Stocks were up in anticipation of the minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added +100.83 points, +0.59 percent, to close at 17,131.97, while the Nasdaq gained +33.86 points, +0.75 percent, to end the day at 4,552.76. The S&P 500 also moved up +0.75 …
Skyline Regains Yesterday’s Loss; MH Composite Advances Read More
While investors are awaiting news from the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting, Tech stocks took a bath in trading as the Nasdaq fell over one percent, while the Dow and the S&P 500 moved very little. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added +43.63 points, + 0.26 percent, to close at 17,031.41, …
Deer Valley Spikes, Skyline Falls, MH Composite slips third Straight Day Read More
Stocks pulled back in trading the last day of the week, with all three major indexes drifting lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -0.36 percent, -61.49 points, to end the week at 16,987.51, while the Nasdaq fell -0.53 percent, -24.21 points, to close at 4,567.60. The S&P 500 lost …
All Tracked Stocks except AMG Fall or Remain even; MF Composite,Dow, Nasdaq and S&P Fall Read More
As the Israeli-Palestinian and the Ukraine-Russia conflicts abate somewhat, the Ebola crisis in Africa grows and the terrorist threat in Iraq looms larger, but on the Big Board today, the three major indexes all made modest gains, while tracked stocks closed mixed or even, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Dow …
Cavco Gains, Berkshire Remains above 200k, S&P Shy of 2,000 Read More
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based Killam Properties, Inc. (KMP.TO) announces it is acquiring a 50 percent stake in a 152-unit apartment building in Ottawa, Ontario, called Kanata Lakes Apartments II, in a joint venture with affiliates of KingSett Capital, Inc. and AIMCo Realty Investors LP. Killam’s 50 percent share of the …
Canada’s MHC Owner Killam Acquires Interest in Apartments Read More
The board of directors of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.325 per common share, representing an annual dividend of $1.30 per share, according to wallstreetscope.com. The dividend will be paid Oct. 10, 2014 to shareholders of record on Sept. 26, 2014. In today’s trading, Sept. …
Equity LifeStyle Properties Board Declares Dividend Read More
The number of American families who own stocks has fallen from 21.2 percent in 2001 to 13.8 percent, according to what CNNMoney tells MHProNews, noting some families had cut their exposure to stocks in order to pay household bills, while those with higher incomes are buying stocks because the bull …
Deer Valley Drops; Dow, Nasdaq, S&P Slip; Stock Ownership Falls Read More
The Michigan Manufactured Housing and Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds Association (MMHA) announces their new board of directors for 2014-2015, as sys-con.com informs MHProNews. President — Jim Hoekstra, Sun Communities Vice President — Don Westphal, Donald C. Westphal Associates Secretary — Andy Blank, Franklin Companies Treasurer — Steve Francis, Rudgate/Infinity Billing …
Michigan MH Association Chooses Sun’s Jim Hoekstra Read More
Stocks remained flat in today’s trading CNNMoney tells MHProNews, as the market holds its breath in anticipation of Alibaba’s IPO, expected to be the biggest IPO in U. S. history. Additionally, CNNMoney created its own portfolio of the most important tech stocks, the CNNMoney Tech 30. Meanwhile, the Dow and …
CNNMoney creates own Tech Stock Index; Cavco Gains, Carlyle Slips Read More
Only 142,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, a far cry from the 226,000 economists expected, and breaking the six straight months of growth over 200k monthly. The unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews, and all three major indexes gained only +.40 percent to …
Liberty Plummets, Skyline Drops, S&P hits another High Read More
Sam Zell, Chairman of real estate giant Equity International, and Equity LifeStyles, which owns/has an interest in 380 manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities in North America, noting corporations that have missed their expected goals were low on the revenue side, which means the demand is not there for their …
Zell, Soros, Druckenmiller and Icahn Agree: A Big Board Correction is Imminent Read More
Residents of Los Angeles use a larger portion of their paycheck for housing than people in San Francisco, New York or Miami. “They’re bottom earners living in a high-priced housing market,” said Dowell Myers, a policy, planning and demographics professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Lower-income …
Los Angeles Singing the ‘Rising Housing Cost Blues’ Read More
The European Central Bank is providing a stimulus to the economy, similar to the Federal Reserve’s bond-buying program, that will give regional countries more financial ability to import goods. However, markets were rather flat in today’s trading on the U.S. Big Board, as the three major indexes slipped modestly. The …
In today’s trading on Wall Street following the Labor Day holiday, the Dow and S&P slipped modestly, while the Nasdaq made a minor advance, and tracked stocks closed mixed. However, Skyline Corp. (SKY) dropped -9.17 percent to 3.17, a decline of -0.32 points in the largest fall of stocks we …
Skyline Trades Down as Nasdaq Moves up Modestly; Dow and S&P Slip Read More
MHProNews has been informed by virtual-strategy.com an affiliate of Capital Square Realty Advisors, LLC has acquired three manufactured housing communities consisting of 1,141 home sites in Indiana and Ohio. The largest community is Timberbrook in Bristol, Indiana with 567 homesites set on 103 acres. Woodlake-Summerdale, located in Yoder, IN is …
1) Who, What and Where: (Your name, and your role/job title at organization or firm and where you are based.)
Sheila S. Dey, JD
Executive Director
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
Big banks are poised to earn even more, cyber security experts say the ‘Big One’ is coming and fears from the Ukraine were among the factors cited by MarketWatch moving investors. The three major indexes all lost ground today. Dow 17,078.87 -43.14 (-0.25%). Nasdaq 4,557.70 -11.92 (-0.26%). S&P 500 1,996.76 …
“The Big One” Cyber Attack coming? Markets and MH Composite all slide Read More
Twitter’s CEO sounded off on Snapchat’s 10 billion dollar valuation not being “absurd,” on a day that saw a modest retreat in U.S. exchanges. Dow 17,102.31 -4.39 (-0.03%). Nasdaq 4,564.85 -5.79 (-0.13%). S&P 500 1,997.83 -2.19 (-0.11%). Yahoo! Finance’s Manufactured Housing Composite Value: 848.7, today’s change: -0.63%. Affiliated Managers Group …
U.S. Markets Down, Skyline leads gainers while MH Composite slides Read More
Tim Rood with the Collingwood Group was part of a CNBC discussion that pointed to factors that manufactured home professionals relate to: the many – and often competing – dynamics that cause someone to buy a home or stay in a rental. Elements such as price and interest rates, CNBC’s …
CNBC says 5 to 6 Million Renting Should Own – Affordability = Credit Access, Rates & Price Read More
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%. …
Market & Tech Talk – iPhone 6 & Housing Hot, Best Buy, Not Read More
