These three stories of actual Americans are the ones that don’t normally make the evening news. These three stories in the video below are ones that can make a significant difference to all housing professionals, but particularly to manufactured home professionals. We’ll set aside for the next few moments …
“Girls of Steel,” 3 Untold Stories of Job Creation, Growing Opportunities for MHVille Read More
For those of you who have sent news tips that have not yet been addressed, take heart. Some tips are addressed rapidly, once verified. Others ae held for an appropriate time to tackle an issue. This is more of the latter category. How does the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) …
Tonight’s final article will be sooooooooooooo simple. What is the top industry in the state(s) that you or your location(s) operate in? You may be surprised. According to the sources as shown, above and below are the facts. If you are in manufactured home (MH) …
Top Industry in 50 U.S. States At-A-Glance, Infographic and Chart Read More
“It’s the economy, stupid,” said James Carville in one of his most famous lines as President Bill Clinton’s adviser. Sadly, Carville also gets credit for the infamous “Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find,” line too. President Ronald Reagan asked a pocket book …
In a written statement provided to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their prior Executive Committee Chairman, Nathan Smith, slammed the new manufactured home communities association. From the issue shown in the screen capture above, comes the following direct quote: “MHI was …
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 …
Mayor Dean Dickey of Columbia, Tennessee was asked to comment via video about Countryside Village location of UMH Properties. As a housekeeping note for this report, recent data and information from UMH Properties (UMH) will be laced between some other commentary which may not be directly related to …
Mayor Sounds Off on UMH Properties – Data, Documents, & More Read More
“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 …
Opinions are common. As the saying goes, opinions are a dime a dozen. But facts, evidence, and money trails are nettlesome things. Sam Zell Sam Zell is the Chairman of Manufactured Home (MH) Community giant, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS). In the MH and RV site spaces – and related home …
In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has notified the industry’s professionals of charges brought under the Fair Housing Act of discrimination against a Tennessee manufactured home community owner. The HUD media release included a copy of …
Feds Bring Charges Against Manufactured Home Community Owner Read More
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 …
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 …
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
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. …
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
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
