“Credit is one of the most powerful devices of the financial system designed over time by modern societies. It gives people the freedom to spend money now – whether to cover a medical expense, an emergency repair, buy a home or send their child to school – and pay it …
Datacomp, publisher of the JLT Market Reports, announced their June 2017 manufactured home community occupancy and rent surveys covering 7 markets in Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and Virginia. JLT Market Reports have been providing manufactured home community market analysis for more than 20 years, says Datacomp in a release to …
In yet another piece of evidence that heavy regulation harms smaller business at the expense of larger ones, are recent statements by Manufactured Home Communities giant, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Chairman, Sam Zell. Barrons and Newsmax reported Zell saying that President Donald J. Trump with less than 6 months in …
ELS’ Sam Zell – Compliance Costs Destroys Smaller Businesses = Consolidation Read More
Andrea Levere, president of CFED has announced that as of this morning, their organization is rebranding as Prosperity Now. Levere tells MHProNews that, “For 38 years, CFED has been a leader in the effort to create economic opportunity for all. Over the course of nearly four decades, our work has transformed from …
Starting Today, it’s Prosperity Now, CFED’s Rebranding Read More
Europeans, Asians, Canadians and others world-wide are among those who come to the U.S. – and/or research online – about the differences and similarities between their version of factory crafted housing with what is found here in the United States. That same exercise is useful in reverse. It’s helpful to …
Michael Geller, Making a Home for Manufactured Housing, a Vision for America Read More
“As I have informed you all on various occasions, it is also my goal to improve internal HUD recognition and understanding of the Federal manufactured housing program,” said Pamela Beck Danner, JD. Danner, is the career administrator for the Office of Manufactured Housing Programs (OMHP), a department “buried” at HUD …
HUD’s Belated, Blustering “Promotion” of Manufactured Homes Read More
In a series of messages to MHProNews, President Donald J. Trump has said as follows. “If you told me this would happen in America, I wouldn’t believe you… The losing political party is using a conspiracy theory — without having a single shred of evidence — to DERAIL a constitutionally-elected …
President Trump to MHProNews, About “Witch Hunt,” Polling Back at 50% Read More
Wikipedia says that, “Star Parker is an American syndicated columnist, Republican politician, author, and conservative political activist. In 1995, she founded the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), originally the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. In 2010, she was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the United States House …
750,000 Jobs. $4 Trillion in market value increase. The video interview below opens with some comments from President Trump, and then moves to a 3 on 1 with HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson himself. HUD’s new leader recently made a circuit of news talk shows. The focus of those discussions …
As Matthew Silver and RC Williams have previously reported, the San Francisco Bay Area is no stranger to high housing costs, and the fact that several are turning to manufactured, prefab and modular projects to help meet their needs. So, it’s no surprise that as Google, like other employers, are …
While the two major parties and their respective media allies battle (sadly, literally) in Washington, Main Street is feeling optimistic. So says the National Association of Independent Business (NFIB) President, Juanita Duggan. “Small business owners are highly encouraged by the President’s regulatory reform agenda, and they remain optimistic there will …
NFIB – Small Business Outlook, Optimism, How Can DC Keep it Going? Read More
41 years ago, today, manufactured housing was “born.” The conception for what become federally regulated HUD Code manufactured homes was the media crisis that occurred regarding some “shoddy” mobile homes in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Flashback to Flash Forward… While many mobile home builders in those pre-HUD Code days …
As much of the world knows, today is President Donald J. Trump’s 71 birthday. Wikipedia summarizes key points about Donald Trump on his birthday, as follows. Donald Trump 45th U.S. President Donald John Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a …
Happy 71st Birthday, Mr. President, Quotes from Donald Trump Read More
Dodd-Frank. FHFA and the GSEs. Mortgage and lending related “unintended consequences” – or failures to act by federally chartered Enterprises – are common issues south of the U.S. Canadian line. But our brethren north of the border apparently have their own financing woes for manufactured home owners now too. Canadian …
New Mortgage Lending Changes Impacting Hundreds of Thousands of MH Owners Read More
The NY Post warns, “They are facing a crisis of confidence and potential lawsuits amid unprecedented fund closures, job losses and — most critically — low investment returns.” “Get out,” per John Aidan Byrne, about what financial adviser Stephen Ng, said about more unwelcome news hitting ‘the hedgies.’ Ng, said, …
NYP – Hedge funds face a crisis of confidence? The MHVille View Read More
Bullets from CNN Money: · After ICE raid, he lost 10% of his workers. · Ivanka Trump brand ended talks with Japanese firm. · Obamacare enrollment slides to 10.3 million for 2017. · The very dark warning from billionaire investor Ray Dalio. · Bobbi Brown: ‘I never saw a glass …
Spotlight, Killam Performance. MHCV up, Mixed Markets, Several MHCs dipped Read More
In his weekly video to the nation, President Donald J. Trump touted his planned desire to make America’s infrastructure world class again. The centerpiece of the $1 trillion-dollar plan is to leverage $800 billion in private sector money with $200 billion in taxpayer funds. Today, the president met with his …
President Outlines Plan for Federal, State and Private Sector Investments Read More
“Recent research shows that transit-oriented development programs can create social inequities and increase the pace of gentrification, and there is already evidence that this has been happening in D.C.,” says Yesim Sayin Taylor, with the D.C. Policy Center. The Washington Times noted today that, “The D.C. Policy Center’s report focuses …
Sophia is one of many stories that the Drudge Report is tracking about the rapid advance of AI – artificial intelligence and advancing robotics. Sophia can tilt her head, furrow her brow and converse with you in convincing ways. Phys states that up to 85 percent of current jobs could …
Meet Sophia, AI Robot Wants Your Job, Says “Trust Us” Read More
Fairborn, Ohio, City Manager Rob Anderson said they were not the heartless people that a letter, which he pointed to, made them out to be. But that’s not how Glenn Acres resident Pat Collins sees it. “No trailer park [sic] that I’ve ever talked to will take a trailer that’s more …
Residents Bought Time, But City Still Taking Aim at Their Location, Video Read More
