The last quarter when Richard Quarter was director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), left-of-center Politico reports that, “former director Richard Cordray asked for $217.1 million. Cordray, an appointee of President Barack Obama, needed just $86.6 million the quarter before that.” According to more centrist Reuters, what did […]
Broadly speaking, there are two sets of roadblocks or choke points to the manufactured housing industry’s growth. They are? Internal road blocks, and external ones. The nearly concluded Louisville Manufactured Housing Show marks 50 years of Show Ways Unlimited’s Dennis Hill’s leadership of the event. Every significant event in
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The surge in manufactured housing connected markets is part of the broad market rally since President Trump took office. Depending on whom your source(s) happen to be for news, the ‘credit’ for the rally could be going to the president’s good fortune that global markets are also rising, or credit
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Richard “Dick” Jennison, President, and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) had been scheduled for weeks in advance to be the first presenter on January 17, 2018. The subject was to be their new initiatives. He was reportedly on the show floor, instead of presenting. So MHProNews sought to
Analysts and publicly-trade manufactured housing companies widely agree that growing job creation is a good thing for home sellers. Sources also agree that when energy costs are lower, that tends to be good for manufacturing and business. When consumers pay less for energy, they have more disposable income for other
A senior manager of a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member company complained during the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) mixer on 1.17.2018 that they ‘didn’t want to be known as an MHI apologist.’ “We want to be able to get along with everyone,” the high-ranking corporate officer told the Daily
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Facts can be nettlesome things. Pictures can speak 1000 words. The pair of photos above and below are from a prior year, when this publication was doing the show promotion. The next photos are all from today’s Louisville Show, the first year since the show’s ‘restart’ after being cancelled, that
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The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and an array of media across the left-right media spectrum are reporting that Apple is going to repatriate over $200 billion, which could have several forms of positive impact in manufactured and factory built housing. That will be our market spotlight for today. If you’re
The industry has two national trade association’s, but only one claims to represent every segment of the factory-built home industry. That one would be the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Whatever they do, whatever they fail to accomplish, it obviously impacts your manufactured home industry’s image, and your ability to
“The Industry has to prepare for when the orders from the REITs slow down,” said a senior level executive with a HUD Code manufactured home production company. The HUD Code builder agreed with the Daily Business News’ reporting that the industry’s orders are essentially flat, when orders going into communities
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What was once an occasional drip-drip-drop of reports about the coming disruptions caused by robotics and AI – artificial intelligence – is turning into a growing river. One report out of Britain suggests that many are feeling hopeless about the issue, which in turn is driving more despair, drug, and
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One problem with a partisan, agenda-driven bias of any kind is that they can finally run into reality checks that refute the alleged claims and concerns. For months, certain figures in politics and the media have beaten-the-drum that the president should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment
“No one likes pain: emotional, physical or spiritual,” said Tim Connor in a detailed statement to MHProNews. “Pain always has a message for us,” he said. Connor has worked for decades in the manufactured, modular, log and other systems-built housing and other industries. The guru has 80 books in areas
Facts can and be nettlesome things. For decades, numerous people have postured being the friend of minorities, while falsely claiming their opponents where bigots, racists, or some other slur. This video shows Donald Trump being praised for a lifetime of achievement in providing minorities with opportunities. The man praising
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Let’s be plain spoken. This video could be an eye opener for any long-term player considering all the reasons why manufactured housing is poised to boom. Clayton and Buffett apparently believe that to be true. So there are ‘good news,’ and big opportunities aspects to this video interview, for the
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We’ll start with the website insights, and then move onto the 9-quick manufactured home marketing, training, educational, inspirational, and sales tips. Over-simplifying, there are in manufactured housing today, 4 kinds of websites: Non-existent. As hard as it may be to believe some 2 decades after the websites came
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior’s life and career are historic in every sense. Without question, he and those who worked with him, changed the arc of America in his time. The Daily Business News on MHProNews have used thought-provoking, inspirational quotes from Dr. King for years. Why? Frankly, not only
The last administration’s policy and the current one couldn’t be more different on a wide range of issues. Those policies impact our nation, the world, and our industry. The false alarm about a nuclear attack on Hawaii reminds us that this can get very real, very quickly. Thankfully, it was a
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Years and time are made up of cycles. There are seasons, celebrations, memorials, and events. There are days off, and days on duty. At times, the coastal tides are rolling in, at others, the tide is retreating. This upcoming week is one of those crescendos, an event. Thousands will roll
Marcus & Millichap CEO Hessam Nadji was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business, in a discussion on the impact of tax reform legislation on real estate. Nadji notes that there is a lot to unpack from the recently enacted bill. In states with high real estate prices, there are
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