in art park,” says part of a release to the Daily Business News from the company.   “The recently …

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Silverton Mortgage Announces Acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway’s Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Plus MH Market UPdates

By / February 27, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Stocks, Trends

The pre-announced move in Warren Buffett’s annual letter of Berkshire Hathaway deeper into the housing market was already realized today, as Cobb Business Journal announced that “Silverton Mortgage Specialists Inc., with three locations in Cobb County, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to join the Berkshire Hathaway family …

Silverton Mortgage Announces Acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway’s Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Plus MH Market UPdates Read More

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122 Site Manufactured-Home Community Proposed

By / February 27, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, regulation, Trends

“The Flathead County Board of Adjustment will discuss project on March 6,” says the Flathead Beacon.   “On March 6, the Flathead County Board of Adjustment will consider a conditional-use permit that would allow for a manufactured-home park with 122 rental spaces in Evergreen,” per the their report.   “Evergreen …

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Housing, Jobs, Poverty, Opportunity – Kerner Commission Remix, HUD and Manufactured Homes

By / February 27, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Economy, Events, Flashback, housing, Jobs, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, research, Trends

Just over 50 years have elapsed since then President Lyndon B Johnson announced the formation of the Kerner Commission. It was formed in response to race riots protesting poor housing, insufficient jobs, educational, and other issues in Detroit and other cities across the country.  In the vintage video below, the …

Housing, Jobs, Poverty, Opportunity – Kerner Commission Remix, HUD and Manufactured Homes Read More

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‘Tricked Out Trailer’ – Movie Mogul’s Multimillion ‘Mobile Mansion’

By / February 27, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation, Zoning

  He’s worth millions.   He’s directed hit, and critically acclaimed movies, like “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Rupert Wyatt is doing season two for The Exorcist, which runs on Fox is based upon the 1973 film of the same name, based upon William Peter Blatty’s chilling book …

‘Tricked Out Trailer’ – Movie Mogul’s Multimillion ‘Mobile Mansion’ Read More

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