ICYMI, yes, you read that headline correctly. There are cities and towns that pay you to move there, or to live there. This could be useful information for manufactured home marketers in or near these areas. That will be our spotlight report this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on […]
Two South Georgia lawmakers, Darrel Ealum of Albany and John Corbett of Valdosta, helped write legislation to clean up what Ealum says are “old ugly eyesores,” said WALB. “The bill gives landowners a voice they previously didn’t have,” writes Vontresia Cutts. “Yes, it the bill is what the George Manufactured Housing Association [GMHA]
Governor Signs new “Mobile Home” Act Read More
“The Coldwater Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the City Council approve rezoning 20.6 acres from the township R-3 to the city’s AA — Agriculture Residential – for a 102 lot manufactured home subdivision,” said the Daily Reporter. Leading the charge was Don Westphal. “The petitioners from Farrell-Roeh of Littleton,
It may not seem at first blush that Uber’s ambitious, announced plans for flying taxis has any connection with manufactured housing. But those who think that may not have thought about the impact of hyper-loops on manufactured homes either. That will be our market focus for tonight. If you’re new,
With what the Media Research Center says has been some 90 percent negative mainstream broadcast news media coverage, President Donald J. Trump is holding or rising in many polls, to at or near the highest point since taking the White House. While the media has said for months that a
Manufactured Housing and the Midterms, what did Democratic and GOP Primaries Signal? Read More
“When in the course of human events…” Day by day, people make life-changing decisions. Those choices can be for good or ill. A fact without context may have little discernible meaning. To properly understand the present, or any moment in time, one must understand what occurred previously. In the famous
“YES! Communities (“YES!”), one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of manufactured home communities, today announced that it had acquired a portfolio of 24 manufactured home communities, comprising over 6,800 residential home sites in the states of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Texas, from affiliates of Four Leaf Properties,” said the company in a release
Yes! Communities Closes on Major Deal, Added Insights Not in Media Release Read More
Melissa Lugo thought owning a home “was just not feasible, being a single mom with two kids,” says the Cortland, NY LoHud. She’s a 34 year old New York City school teacher, and grew up in this town north of the Big Apple. In 2017, she applied for every
Manufactured Home Nonprofit Affordable Housing Initiative Brings Joy, But Hits Wall Read More
Perhaps investors in the markets had already “priced in” the anticipated announcement by President Donald J. Trump of his withdrawal from the Iran deal negotiated by President Barack Obama Administration point man, then Secretary of State, John Kerry. Market impact is our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked
Private property rights are a foundational issue for the manufactured housing industry, and all other housing professionals, and consumers. Nevertheless, those private property rights, along with many others, are widely misunderstood. Primaries will be decided in several states today. How engaged are most Americans in politics? How well do
Promoting Home Ownership and Private Property is Premised by Understanding This Read More
The latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) is out. It’s near an all-time high, but one category is declining. Affordability for conventional housing buyers is sliding. Manufactured Housing (MH) was MIA – missing in action – from the Fannie Mae report. Manufactured homes aren’t even mentioned. “The
MIA from Fannie Mae’s Latest Housing Survey, MHI Producer Sounds Off Read More
There’s plenty to unpack from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. One of the revelations is Warren Buffett’s on-camera statement on what they’re doing with the tax cuts that President Donald J. Trump championed. That’s our focus report for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature
Longtime Daily Business News readers know that the MHProNews view – and that of scores of industry professionals – is that proper terminology is important. The reverse of that is that improper terminology is to be avoided. When the Daily Business News uses the term “trailer house” or “trailer
Manufactured Housing Roadblock? BBC Reports “Trailer Park Living” Read More
Buckle up for what may be the most important topic so far this year, for this session of the Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales and Marketing Meeting about “Style or Substance.” Executive summary? Style matters, but properly understood, the industry evidence demonstrates that substance is proven to matter more.
When it comes to the affordable housing crisis, one of the nation’s hot-spots is Seattle, Washington. Seattle is the headquarters of founder Jeff Bezos’ – the world’s richest man – ubiquitous flagship company, Amazon. In the backdrop of every U.S. affordable housing story, there ought to be an appropriate
Is it a coincidence? As the temperatures outdoors are rising, so too are the reports, research and news items that shake, rattle and roll (pardon the last pun) manufactured housing professionals. Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting is underway, and sucks up a fair amount of O2. An
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared. That is how thousands of people across the Front Range are feeling and they all have one thing in common: They live in manufactured homes,” says Denver 7 in their report on a manufactured home community in Thornton, Colorado. At a time when about half of all manufactured homes
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared.” “Mobile Home [SIC] Owner’s Fears Reflect National Crisis” Read More
A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an acceptable standard housing unit (which varies by location) and what households can afford to pay using no more than 30
As an investment and business guru told MHProNews today, one person can move the markets. He was talking about Warren Buffett, and his big bet on Apple. That will be the focus for our market report tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are
In any industry, trends are worth noting, and are important for investors, owners, lenders, policy pros, and other professionals alike. As the chart below will spotlight, there have been hundreds of manufactured home communities that have opened since 2002. That’s news to many, not to others, in manufactured
