Triad Financial Service (TFS or Triad) formally closed on their acquired by ECN Capital on December 29, 2017. For nearly 60 years, Triad has served the manufactured home industry, and other lenders. Our prior reports on that are linked further below, under related reports. The screen …
Triad Financial Services Recent Reporting on Manufactured Home Lending Read More
Almost anything you care to mention that comes out of Washington D.C. takes time. Last February, the Daily Business News spotlighted Senator Tim Scott’s (SC-R) insights on Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones were part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Opportunity Zones Law in Place, Poised …
Factory-Built Housing Pros, Opportunity Zones Roll-Out Approaches, Insider Look Read More
Think back to the moment in time when you first discovered modern manufactured homes. Was it an “Aha!” moment? This writer has told the story to live audiences from border-to-border of how I stumbled upon manufactured homes. It was an eye opening, exciting moment for me professionally. I didn’t …
Painful or Pleasurable Discoveries, True Manufactured Home Confession Read More
MHProNews led the way in reporting last summer about the entry of the private equity giant – the Blackstone Group, LP – into the manufactured home community space of the industry. We’ve tracked their stock, along with others, ever since in our evening market closing ticker. Blackstone themselves have largely …
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats = SWOT. Opportunities can be found at this link here. But this report is focused on the threats. Two new reports need to be carefully digested by the industry’s readers. MH Challenger – 3D Printed Housing ICON Closes Funding, Conventional Housing Giant DR Horton, …
According to a media release to MHProNews via Berkshire Hathaway owned, BusinessWire, ICON announces a deal to close $9 million dollars in funding for what could be the most serious competitor to HUD Code manufactured homes on the horizon today. ICON, as the Daily Business News on MHProNews …
On October 17, 2018, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) each sent out a separate ‘News & Updates’ to their readers and members. NOTICE: if anyone spots any factual error in this report, please notify us immediately. Thank you. A …
Weaponized News Spotlight – HUD, MHARR and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Read More
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., was featured on Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.” Carson discussed HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, and Government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reform. Each of those directly or indirectly impacts manufactured housing. HUD …
Housing Reform, Trump Admin Policy, Secretary Ben Carson Video Interview Read More
There are readers that say words to the effect that, ‘you need to remind readers how often your projections and topics have proved to be accurate.’ As one industry executive said, “If MHProNews is writing about it, I want to know about it.” Manufactured housing doesn’t exist in a silo. …
What a message that arrived at MHProNews HQ It said this. “Tony [MHProNews’ publisher], I’m wondering if you missed it. You’ve [MHProNews] done articles lately on billionaires, Democrats, and of course on MHI [Manufactured Housing Institute]. I’m conservative [said the message], but my colleagues and I give to Democrats. …
Did MHProNews Miss This? MHI Insider News Tip – Following Evidence, Money Read More
The new video interview with actively retired businessman and minister, Donald Tye, Jr., draws to a close with these words from Tye. “We are a nation of laws,” Tye said. Tye explained that when laws aren’t enforced, all people and the nation at large suffers. The useful, and often …
“A Nation of Laws” – Donald Tye, Jr. Affordable Housing, and Manufactured Homes Read More
Facts are a reflection of reality. Other words for ‘facts,’ are truth, proof, reality, evidence and actualities. Facts are not opinions, which we all have, but which may or may not be aligned with the facts. Opinions of all kinds are routinely flowing into MHProNews HQ. They come …
Transparency – What Manufactured Housing Industry Pros Have Proclaimed Read More
There are several reasons why we source across the left-right media divide. That may sound like a plug, or a pat-on-our-own-back, but frankly, it’s common sense. Whatever your viewpoint, it is prudent to recognize that on something like the markets, more data – not less – is useful. The wild …
It is the number 1 state in the union for manufactured home production and sales. What happens in Texas impacts much of the United States. MHProNews has noted that affordable housing is ideally a bipartisan issue, or perhaps more appropriately, a non-partisan issue. But that doesn’t mean that others treat …
Post-Charlottesville, CfA’s Hunts Evidence of Racism, S MHProNews was alone in Manufactured Housing independent professional’s trade media in reporting last year that four Democratic leaders – including Maxine Waters and current DNC Vice-Chairman Keith Ellison – had asked for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice …
CNBC reports on the U.S. Supreme Court taking a case that could impact manufactured housing, and the nation at large, in several ways. As the Daily Business News on MHProNews has noted several times the obvious fact that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media platforms are routinely being used …
A divided Congress is expected by Goldman Sachs after the midterms. If so, when it comes to equities, there will be winners and losers from that outcome. That will be our market focus for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are …
Goldman Memo on Midterms: How Will Voting Outcomes Affect Stocks? Plus, MH Market Updates Read More
You enter a large store for the first time. You stop, look around, turn, and walk the aisle to your right. The odds on your doing just that were known and calculated in advance. Security video cameras are scanning everyone that comes through that front door. Those cameras are …
Retail in the Digital Age, and Manufactured Housing Read More
What follows are a series of screen captures of news headlines from across the country. These screen captures are from this morning, 10.22.2018, at the times shown. There are two communities that sold for a total of $165 million dollars. That’s one of the headlines that professionals – …
Among the emails waiting this morning? Some pull quotes. “Tony, MHProNews keeps breaking the mold, and continues to redefine manufactured housing [industry trade] publishing. Everything else is boring by comparison.” “There’s opinions, and then there’s MHProNews. Love the documentation you provide with your articles. Keep it coming.” The next …
The Coming Breakup of Berkshire? MHI? Plus Sunday Headline Recap 10-14-2018 to 10-21-2018 Read More
