“What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history,” – Warren Buffett, per MarketWatch. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken,” – Warren Buffett, per Brainy Quote. “The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a …
Due Credit, Warren Buffett, Media, and Manufactured Housing’s Historic Achievement Read More
On a day that the bulls returned, there are many in media that share precisely the same vantagepoint that CNBC does in our spotlight report this evening. It’s about automation and robots in the workplace. As on so many topics in MHVille trade media, it’s a subject we’ve led the …
“The U.S. is preparing to announce by early December tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports if talks next month between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping fail to ease the trade war, three people familiar with the matter said” per Bloomberg. As that word was absorbed by investors, gains for …
U.S. May Increase Tariffs on China, Stocks Drop, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Every good company, indeed every professional, should have a general short-, medium-, and long-term strategy or business plan. What should your short-term strategy include? Consider the following sobering points. Every manufactured home business professional who has been in the business for 2 years or more has encountered several …
It’s the worst October for the markets in years. But why? The fundamentals are overall good. The U.S. was recently rated the best economy in the world, as MHProNews reported. There are numerous good reasons to source and curate information across the media and political divides, as the Daily Business …
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
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
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 …
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
There are people in Washington, D.C. that are demonstrably fighting for the interests of small businesses and consumers. As Daily Business News on MHProNews readers may recall, the hearings last month with the House Financial Services Committee and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) were dominated by sexual allegations …
While GSEs Play Footsy with MHI, Congressional Leadership Demands Answers on FHFA Read More
CNBC’s and Morgan Stanley observations are interesting, but we’ll briefly lay out why there are likely 50 percent wrong. With the biggest single day rise since the spring of 2018, the CNBC/Morgan Stanley and related will be this evening’s market focus, found further below. If you’re new, already hooked …
First, thank you for giving us a record start to October. It seems that the sharper the fact-checks, the more our audience or professionals and investors eats it up. Serious readers deserve facts, not pablum. The pie-charts below are about manufactured housing production. But they arguably represent …
What follows dramatically changed the manufactured home industry. It started with the SAFE Act. Two years later, it was Dodd-Frank. While Dodd-Frank was being passed into law, came first one, then another letter from 21st Mortgage Corp that was sent to the independents of manufactured housing. In the wake …
Financing – Dramatic Shift – Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Insider News Tips Read More
They were both taking a risk. But business channels joined other media to tune into the White House meeting today between President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump, rapper Kanye West, and former NFL star Jim Brown. That suggests it was an important event. Markets slid today again, …
The date for public comments requested by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regarding amending regulations for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is rapidly approaching. Court Ruling for HUD on Amending Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Opens Door for More HomeSites for Manufactured Housing HUD provided the …
The Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) sent out an emailed news item earlier this week. If the MHI trade group is serious about fostering a better business climate and less regulatory burdens on their members and the balance of the industry, then their message is confusing at …
Manufactured housing, as with all big-ticket sales, depend upon people who can write the check, or obtain the credit. Those who finance are obviously going to come largely from workers, business owners, or those who get a government guaranteed check, such as retirees. So, the jobs report, and the employment/unemployment …
While the Manufactured Housing Institute is apparently taking contributions from the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for doing toe-in-the water lending on manufactured homes, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has been pushing numerous buttons and doors in Washington, D.C. Their goal? …
When left-of-center Axios recent survey revealed that some 72 percent of Americans have a level of distrust for the mainstream media, that’s not new, but it is an interesting data – and tipping – point. If – as much of the nation believes – news is slanted to advance an …
There is a steady stream of positive economic, consumer confidence, business and investor confidence news. The positive economic news stands in stark contrast to the roughly last 9 years before the 2016 election, when huge borrowing and a series of “QEs” – “Quantitative Easing” – artificially propped up an economy …
Fed’s Powell “Remarkably Positive Outlook,” Plus Manufactured Housing Market Updates Read More
