One longer, plus a few shorter MH topics today. Let’s dive in. Something like half the meals consumed in America are served by restaurants, if their trade association’s stats are accurate. Kitchens in restaurants are normally hidden from customers’ views behind swinging doors, or there is an open doorway you pass through, and turn a …
Concerns, Sunshine and Cures – David Rand, Spotlighting MHI Read More »
1) I reviewed pages of plans this morning that are in motion for a new factory-home builder operation that targets a Ohio River Valley and Rust Belt state. The builder plans to focus on a residential market, using developments and a new production facility geared for the purpose. These are projected to save home buyers …
Up and Coming in MH – new builder, new lender – more Teasers and Industry Survey Topics Read More »
In the near future, PBS News will be featuring video interviews on a broadcast and posted on their website that will focus on manufactured housing lending. Our sources tell MHProNews that PBS will have “both sides” of the issue represented in their report. We’re also told by pro-industry voices that PBS assigned a journalist known …
From time to time, ‘straw man’ issues are raised in manufactured housing professional circles. This is often done by those who – no surprise – think they might benefit from their particular spin on the issue. For those who don’t know, a ‘straw man’ is a communications or debate tactic, and is defined by Google …
We’re traveling in parts of the U.S. – the original 13 colonies – that witnessed the birth of this great Nation. The last few days have been in Vermont and New Hampshire, which are amazingly green. The forests seem endless. The lakes are alive with fish and watercraft of various kinds. Hotels are packed for …
Meeting with Marty Lavin, Touring Mountainside Financial and a ROC cooperative Read More »
A historic 24 million people reportedly watched the GOP’s August 6th presidential debates. A few screen captures from news websites will tell an amazing tale in just seconds, and then look at what this American political shakeup could mean to the manufactured housing industry. What are some of the headlines that have Americans clicking through on …
The higher up you go on the ladder, any ladder, the more exposed you become. Some target the person on the ladder out of envy. Some cheer the person that climbs the ladder to mount the roof that has a leak. When you’re trying to do good, you don’t let the jeers stop you. Nor …
In August 2009, shortly after the venerable MHMerchandiser Magazine quietly closed, my truly better half and I made the decision to launch an eZine for manufactured housing industry pros. We have a vision of what we launched as being the virtual first step in creating platforms that would inform and inspire innovation that would lead …
Let’s start by tipping the hat to: > Manufactured Home (MH) Retailers who are selling homes at the best rate in years; > MH Communities, that are watching their occupancy rise; > MH (and modular) Builders who are producing homes with astonishingly few consumer complaints; > Suppliers, service, installers and associations that day-by-day do …
Manufactured Housing Industry – What’s Our Most Important Product? Read More »
Let’s take 5 to thank the manufactured housing association leaders who have already sounded off in public on The Hill’s Congressional blog’s “read hot” manufactured home lending expose of the harmful reality of CFPB regs and the holes in CFED’s policy positions. The list of public comments from others in MH also are coming in …
Red Hot Hill on Expanding Manufactured Home Lending Read More »
