Sadly, the mistakes being made in marketing and communications about manufactured housing are legion. The good news? That’s opportunity in disguise, says L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach. The video below – and the firm’s results – reflect concepts that the factory-built housing industry’s professionals, marketers, and investors should ponder. “As the …
Last year, growing RHP Properties expanded their portfolio, but the giant manufactured home community (MHC) operation is doing even more buying in 2019. On Sept. 10, 2018, RHP Properties – which says they have the nation’s largest privately-owned portfolio of manufactured home communities (MHC) – announced that they had …
Two sets of media releases to the Daily Business News on MHProNews reflects the following data, that should be of keen interest to all segments of the manufactured housing industry. First, the following. “Manufacturing in the United States is on the rise, and manufacturers are confident about the future. Empowered …
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Ask the typical business professional or sales agent this. Do they want to sell more or less of their product or service? Do they want more profits, or lower profits? The typical answer will be ‘More, of course.’ The background of this story is the profitable sale of more new …
The home has a hitch. It’s set up on blocks. There are wooden shims, much like those found under millions of manufactured homes. Helen’s home is a rectangle, a box. The deck is big, but there are plenty of those found on thousands of manufactured homes. So, what is it …
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom and PwC ranks as the second largest professional services firm in the world, says the firm’s website. Their revenue in 2018 was reported at $41.3 billion USD, roughly 5¼ times the size of all manufactured housing industry sales …
This troubling story out of the northern U.S. is one that periodically crops up in state-after-state. As Amy Bliss, the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA) state association executive director recently said to MHReview (MHR), “The biggest reason for community closures is because the municipality revokes the license to operate because the …
Accurate news is whatever it is. Facts are what they are. Then, there’s spin, hype – or worse. Others, not us, in MHVille trade media – those who sing the Arlington, VA songs – have been talking about sunshine and “momentum.” Well, it turns out that they were right. The …
The markets slid today as most investors declined bite on the word that China and the U.S. may be edging closer to a trade deal. Some insist the trade deal is coming soon, while others say it’s a slow dance and could take significantly longer. But tonight’s focus in on …
The numbers for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments for January, 2019 are in. The latest data from IBTS and HUD are sobering. The decline that began in 2018 for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments are continuing. We’ll have a separate report with the facts. It’s is the latest …
Murders. Robbery. Burglary. Arson. These and other crimes – drug related or whatever other illegal activities – occur in all kinds of housing. From public housing projects to the swankiest gated developments with multimillion dollar site-built housing, crimes occur wherever people are. But for whatever reason, news about crimes, windstorms, …
Exploring the following top ten should be a periodic habit for every professional. It should be part of every business review from firms small- to-large in manufactured housing. These top ten items should be discussed internally, until a new habit is formed by those in management, as well as by those …
What follows are just the facts about our reader engagement per third-party Webalizer from the top 2 of several URL/cPanel accounts for Business to Business (B2B) focused MHProNews.com. Year over Year (YoY), traffic on MHProNews has doubled. Pageviews: 15,516,004. Total Visits: 3,168,015. Average page views per visit: 4.89770534546, or just …
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On the 10th up week for rising largely markets. It was a good day for the markets in general, and manufactured home connected stocks too. Tonight, we turn to a video with White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett. He lays out the numbers looking back, and looking …
According to their website, “The Open Markets Institute uses journalism to promote greater awareness of the political and economic dangers of monopolization, identifies the changes in policy and law that cleared the way for such consolidation, and fosters discussions with policymakers and citizens as to how to update America’s traditional political economic principles …
The message below was sent from MHProNews publisher, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach, was sent this morning to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) General Counsel, Rick Robinson, JD. Several MHI members, and independents were among those BCC’d in this message. — Email to MHI VP and General Counsel, Rick Robinson — …
“In an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick, Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett says he would support Michael Bloomberg for president,” says CNBC’s YouTube page. “Buffett says he thinks [Michael] Bloomberg would be a good president because he knows how to run things and he understand people and the …
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Before diving into this animated infographic, it is worth noting that manufactured housing’s largest producer, Clayton Homes, is a well known Berkshire Hathaway brand. This video covers Top 15 Best Global Brands Ranking from the period (2000-2018). Published on Feb 12, 2019, it has already had 3,102,943 views when we …
The left-of-center Daily Beast is reporting that Lina Khan, plans to join the congressional staff of Democrats that overseas antitrust issues. With the AOC, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the “Feel the Bern” crowd ascendant among Democrats – at least for now – that could be significant for the FAANGs, Berkshire …
There are more reasons than this one dozen to oppose the start of a new national post-production manufactured housing trade association. But those noted are sufficient to get the ball rolling on the timely discussion ahead of the 2019 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. Some of these are subtle. So, be …
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