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 …
It is the number 1 state in the union for manufactured home production and sales. What happens in Texas impacts much of the United States. MHProNews has noted that affordable housing is ideally a bipartisan issue, or perhaps more appropriately, a non-partisan issue. But that doesn’t mean that others treat …
Post-Charlottesville, CfA’s Hunts Evidence of Racism, S MHProNews was alone in Manufactured Housing independent professional’s trade media in reporting last year that four Democratic leaders – including Maxine Waters and current DNC Vice-Chairman Keith Ellison – had asked for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice …
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
You enter a large store for the first time. You stop, look around, turn, and walk the aisle to your right. The odds on your doing just that were known and calculated in advance. Security video cameras are scanning everyone that comes through that front door. Those cameras are …
Retail in the Digital Age, and Manufactured Housing 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
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. On the surface, it sounds preposterous. Or even bizarre. Why would billionaire Warren Buffett, his family, and related foundations make ‘charitable’ contributions of Berkshire Hathaway stocks, cash, and/or grants to a left-wing activist-organizations that in turn paid MHAction, which disrupted HUD Secretary …
According to research published by MarketWatch, Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has given 100% of his campaign contributions to Democrats during the 2016 election cycle. Berkshire has numerous manufactured housing brands, such as Clayton Homes. “Company executives often steer clear of any appearance of partisanship, in large …
MarketWatch Reports Warren Buffett’s Midterm Campaign Contributions Read More
Moody’s Managing Director John Lonski on President Trump’s plan to take on government spending and its potential impact on the U.S. markets and economy, will be part of our focus this evening. But we have a bonus segment, that has a poignant housing story, and will be insightful for those …
For the 6th month in a row, existing home sales have dropped, says the National Association of Realtors, as reported by CNBC. U.S. home sales fell in September by the most in over two years as the housing market continued to struggle despite strength across the broader economy. The …
Official Federal Housing and Construction Activity Report, Video 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
President Donald J. Trump may be the most media accessible president in decades. There are times he is direct. There are other times he plays the hinting game. Has the mainstream media missed what could be the biggest economic and political change in over a century, should the Trump-GOP prove …
“If MHProNews is writing about it, I want to know about it.” – Manufactured home industry executive reader. Manufactured housing professionals use Google and Facebook for work and personally every day by the thousands. Further, millions of manufactured home residents are doing the same. Perhaps the most pressing, there …
“The Creepy Line” Video DocuDrama, Manufactured Housing – The Problem, Solution, and You Read More
On October 12, Jenny Hodge at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) released the new HUD Code manufactured housing shipment data report. That report was sent to the Daily Business News on MHProNews for analysis and commentary. Hodge is doing her job. As readers learned from yesterday’s “…#Me Too…” report, …
Manufactured Housing Institute Shipment Data, FEMA, an Inside Look Read More
If Democratic strategist and Clinton adviser, James Carville was right when he said, “It’s the economy, stupid.” He said that to describe what matters the most to voters. If so, then this should be good news for the Trump Administration. As MHProNews has previously reported, Larry Kudlow, the …
10 Year Record for America, U.S. Named World’s Most Competitive Economy Read More
Personal federal income tax revenues, as MHProNews recently reported, are actually rising since the tax cut. That’s the historic pattern too. That said, with interest rates rising, those rates impact the federal budget more than anything other single entity in the nation. What it will take to cut the budget …
Budget Cuts, Mick Mulvaney, and Manufactured Housing Market Updates Read More
The working conditions for women at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has been an issue since at least 2014, per association sources. When multiple women at MHI stepped up and contacted MHProNews with their concerns, it was clearly an issue that needed to be addressed here on the …
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Women, #MeToo and Insider Information Read More
“The greatest hindrance and the greatest threat to the industry is not the economy, the homes or the communities, it is governmental interference and over-regulation,” said Neal T. Haney. ”The manufactured housing industry has long been a mainstay of affordable housing in the United States. For decades the …
New National Manufactured Housing Association Makes Its Appeal to Industry Members 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 …
