The RV MH Hall of Fame is an annual event that honors members – living or deceased – for their distinctive service within their respective industries. According to their website, “The RV/MH Heritage Foundation began its operation in 1972 and operates today as the RV/MH Hall of Fame and the …
2019 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced by RV/MH Heritage Foundation Read More
Centralization. Globalization. Immigration. Those three words sum up much of what “the establishment” of both major political parties have actively or passively accepted and/or promoted for decades. Those three words also help explain how Washington, D.C. has become more remote from the people it is supposed to serve. Those …
Certainly, retirees are among those that by homes, as seasoned manufactured housing industry professionals well know. But it is routinely workers that are the present and future measure of the soundness of an economy. So, it’s employment – jobs data – that gets attention from publicly traded companies in their …
Federal Economic Measures, Data at Close of 2018, and Manufactured Housing Read More
At the closing bell, its been another up day on the markets. The bulk of manufactured home industry connected tracked stocks closed up. While there’s plenty of market movers we could touch upon, to mix things up, this evening we take a fascinating look at the “global war on cash” …
Global War On Cash? Plus, Manufactured Housing Equities Updates Read More
The rebranded Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection – formerly the CFPB, now the BCFP – has produced a January 2019 report that contains new data regarding manufactured housing lending. There are over 200 pages. We’ll simplify that for busy readers. MHProNews will hereby provide the entire document here as a …
That quoted part of the headline phrase comes from the Prager University video, post further below. But before we get to that, a few manufactured housing industry related thoughts. An “ideological echo chamber” arguably exists inside manufactured housing, and outside of the factory-built housing industry too. The video …
An “Ideological Echo Chamber” – and Manufactured Housing Progress Read More
There is no incentive for either side to backdown in the shutdown struggle, said Charles Lane, opinion writer for the left-of-center Washington Post. Both sides are dug in, and are playing to their respective bases. So, the longest shutdown on record continues, and notably, the stock markets have in recent …
White House Thanks CNN’s Acosta, Plus Manufactured Housing Market Updates Read More
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released their Small Business Optimism index for December, 2018. In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, NFIB said, “The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index remained basically unchanged in December, drifting down 0.4 points to 104.4…Unfilled jobs and …
Eyes on Small Business Optimism Index In December, Update Read More
The new National Association of Manufactured Housing Community Owners (NAMHCO) has launched another proverbial shot across the bow of the establishment Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), that they broke away from last year. While it is too soon to see what the effectiveness of this new trade group will …
“If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessities of life.” — John Sherman Sherman was a mover in what today is known as the Sherman antitrust act. The act …
No Kings in America? – John Sherman ‘Speaks’ to Manufactured Housing Read More
Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes and Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF) are well known, dominating brands in manufactured housing. So, it should be of interest to the industry’s independents, who often have no choice but to deal with the marketplace realities of Clayton and VMF. This Daily Business News …
Broader markets rose today, as did many of the manufactured housing industry tracked stocks. But among the more talked-about issues by investment watchers and business sites this afternoon are the growing concerns that the partial federal shutdown will have more of an economic impact than was initially thought. That will …
Let’s be clear, the Daily Business News on MHProNews believes in correct terminology and many points that have been shared over the years. That said, this column recently spotlighted an “epic” mobile home commercial. That prior, recent report, is linked via the text/image box below. New Year’s Respect for Those …
State officials and an ABC Action News are reporting on an eight-month long investigation of state human trafficking that involved teen age victims used as “sex slaves.” Florida’s newly-installed State Attorney General, Ashley Moody said that, “This case is just one example of how I will work daily with my …
Teen “Sex Slave” in “Mobile Home Park” – Kid Lured by Gaming App, per ABC, State Officials Read More
Manufactured home equities closed mixed again today, and the broader markets overall took their second closing dip that started on Friday. Ideally and historically – given that there is an affordable housing crisis – manufactured housing stocks should be more durable than they have been in recent years. Why the …
Disney’s theme parks are part of a larger conglomerate. It includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following companies. Put differently, consider Disney as one of those giants that are steadily building their moat, rather akin to Berkshire Hathaway. Our publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach has …
The Future of Retail, Disney, ‘Trailer Trauma,’ and Manufactured Housing Read More
It is no secret that MHProNews believes in applying similar principles of accountability to an association that one should apply to a successful, ethical business. If there was a business manager or company president that year-after-year, failed to deliver, what would happen to such a professional? What happens to …
The Town of Fallsburg organized a forum in response to growing complaints about FoxCroft Village, where Paula Frumkin, president of the community’s homeowners association, was one of the residents who spoke on Jan. 23, 2018. The situation deteriorated since then, she said, per the Record Online. “We have more empty …
Go ahead, say it. Naïve, idealistic, rash, foolish, or a crusader who believes that the only way that positive change occurs is by intelligently challenging the status quo. That challenge can and should be honorable, and it can and should be profitable. So, pragmatism and reason are involved. Over the …
“This is historic,” said San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco, per the Mercury News. Councilman Johnny Khamis expressed what they described as sticker shock, saying, “This seems exorbitant for recycled metal boxes, quite frankly.” The price per unit? The ‘all in’ cost is said to be some $600,000 for …
Manufactured Homes Shunned by City for Higher Cost Container Housing Read More
