It may not seem at first blush that Uber’s ambitious, announced plans for flying taxis has any connection with manufactured housing. But those who think that may not have thought about the impact of hyper-loops on manufactured homes either. That will be our market focus for tonight. If you’re new, …
“When in the course of human events…” Day by day, people make life-changing decisions. Those choices can be for good or ill. A fact without context may have little discernible meaning. To properly understand the present, or any moment in time, one must understand what occurred previously. In the famous …
Perhaps investors in the markets had already “priced in” the anticipated announcement by President Donald J. Trump of his withdrawal from the Iran deal negotiated by President Barack Obama Administration point man, then Secretary of State, John Kerry. Market impact is our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked …
There’s plenty to unpack from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. One of the revelations is Warren Buffett’s on-camera statement on what they’re doing with the tax cuts that President Donald J. Trump championed. That’s our focus report for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature …
Longtime Daily Business News readers know that the MHProNews view – and that of scores of industry professionals – is that proper terminology is important. The reverse of that is that improper terminology is to be avoided. When the Daily Business News uses the term “trailer house” or “trailer …
Manufactured Housing Roadblock? BBC Reports “Trailer Park Living” Read More
Buckle up for what may be the most important topic so far this year, for this session of the Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales and Marketing Meeting about “Style or Substance.” Executive summary? Style matters, but properly understood, the industry evidence demonstrates that substance is proven to matter more. …
Is it a coincidence? As the temperatures outdoors are rising, so too are the reports, research and news items that shake, rattle and roll (pardon the last pun) manufactured housing professionals. Warren Buffett’s annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting is underway, and sucks up a fair amount of O2. An …
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared. That is how thousands of people across the Front Range are feeling and they all have one thing in common: They live in manufactured homes,” says Denver 7 in their report on a manufactured home community in Thornton, Colorado. At a time when about half of all manufactured homes …
“Trapped. Threatened. Scared.” “Mobile Home [SIC] Owner’s Fears Reflect National Crisis” Read More
A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), “A Blueprint for Addressing the Global Affordable Housing Challenge,” defines the affordability gap as the difference between the cost of an acceptable standard housing unit (which varies by location) and what households can afford to pay using no more than 30 …
As an investment and business guru told MHProNews today, one person can move the markets. He was talking about Warren Buffett, and his big bet on Apple. That will be the focus for our market report tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are …
In any industry, trends are worth noting, and are important for investors, owners, lenders, policy pros, and other professionals alike. As the chart below will spotlight, there have been hundreds of manufactured home communities that have opened since 2002. That’s news to many, not to others, in manufactured …
What could all of those individual topics in the headline possibly have in common? What could each of those current events mean to manufactured housing professionals, owners, investors and advocates? Plenty. Here’s the quick rundown. The glue for each are the two words, “first principles.” Let’s look… The …
Oil is hovering near a three-year high. What does that mean for the outlook on manufactured housing, and industry related stocks? That will be our focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline …
Crude Oil Continues Rise, MH Impact and Manufactured Housing Industry Stock Market Updates Read More
A manufactured home community in the Wausau, Wisconsin area may be putting a fresh light on a dark topic. Media and others often fail to put the topic of closures in the broader context of housing. Hundreds of thousands of housing units a year are demolished in America, and …
Closure by Collusion? Dark Side of Local Manufactured Home Community Code Enforcement? Read More
The latest in an ongoing consumer fraud case has settled, and there could be significant implications for the manufactured housing industry. That’s our market focus for tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports …
“Potential for Higher Returns Lures New Buyers, Generating Competition; Supply of For-Sale Listings Remains Tight, Boosting Prices,” – Marcus & Millichap (M&M) National Report, First Half of 2018 A new research report has been provided by brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap to the Daily Business News. For those in …
For long-time industry readers, do you recall the stir on July 30, 2014 when Sun Communities (SUI) $1.32 billion deal with privately held Green Courte Partners (GCP) sold American Land Lease (ALL) to Sun deal hit the wires? There was periodic chatter about GCP before, but then the deal was …
In society, politics, investing, business, romance, and careers there is a routine tug-of-war between emotions and rational thought. The modern era, not unlike that of yellow journalism from over a century ago, finds competing and often partisan sources presenting views of the same event in often profoundly different ways. “Yellow …
The details for the headline acquisition of a manufactured housing, and RV industry connected company are found further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured …
Latest Acquisition of Manufactured Home Industry Connected Firm, plus MH Market Updates Read More
Before diving into RVHorizon’s/MHP Funds leader Frank Rolfe’s hidden gem, an acknowledgement ought to be paid to his partner Dave Reynolds, and others in their rising enterprise. No one person in an operation of that size does it all solo. When we say Rolfe’s “hidden gem,” it’s an insight …
