It was a battle that the entire industry needed to track, because of the implications for other state governments that might be tempted to follow suit. In spite of several ‘false narratives,’ the manufactured home industry ultimately lost that battle. Fires Burning Manufactured Housing’s Public Image? News, Review, MH Industry […]
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Facts Matter. Reality is what is, not what we wish or hope it to be. Every successful business uses numbers to measure their success, such as profit and loss statements. These are black and white issues, not a matter of subjective opinion. A few quotes and four bullets from ‘the
The traditional golden rule is, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” (Mt. &;12, Lk. 6:31) The new secular golden rule goes like this. “Cash is king,” so “he who has the gold, rules.” Knowledge is potential power. The reason thousands of manufactured housing industry owners,
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There are reports linked below out of the just concluded Louisville Show that many will want to catch up on. There have been several developments in this past week that underscore the internal challenges that the manufactured housing industry faces. Among what’s ‘new’ is that the truth hiding in plain sight
Police reports carried by Denver7 state that a man rigged a Federal Heights “mobile home” with more than a dozen Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), before setting it ablaze. “Several explosive devices were found inside the charred remains of a mobile home” in Federal Heights Thursday, the Bureau of Alcohol,
ATF Bomb Squad deployed in Manufactured Home Community, Industry Pro Alert Read More
The House Financial Services Committee provided the Daily Business News with several updates on housing related bills, which will be tonight’s spotlight report. 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,
Financial Services Updates, Manufactured Housing Connected Market UPdate$, 1.19.2018 Read More
“Behold, the answer to the housing crisis… maybe.” The Metro.uk isn’t talking about the homeless living in pipes, as is the sad case with the featured image, above. Instead, they are pointing to a reimagined use of piping materials designed as micro-housing units. “Rather than building increasingly high
Pipe Dreams? Pipe as Affordable Housing, but not like this Photo Read More
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 $86.6 million the quarter before that.” According to more centrist Reuters, what did
Broadly speaking, there are two sets of roadblocks or choke points to the manufactured housing industry’s growth. They are? Internal road blocks, and external ones. The nearly concluded Louisville Manufactured Housing Show marks 50 years of Show Ways Unlimited’s Dennis Hill’s leadership of the event. Every significant event in
MH Resistance – Unmasking, Demystifying, Manufactured Housing Industry’s Roadblocks Read More
The surge in manufactured housing connected markets is part of the broad market rally since President Trump took office. Depending on whom your source(s) happen to be for news, the ‘credit’ for the rally could be going to the president’s good fortune that global markets are also rising, or credit
Facts/Chart-Trump Rally Best 1st Year Presidency Since FDR, Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
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
Louisville Manufactured Housing Show 2018, Day 1, Photo Report Read More
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 $200 billion, which could have several forms of positive impact in manufactured and factory built housing. That will be our market spotlight for today. If you’re
The industry has two national trade association’s, but only one claims to represent every segment of the factory-built home industry. That one would be the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Whatever they do, whatever they fail to accomplish, it obviously impacts your manufactured home industry’s image, and your ability to
“The Industry has to prepare for when the orders from the REITs slow down,” said a senior level executive with a HUD Code manufactured home production company. The HUD Code builder agreed with the Daily Business News’ reporting that the industry’s orders are essentially flat, when orders going into communities
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What was once an occasional drip-drip-drop of reports about the coming disruptions caused by robotics and AI – artificial intelligence – is turning into a growing river. One report out of Britain suggests that many are feeling hopeless about the issue, which in turn is driving more despair, drug, and
Experts Say Job Disruptions Looming from AI, Robotics – Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
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
