Two weeks to the expected release date of the iPhone 6, and the shake, rattle and (death?) roll of Best Buy were among the headline grabbers that Marketwatch  touts to MHProNews. Housing is widely seen as looking up, and so went the markets overall today too. Dow 17,124.63 +47.76 +0.28%. Nasdaq 4,573.90 +16.55 +0.36%. S&P 500 2,001.67 +3.75 +0.19%. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value slipped 854.7 -0.92%.

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG)  $212.85 +8.60 (+4.21%). Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st, Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – 204,428 -151 (-0.07%). Cavco Industries (CVCO) 73.65 -0.34 (-0.46%). Deer Valley (DVLY) 0.80 0.00 (0.00%). Drew Industries (DW) $43.82 +0.52 (+1.20%). Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) $45.12 +0.10 (+0.22%). Liberty Homes, Inc. (LIBHA) 1.50 0.00 (0.00%). Louisiana Pacific Corp (LPX) 14.56 +0.16 (+1.15%). Nobility Homes (NOBH) 11.0 0.00 (0.00%). Patrick Industries (PATK) 39.93 -0.19 (-0.47%). Skyline Corp (SKY) 3.34 -0.43 (-11.38%). Sun Communities Inc (SUI) 53.44 +0.15 (+0.28%). Third Avenue Value Fund (TAVFX) 62.75 +0.33 (+0.53%) (Aug 25). UMH Properties (UMH) 10.16 +0.05 (+0.49%). Universal Forest Products (UFPI) 47.06 +0.19 (+0.40%). ##

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