The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 283.82 points to close at 11,124.84, losing 2.49% of its value after the Federal Reserve announced it is not changing rates, and Operation Twist is on. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value declined to 738.20, off -4.33%, as many housing stocks took a drubbing. Affiliated Managers Group 81.73 -3.34 (-3.96%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance and other MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 101,201.00 -3,334 (-3.19%). Cavco Industries 34.64 -1.80 (-4.94%). Champion, Deer Valley, Nobility Homes, and Liberty Homes were all unchanged. Drew Industries 18.73 -0.72 (-3.70). Equity Lifestyle Properties 67.12 -4.71 (-6.56%). Palm Harbor Homes 0.009 -0.0035 (-28.00%). Patrick Industries 1.90 -0.0507 (-2.60%). Skyline Corporation 8.83 -0.50 (-5.36%). Sun Communities 36.53 -2.59 (-6.62%). Third Avenue Value Fund remained unchanged at 43.24. UMH Properties 9.20 -0.41 (-4.27%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 24.43 –1.10 (-4.31%).
