“A few hours ago, if you googled “California Republicans,” the search engine would produce an information box listing “Nazism” as the party’s primary belief system,” per QZ. “As California gears up for its primary, many of the state’s Republicans are fuming over how Google described their party in its …
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“Rent control fights are heating up in California and Illinois, and manufactured homeowners are continuing to organize for better treatment from corporate landlords,” the leftist-activist group, MHAction stated in a release to the Daily Business News. “Nationwide, MHAction is joining a coalition of affordable housing advocates calling for Congress to …
Stocks largely recovered today from four days of losses. The markets moved higher, even though the on-again, off-again tariffs and “trade war” talk is back on again. That will be our market focus for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready …
Tariffs Designed to Defend American Tech, Peter Navarro Video, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
“The housing industry today is facing a different kind of crisis: not enough homes for sale.” – Lawrence Yun, Forbes Contributor. “A decade ago, the housing sector was in a mess. The mistakes of easy subprime lending resulted ultimately in the catastrophic collapse of the housing sector. Home values …
NAR’s Lawrence Yun Raises Alarm for New Housing Crisis, MH Import? Read More
“A revolutionary idea in home building is taking place in” southwest Florida, per Sun Coast News. and other regional media. “Once the foundation is poured the robot will print that structure in 18 to 24 hours,” said CEO Don Musilli, to ABC 7. Instead of a year to build …
Stocks have plunged again, with observers saying investors are nervous over Italy and events unfolding there. But publicly traded U.S. companies are overall doing well. The U.S. economy is showing growth. First Trust Advisors Chief Economist Brian Wesbury’s comments on the state of the markets, oil and more will be …
This 10-minute video will show you some technologies that you will be familiar with, such as 3D Printing. But it will also introduce you to technologies that you may not be familiar with at all. This new TechZone video was posted earlier in May 2018, and it already boasts …
To do a good job of marketing and selling, one must first have a sense of the broader, and local market elements. We’ll share some examples today that are essential for a marketing or sales professional in manufactured housing to understand in order to be effective with qualified prospects. We note …
“Proud to be an American” As we watched the release of Josh Holt and his Venezuelan wife, the ‘sound track’ of the Lee Greenwood song that includes the lyrics above was playing in our heads. First, the events of last night, courtesy of the White House press room to the …
“HISTORICALLY PLAGUED BY THE image of a tin box on wheels, manufactured housing finally is winning some of the mainstream acceptability that this housing segment has long sought. Today, manufactured housing—also mistakenly known as mobile homes, a colloquial but technically inaccurate name sometimes used to describe the housing product broader …
GSE Asked: Will Manufactured Housing Overtake Conventional Homebuilding? Read More
An important element to keep in mind behind the international problems in the Ukraine, Syrian, and Iran is the nation of Russia. When one thinks about tensions with North Korea, or theft of intellectual properties, and more, one must think about Communist China. With all the news about North Korea …
Skyline Corporation and Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Champion Home Builders, Inc., previously announced merger/acquisition (M&A) is set to close within the next two weeks, according to sources familiar with the matter. Recent press releases have not announced a set date, but they have pointed to …
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“We are at the tip of the iceberg,” for the manufactured home industry’s opportunities, said Rick Rand of Great Value Homes in WI. Rand – a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) board member, and award-winning communities veteran – would not weigh in on the latest controversies about the Arlington, …
Manufactured housing’s Arlington based association has taken its expected victory lap on the signing of the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” as predicted. But MHI has had more than one slap-in-the-face this week, and that backhand came from among the ranks of the post-production sector. That gut …
Home Values Rising Rapidly, Yet MH Lags? Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates Read More
There is nothing quite like pie charts, facts and figures to dramatically illustrate what has taken place in HUDVille – the manufactured housing industry – over the last several years. Trend lines are important for lenders, investors, and business owners to be aware of, and these graphics should also be …
Clayton Homes, Top 25 Manufactured Housing Industry Report, Trend Lines Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for April 2018,” said the joint release to the Daily Business News. New Home Sales “Sales of new single-family [conventional] houses in April 2018 …
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In case you missed it (ICYMI), the markets have been roiled more by politics and international issues – which do at times, involve trade – as much or more that date or news about given stocks, economic, and market fundamentals. A variety of data, including corporate earnings, reveal a sound …
“The growth rate of real gross domestic product (GDP) is a key indicator of economic activity, but the official estimate is released with a delay,” said the Atlanta Federal Reserve on Tuesday. “Our GDPNow forecasting model provides a “nowcast” of the official estimate prior to its release by estimating …
Fed – Atlanta – Projects Record GDP Growth for U.S., the Detail$, MH Industry Outlook Read More
“Donald Trump’s 1987 bestselling book, “The Art of the Deal,” he “wrote about the importance of knowing “when to walk away,” said ABC News. The markets rose yesterday, and fell today, based in part upon reactions to the perceived chance for talks with China, and North Korea to successfully advance. Those will be …
Stocks Dump When China, ZTE, NoKo, US Deals in Doubt, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
2 out of 3 Americans surveyed credit President Donald J. Trump for an improving economy, per CBS News. That poll was conducted prior to the joint announcement Saturday that China and the U.S. have put tariffs on hold, as they announced the outlines of a tentative trade deal. That’s our …
