Investors hit the pause button as investors took a breather, as the three major indexes ended up slightly lower in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow nudged down -27.48 points, -0.17 percent, to end the day at 16,179.66. The Nasdaq moved down -5.38 points, -0.13 percent, to finish at 4,287.59, while the S&P slipped -2.49 points, -0.13 percent, to close at 1,845.12. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.70 percent to close at 757.88. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Louisiana Pacific Industries gained the most in today’s trading, moving up +2.07 percent, +0.37 points, to close at 18.22, while Patrick Industries nudged down the most, losing -1.16 percent, -0.49 points, to finish at 41.93. Affiliated Managers Group 188.66 -1.35 (-0.71%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 76.90 +0.38 (+0.50%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 170,721 +715.00 (+0.42%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 48.55 -0.24 (-0.49%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.09 +0.17 (+0.43%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.05. Nobility Homes remained steady at 11.00. Skyline Corp. 5.85 -0.04 (-0.68%). Sun Communities, Inc. 45.34 +0.04 (+0.09%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 24) 58.56 +0.25 (+0.44%). UMH Properties remained unchanged at 9.40. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 54.13 -0.43 (-0.79%). ##

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