On Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and December 26, talk radio shows often use “’best of’ repeats. At this time of year, the mainstream media traditionally includes ‘year in review’ news stories. Here on the Daily Business News on MHProNews we’re doing something similar to the later, because we want fresh content daily …
A rut has been defined as an open-ended grave. Habits can be useful, and good habits are necessary in one’s personal and professional life. But problematic habits are a rut. They may be comfortable, at least until the walls of the rut finally weaken and collapse. If a collapsed …
Escaping the Grave? Affordable, Manufactured Housing News Read More
Part of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s “strategic moat” is arguably how access – or limiting of access – to capital impacts the manufactured housing industry. So, while some point to Buffett’s Berkshire benefit from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), what is underreported in MHVille is …
Capital Pouring In, What Warren Buffett May Not Want MHVille Professionals to Know Read More
Al Kemp is the Executive Director of the Manufactured Home Park Owners Alliance (MHPOA) of British Columbia (BC). That Canadian trade group’s manufactured home community (MHC) members, say Kemp, has an average vacancy rate of one site for every two properties. Rephrased, those BC community owners have ½ a …
In a press release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, Zillow has timed the results of their own study on homelessness in the U.S.A. near the date that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annual report to Congress occurred. The Zillow findings are eye …
“This year was one for the record books, with manufacturers’ average optimism for 2018 hitting an all-time high,” said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons, in a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews. “Empowered by tax reform and regulatory certainty, manufacturers are keeping our promise to …
Optimism Among U.S. Manufacturers at Record High Heading into 2019 Read More
There is a measure of joy among tens of thousands of workers in 20 states about the coming rise in minimum wage that will occur in 2019. But wages have been rising naturally at the national level at the highest pace in years. How much a worker makes can, …
The holiday season hasn’t caused the Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina still-new communications person to slow down. Janae Frazier has stepped up to the plate with two new pro-industry videos produced on the MHISC’s YouTube channel in December, 2018. The two videos are entirely different styles, as a …
State Association Steps Up, Promoting Manufactured Home Communities Investing Read More
For years, MHLivingNews and MHProNews have made the case that federal and state housing budgets could be stretched by a proper understanding and use of modern manufactured homes. MHProNews periodically spotlights this vexing issue because it represents both opportunity and a tragedy that is debatably avoidable in many …
“It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. On the other hand, we’d be remiss not to mention that insider sales have been known to precede tough periods for a business. So we’ll take a look at whether insiders have been buying …
Sum it up in a word, uncertainty. But the details are insightful. There are about 3.3 (+/-) percent of the population, or nearly 11 million Americans who are millionaires, per Spectrum n 2018. In a new survey conducted for CNBC, there are nearly 11 million millionaires, Robert Frank …
Millionaires Survey IDs Top Threats to Their Wealth Read More
New HUD Code manufactured home factories are gaining traction, as manufactured and modular housing shipments have been recovering. Skyline-Champion’s (SKY) soon-to-open production center in Leesville, LA is our focus for this evening’s market focus. Scroll down beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value to see that report. If you’re new, …
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Friday. The stock traded as low as $137.71, said Modern Readers. “Several brokerages have recently issued reports on CVCO. BidaskClub downgraded Cavco Industries from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research …
The issue that follows is tied to allegations of corruption, how that impacts affordable housing, and thus millions of Americans, plus taxpayer funded budgets. At its core, it’s not a matter of one political party over that one. It seems that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Berkshire …
Affordable housing, working and middle class incomes are far from a new issue. They have been part of the national scene in the U.S. for decades, as this brief recap and linked reports will serve to outline. And sexual or other scandals have arguably often taken those long-pressing issues …
Scandalous, Presidential Politics, Affordable Housing, Mobile and Manufactured Homes Read More
Many if not most Manufactured Housing Professionals – MHPros – know the truth about our industry’s products and services. That said, millions of people don’t know. You might say that they have been conditioned into thinking something that is untrue. Hold that thought, because in many ways it is …
Children, Grandchildren, Family, Manufactured Housing, Money, and You Read More
A federal judge in Texas has struck down Affordable Care Act. “In a ruling sure to be appealed to Supreme Court, Texas court says the ACA, also known as Obamacare, can no longer stand without the penalty against the uninsured,” said NBC News. The Friday night ruling …
ObamaCare Struck Down, MHVille Insights, Impact, and What’s Next Read More
Perhaps it was no surprise. Perhaps it was a safe call. But our prior MHProNews reports on Legacy Housing’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) proved to be prescient. On a day when the Cavco Industries (CVCO), Skyline Champion (SKY), and even Clayton Homes parent Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) all took a slide, …
Legacy Housing Exclusive to MHProNews on Firm’s Solid IPO, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Yesterday, we posted an update on Cavco Industries. Not long after, we received a news tip from a source with a legal insight on their SEC related woes. That will be our market update, found further below, this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature …
“Few themes arise” in mainstream media “organically,” said Attkisson in this TEDx talk video. She relates a story by a propagandist. “It’s like a movie,” the propagandist explained, giving her chills at that moment. “Nearly every scene or image that crosses our path in our daily life was put …
