As fears of a military strike in Syria may be fading, the Dow spiked 140 points and the S&P and Nasdaq each gained one percent or more. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained 140.62 points, +0.94 percent, to close at 15,063.12. The Nasdaq advanced +1.26 percent, +46.17 points to end the day at 3,706.18, while the S&P moved up +1.00 percent, +16.54 points, to end the week at 1,671.71. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.63 percent to end today’s session at 1820.2. While housing stocks we track closed mixed, or even, several stocks gained three digit percentage points. Cavco Industries, Inc. posted the largest gain of tracked stocks, +6.37 percent, +3.42, to end the day at 57.23. Nobility Homes fell the most of stocks we track, dropping -3.47 percent, -0.30, to end at 8.35. Affiliated Managers Group 180.00 +3.17(+1.79%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 168,880 +1.315.00 (+0.78%). Deer Valley 0.65 +0.0275 (+4.42%). Drew Industries, Inc. 42.00 +0.14 (+0.33%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 35.26 +0.32 (+0.92%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 16.89 -0.10 (-0.59%). Patrick Industries 28.46 +1.53 (+5.68%). Skyline Corp. remained at 4.72. Sun Communities, Inc. 45.06 +1.67 (+3.85%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 6) 56.26 +0.10 (+0.18%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.66 +0.03 (+0.31%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.02 +1.55 (+3.91%).

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