We have some 7 months before onerous regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kick in January 2014 that would cut access to an important segment of manufactured housing financing. That means we have less than 7 months to get HR 1779, and a pending companion bill in the U.S. Senate done. So we …
In the last couple of years, your scribe has taken up the liberating rhetorical tool of stating the obvious. For example, you and I don't know what we don't know. Or as this pithy quote re-states it: “A businessman’s judgment is no better than his information.” – R. P. Lamont Because we don't know what …
The day has dawned. The start of the reform of the Dodd-Frank bill has begun. You read the hint here first in our Spotlighted Reports mid week emailed NewsLine. Starting in the House of Representatives, the bill designated as HR 1779, was filed on Friday, April 26, 2013. The bill's press release is available at …
I'm not aware of any manufactured home communities in Africa, much less on the islands off the African coast. So you can image my surprise when a client called me last week during the MHI/NCC annual Congress and Expo with a question about something he read; and the call came from off the coast of …
What if taking care of others was the best way to take care of yourself? That isn't a merely pious thought, but the ideal of a successful business. A corporation such as Apple wants their customers to be thrilled with their product and/or service. The happy customer yields referrals and thus more customers for Apple. …
The boom in the energy sector in parts of Texas, North Dakota and Ohio has led to a jump in sales and opportunities in manufactured housing. That is not a new pattern, as when I first entered manufactured housing, the oil industry in Western Oklahoma was drawing souls from the rust belt to the Bible …
When investment and consolidation accelerates and interest in our industry rises, as we've reported in recent days, you can bet they are for sound business reasons that should make manufactured housing professionals smile. When MH Pros sound off to an Ivy League institution, asking them to update their flawed online definition of manufactured homes, you …
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Millions of times daily, people turn to Google, Yahoo! or Bing for a quick definition of a word, acronym or phrase. Dictionaries are thought to have some 'authority,' we expect their definitions to be accurate. Sadly, when it comes to defining a "manufactured home," don't count on it. Who says so? Well, just take a …
There are four new records in manufactured housing we will review in rapid succession. Record # 1, YES! Communities has just hit their new record for number of communities and sites. This was accomplished via the major acquisitions they announced, linked above. Congratulations to all at YES! for their accomplishment. As we have been saying …
The two year uptick in manufactured home shipments shows signs of continuing. The Louisville Show, January manufactured housing shipments and more recently the Tunica Show's reported results have all been positive. Some have called my commentary and MHProNews.com as "industry cheer leadering." For some, it is meant well, but others mean it as less than …
