Black Friday sales slipped, which retailers say was actually a good sign, because buyers aren’t pressured to get the best deals. While the drop in crude oil has helped consumers to the tune of about $1,100 a year, OPEC pressure on North American shale production could hurt job creation too.  Most manufactured home producers, the MHCC and others had a down day. 

The first day of December in the markets, by the numbers.

Dow 17,776.80 -51.44 -0.29%.

Nasdaq 4,727.35 -64.28 -1.34%.

S&P 500 2,053.44 -14.12 -0.68%.

The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV): 584.7 Today’s Change: -2.70%.

As of approximately 4 PM ET, CNNMoney  and Google Finance  tell MHProNews:

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) 201.94 -1.65 (-0.81%).

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st, Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – 222,525.00 -540.00 (-0.24%).

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) 27.44 -1.19 (-4.16%).

Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) 72.77 -1.36 (-1.83%).

Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) 0.850 0.000 (0.00% close Nov 13).

Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) 46.97 -0.13 (-0.28%).

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) 49.47 -0.14 (-0.28%).

Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) 10.67 +0.01 (0.09%).

Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) 0.120 0.000 (0.00% Nov 3rd).

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) 15.20 -0.04 (-0.26%).

Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) 10.25 0.00 (0.00% Nov 26th).

Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) 43.77 -0.82 (-1.84%).

Skyline Corporation (NYSEMKT:SKY) 3.71 -0.15 (-3.77%).

Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) 57.21 -1.68 (-2.85%).

Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) 60.63 -0.89 (-1.45% Nov 28th).

UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 9.45 -0.13 (-1.36%).

Universal Forest Products, Inc (NYSE:UFPI) 47.80 +0.06 (0.13%).  ##

(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)