The loss by Judge Roy Moore didn’t rattle the markets today, which with the president’s on-camera leadership today, saw a new record high. Tax reform is our spotlight issue tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever […]
Large Tax Reform Bill by Christmas Eve, Dow Record High, MH Market Update$ Read More
It’s about a 34-year record. “Not since the roaring Reagan economy has small business optimism been as high as it was in November, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism,” released yesterday. “We haven’t seen this kind of optimism in 34 years, and
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Its an election that will be scrutinized and analyzed for years to come. Several mainstream media outlets have called the special Alabama Senate race in favor of Democratic candidate Doug Jones over the Republican Judge Roy Moore. It most certainly has an impact on manufactured housing in a state that
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Yes, you saw that headline correctly. “Buffett, Baseball, Berkshire 55 Years Ago Today…” If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline spotlight report are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today.
Buffett, Baseball, Berkshire 55 Years Ago Today, Plus MH Markets Update$ Read More
Voting is already underway. MHProNews is on location in Alabama this morning, and got some feedback from Alabamans who were watching local televised news about the special election race between Roy Moore and Doug Jones for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by now Attorney General, Jeff Sessions. A woman in
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The Toledo Blade in an editorial first linked here – or available as a download linked here – issued a scathing rebuke to public officials, and companies involved in what they called the “recent history” of post-disaster “corruption.” Among the companies and public officials their editorial spotlighted by name?
The polling seems to be tipping in the judge’s favor in the Roy Moore v Doug Jones AL special election race for the U.S. Senate. The election is tomorrow, more in the spotlight section below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to
Roy Moore v Doug Jones AL Senate Final Polling, Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
“We need to get these people out” of that “mobile home park. These homes are going to go up in flames,” said Shannon Handy, a reporter for CBS8 Local in California, near the end of the video embedded below. The male co-anchor of CBS8 Local makes the more correct statement
Mobile and Manufactured Home Fire Reports, Fact Check, Industry Impact Read More
As we approach Christmas – and begin to wrap up 2017 – let’s keep this Monday Morning Sales Meeting hyper-simple today. Almost everyone in the industry agrees that mainstream news-and-entertainment industries impact – mostly harmfully – the manufactured housing industry. A Harvard report predicted that the first decade of 2000
An Open Letter to Robert “Bob” Plunket, Sarasota Magazine Dear Robert, My hunch is you’re a fine writer, which is why your opening, headline, and much of column in your recent article in Sarasota Magazine are troubling. The executive summary might be the maxim, “the road to hell is paved
Notice, MHProNews will be on a somewhat modified publication schedule from now through January 2nd, resuming normal scheduling in 2018. There will still be daily content relevant to industry professionals and investors, but some of it will appear later in the day than normal. If you are a regular here
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“They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I’m the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I’ve ever gotten into the ring with.” – former boxing champion George Foreman, speaking about Mohammed
The White House press room sent a message late this afternoon to the Daily Business News that captures the essence of what winning looks like. That report, further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever –
What Winning Looks Like, plus Manufactured Home Market Report Update$ Read More
On the other side of ‘the pond’ that is the Atlantic Ocean, the Brits don’t have a HUD Code, and so it’s more acceptable there if they want to call their version of our manufactured homes, a ‘mobile home.’ It wasn’t long ago when the Daily Business News reported on
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Noah Buhayar, writing for Bloomberg Businessweek, and their video colleagues are going out on a limb, and making their projection of who will succeed Warren Buffett once he steps down, or passes away. There’s been speculation for years on the issue. The Berkshire Hathaway board of directors reportedly already knows
A Cup of Coffee with…exclusive interviews… …they are back. For a variety of reasons, MHProNews has held several dozen stories online, but in a secluded part of the website. Now, they are back. Here are the exclusive interviews that you can find right now on the home page. Sam
In the first of two anti-trust focused reports, the Daily Business News spotlights a new report that asserts that President Trump asked a billionaire twice over dinner if a U.S. giant is a monopoly. Given that some ranking Democrats are talking about monopolies too, ones that allegedly impact manufactured housing,
President Raises the M-Word, “Monopoly,” Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Update$ Read More
“The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations met today to examine the controversial Office of Financial Research (OFR), assessing its management and structure, public work-product, its cooperation with Congress, and support of the Financial Stability Oversight Council,” said the House Financial Services Committee in a release to the Daily Business News.
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“…the Senate Banking Committee passed legislation to clarify that a manufactured housing retailer or seller is not considered a “loan originator” simply because they provide a customer with some assistance in the mortgage loan process,” said a “Housing Alert” from Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to their members, and through them,
It was a day that dramatically shaped world and American history. With rare video footage, it’s a good time to pause and recall what happened on that tragic day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and
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