Nature abhors a vacuum. At the center of every business’ or industry’s success was the recognition of a need, followed by the steps required to fill that need. The affordable housing crisis is well known and documented. What is less embraced are the causes and potential solutions, which includes …
7 Reasons Why Manufactured Housing is Poised to for More Rapid Growth Read More
Facts are facts. They are not partisan, or at least, they shouldn’t be. It may not always seem like it, but tax rates and related policies – hold that yawn, please – can be significant drivers of economic activity. Translated, taxes can help or harm business, including manufactured …
Really? Taxes are Cut, Tax Collection and Revenue Grows? Read More
For the better part of the first six months of 2018, stocks on the Dow and other markets have reacted – mostly negatively – to a series headlines out of Washington, Beijing, North Korea, Canada, the Eurozone – you name it. But today, after the so-called trade war – new …
Stocks Just Did What? Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates Read More
People are entitled to their own beliefs, but not to their own facts. Which should cause the open minded to ask, what are the facts? Big government has been among the challenges for manufactured housing (MH) for decades. So, this is a topic that matters to everyone who makes …
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) anti-trust division has the slogan, “Protecting and Promoting Competition.” It sums up why this issue matters to thousands of manufactured home industry professionals, and consumers. Rephrased, this rule could impact every manufactured home industry professional, regardless of what company or organization you are working for …
Tom Hardiman with the Modular Home Builders Association (Modular Building Institute) thoughtfully confirmed for MHProNews the data on shipments of new modular homes cited by the recent Harvard State of the Nation’s Housing in 2018 Report. Accuracy in information are important for all aspects of factory home building. The …
Manufactured and Modular Housing Factoids, and Profitable Analysis Read More
“Investors: D.R. Horton, Inc., America’s Builder, has been the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States for thirteen consecutive years,” says the publicly-traded company’s website. Their website provided the following data, linked here. The screen capture below is just part of that fact sheet. Horton sells more …
Depending on who you ask in MHVille, the AT&T/Time Warner deal ruling either has little meaning for manufactured housing companies, or it may have real significance. What is now being revealed, is that the Trump Administration DOJ is considering an appeal. That will be our focus for this evening. …
Wheat and chaff. Everyone, and any organization that one cares to study, will have good and ill to be found. The wheat from Warren Buffett can include his understanding of the need for long-term investing in common sense arenas that have an endurable competitive advantage. The chaff could be could …
How Warren Buffett Built Berkshire Hathaway Investment Empire, Infographic Read More
West Texas. South Dakota. Louisiana. Oklahoma. These are just some of the places that oil, natural gas, and energy have and are creating or supporting jobs that have sold thousands upon thousands of factory built housing units. Tonight’s spotlight focus is an interview with the Texas Commissioner who keeps his …
Texas Commission Talks West Texas Oil Boom, Plus Manufactured Home Market Updates Read More
When Jon Markman reveals much with his first paragraph in Forbes, which said: “Since 1975, Sun Communities has been flying under the radar. Managers have been buying and operating trailer parks.1 And they have been making a fortune for shareholders.” Markman’s bio says Analyzing tech stocks through the prism …
Forbes Boast$ about Manufactured Home Community Operation Read More
As Campus Reform humorously pointed out, the battle over the next nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States began almost immediately after the announcement that Justice Anthony “Tony” Kennedy would retire. While the manufactured home industry veteran did not mention SCOTUS or the vacancy, in what reads …
Dog Whistles, as Epic Battle for Business Effecting Manufactured Housing, Others Looms Read More
Before diving into tonight’s feature, millions will tune in tonight to see who President Donald J. Trump will nominate to replace retiring Justice Anthony “Tony” Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Some have speculated on a variety of supposed top contenders. An interesting op-ed by Senator …
U.S. vs China, SCOTUS Pick, Biz Effects, and MH Market Updates Read More
“Easy doesn’t pay well.” – John Bostick, Sunshine Homes “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by …
We will start by “setting the table” or “teeing up” today’s topic with a series of thought provoking facts. Then, we’ll dive into the reality-based action steps for today’s marketing and sales theme. As hard to imagine as it may be to someone in the year 2018, …
What are Tim, Kevin, Joe, Keith, David, Ross, Mike, Sam and Others in MHVille Reading? They and other big names in our factory-built housing industry are reading what you find here on MHProNews. That’s a fact. Who says? Unsolicited reports from third parties – rephrased, that means from within …
A new Reuters Ipsos poll tells the Daily Business News that the top two issues for most voters in the approaching midterms will be employment and immigration. Even as the long-awaited tariffs between the U.S. and China both kicked in today, a series of positive jobs data sparked a rise …
Via a release on July 3 from Tricon Capital Group Inc. (“Tricon” or TSX: TCN), “…a principal investor and asset manager focused on the residential real estate industry, has completed the previously-announced sale of its 14-park manufactured housing investment vertical known as Tricon Lifestyle Communities (“TLC”) to an institutional asset …
Sale of $172 Million Manufactured Home Community Portfolio Completed Read More
On the eve of the implementation of tariffs on China by the Trump Administration, “trade war” leery investors apparently realized that the tech sector will benefit. The Dow rose by over 180. The headline, will be our market focus tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature …
On Eve of Tariffs, China Has World’s Worst Market, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
In a release to the Daily Business News, “The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports 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 grew again in May 2018.” “Just-released statistics indicate that …
