It could be titled how avoiding losing millions, billions in manufactured housing, and trillions of dollars nationally. So, it matters to MHVille, because it is part of a wave issue creating splits among Democrats. Other across the political and economic spectrum are increasingly concerned by the developments that’s developing …
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“In addition to the steady climb in [existing] home prices over the past year, it’s evident that the quick run-up in mortgage rates earlier this spring has had somewhat of a cooling effect on home sales,” said Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors® to the …
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The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has been critiqued a number of times by industry professionals for their demonstrably failed strategy to grow industry sales by using paid advertorials. As but one barometer of the lack of sales being driven for manufactured housing (MH), while RVs have grown in …
Let’s be honest. Not everyone gets it. So, savvy industry pros must help others ‘get it.’ That’s a transparent reason why we do reports like this one. With a pro-business builder in the Oval Office, it’s wise to flashback to a time before President Gerald R. Ford praised …
Help Others “Get It” – Loans on “Mobile Homes” Promoted by Another U.S. President Read More
There will be hay made about both of these breaking news stories. We’ll simplify both in our featured report, linked below. One prediction, right now. Expect TV viewers of the POTUS Donald Trump Rally in West Virginia to spike, as the president loves to comment on stage about these types …
Regular readers of the Daily Business News will note that in the headline, we didn’t open the above with “Mainstream Media Challenge,” why? Because the manufactured home (MH) industry’s communications struggles are twofold. Internal – within the industry – as well as external, meaning mainstream media, and/or other third-party …
“It’s a shame that so many in the industry just don’t get it,” said an industry reader and client who tipped the auction of Elvis’ honeymoon mobile home to MHProNews. “Manufactured home pros should celebrate the mobile home past, not run from it. Yes, we need the right terminology, …
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Campbell Brown is Facebook’s head of news partnerships. According to reports from The Australian, Drudge, and the Sun, Brown told a group of media executives down under that they have to “Work with us or end up in hospice.” Hospice is defined by Google’s dictionary as “providing care …
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To tee-up the Kevin Clayton, Lesli Gooch portions of this article, the Daily Business News on MHProNews will start with noteworthy development in media. When voices from the political and economic left – and the conservative/libertarian economic and political right – broadly agree on a core issue, that alone …
Let’s stress again that there are numbers of honorable operators and professionals in manufactured housing. Some of those honorable souls would see “the basics” in a similar way that we at MHProNews would agree with too. But perhaps in an ironic way, the fact that not everyone understands what …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — “A large federal law enforcement operation conducted Wednesday targeted businesses in Nebraska and Minnesota that officials say knowingly hired — and mistreated — immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally,” reports the Associated Press (AP). There have been several incidents in various parts of …
“The Consumer Protection Division of the Idaho Attorney General’s Office is now free to pursue a planned lawsuit aimed at banning Paul Hathaway, the former owner of Hathaway Homes Group, from selling mobile and manufactured homes,” per Bryan Clark for the Post Register and Standard Journal Hathaway Homes …
If you listen to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies video below, the outlook for affordable housing sounds bleak. By contrast, Mark Weiss, in a soon-to-be-released commentary, told MHProNews that “HUD Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson, as the saying goes, “gets it.” First, and most fundamentally, …
A local news story of a “mobile home fire” on I-20 underscores why the terminology issue matters. Before diving into the local media report to see the lessons learned, let’s examine part of a detailed statement from a multi-decade manufactured home professional. Why? Because it very much relates …
“Insulting” – Local News Report on “Mobile Home” Fire Underscores Why Terminology Matters Read More
From time to time, a variation on the question is asked, ‘What happened to the reports about Tom Lackey, Stoney Pointe manufactured home (MH) community, missing titles, owner-carry, SECO and all those consumers who lost their homes?’ The short answer? Based on the latest reports to the Daily …
It’s an older property, that the photos reveal includes several true pre-HUD Code mobile homes (MH). Ryan Kirk bought Airbase Estates in Montgomery, AL about 9 months ago. By ‘doing what’s right’ he’s making residents happy, looks to have a handsome ROI, and has attracted positive local media coverage. …
“The mortgage industry and Washington were rocked Friday by news that Federal Housing Finance Agency Director [FHFA] Mel Watt has been accused by an agency employee of sexual harassment,” wrote Rob Blackwell for AmericanBanker. As many manufactured home industry veterans know, the FHFA was established as the receiver for the Government …
Mel Watt Charged With Sexual Harassment – Manufactured Housing Industry Repercussions? Read More
“Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.” – Theodore Roosevelt per AZquotes. If memory serves, it was about 1988 when Colorado’s manufactured housing association used that quote in an article about this writer’s operation in Purcell, OK. The …
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell, per Goodreads. What does that quotation mean? “The meaning of this statement is that someone can redefine who they are and, in fact, what a society is by being able to …
“Community West Bancshares, (NASDAQ:CWBC), parent company of Community West Bank, announced that T. Joseph Stronks has joined the bank as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,” said the company via a release to the Daily Business News. Stronks will lead the Central Operations, Information Technology and Facilities departments of …
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