If pretty pictures, high traffic, great websites or tech alone would lead to more sales, manufactured housing would be 500 to 1000 percent higher than it is today. That’s not an hype or exaggeration. It’s reality, as a number of exclusive and third party studies reported in the Daily […]
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It’s not the industry’s giant, Clayton Homes. In fact, Clayton – which leads the nation by a wide margin in manufactured home retail and production – is nevertheless not number one in several individual states. The red-hot, sunny Florida housing marketplace is one of them. According to reports from
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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
Monteverde & Associates PC are headquartered in the Empire State Building in New York City, NY. Their press release and engagement letter says they have thoroughly investigated the Skyline Homes (SKY) and Champion Homes merger/acquisition. Per Monteverde press release, they are investigating “potential securities laws violations and/or breaches
The Chicago Fed’s President, Charles Evans provides expert insights into the latest job numbers, which is tonight’s featured spotlight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured
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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
CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business are among the mainstream media outlets that periodically do a video like this on, which summarize a lot of data in a short period of time. This afternoon, from Fox Business, the American economic recovery in less than one minute. While there are clearly
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Investors routinely say that they prefer “certainty.” That’s true for investors in manufactured home communities, stocks, or businesses. The growing economic confidence during the year following the 2016 election witnessed a well-reported rise in stocks. That was fueled in part by regulatory rollbacks – the “certainty” caused by an
Economist Ben Stein told Fox Business minutes ago that while he’s not for tariffs, he believes the president has been shrewd in how this has been done. CNBC notes the uptick in stocks. No one has covered steel, aluminum and how it impacts manufactured housing like the Daily Business News,
POTUS Trump Signs Tariffs, Exempts Canada and Mexico, Stocks Rise, MH Market UPdate$ Read More
Left-of-center, youth-focused Axios has released their latest polling data, and it doesn’t sound promising for Senate Democrats. Five Senate Democrats would lose to Republican candidates if the elections were held today, per the Axios/Survey Monkey polling. “Democrats are defending 10 Senate seats in states that President Trump won in 2016.
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It just follows. When there is more money to spend, people buy more homes. So the latest report by the Federal Reserve indicates more reason why housing is hot, and could get hotter. The rallying stock market and the appreciation in home values is padding American’s pockets, with the net
Fed Reports = American Household Net Worth Soar$ Read More
“Health experts are warning of a crisis in male fertility that they fear is making it harder for couples to conceive – a problem they say is compounded by a lack of scientific understanding,” says iNews. “The average sperm count has dived by 52 per cent in the past four
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Maybe you’ve heard the old joke. ‘How can you tell when a politician isn’t telling the truth?’ The Left-Right Senators debate over S. 2155 is the spotlight focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever
Senators Crapo (R-ID), Brown (D-OH) Debate S 2155, Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
YES! Communities, is one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of manufactured home communities, stated a press release to the Daily Business News. The release stated Yes! acquired a portfolio of nine manufactured home communities comprising over 2,100 residential home sites, all in the state of Michigan. With this
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Washington, D.C., March 7, 2018 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells the Daily Business News that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Year-over-year manufactured housing industry production increased again during January 2018. “Just-released statistics indicate that HUD
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In an Industry Voices guest column, Susan Brenton, Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Communities of Arizona (MHCA) explains their association’s goal for a new law that has gone into effect. “Real estate personnel are now allowed to sell homes in manufactured and mobile home parks without first
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In a ‘housing alert’ email to association members, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) urged the industry’s professionals to contact their senators and ask them to vote “Yes” on S. 2155. “Passage of this language will ensure that manufactured housing retailers and sellers are not subject to compliance requirements clearly
Just in, Gary Cohn’s said to be heading out. Tonight’s focus is once more on trade, tariffs, and macro-economic issues that impact the economy, and thus manufactured housing. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline
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Even during ‘boom times,’ the manufactured home industry struggled with certain issues. Experts and advocates often point to regulatory or financing challenges. Beyond the ‘lending and legal,’ the core challenge goes under many different labels or monikers. Stigma. Image. Once true, but now outdated realities. Outright myths. Prejudice.
It’s a landmark document that is perhaps more relevant now than when it was first published. It’s the report to the Ford Foundation by Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, done in collaboration with the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University. The Daily Business News has cited Harvard’s
