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What HUD Will and Won’t Say About Manufactured Housing Programs in 2020 HUD Budget

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, regulation

The 2020 federal budget was released today, and their official release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews will follow further below. But a HUD spokesperson was asked by MHProNews, “How much funding has gone through the HUD voucher program to manufactured home communities and/or for the purchases of manufactured homes?” Brian […]

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No Impeachment Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-D), Trump 2020 Budget Rollout, Plus Manufactured Housing Stock Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Politics, Stocks, Trends

Can the 24/7 news cycle become much more intense? The usefulness of our evening ‘left and right’ headline news recap for busy manufactured housing industry professionals is perhaps more useful than ever since we began the practice some years ago.  In about a minute or two, most pros can get

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Phishing Alert – Targeting Business and Consumers – Scammers Masquerading as Apple

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, News, Trends

Apple is one of the most popular smartphones in the world, so scammers targeting product users have a wide possible target audience, including those involved or connected to the manufactured housing industry. For example, “Canada is predominantly an iOS market, according to research. As of November, 54.9% of all smartphones (15.9

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Apt Warning for Manufactured Housing Professionals, MH Customers, by Award Winning Journalist Sharyl Attkisson, TEDx

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, media bias, media ignorance, News, research

“…become a wiser consumer of information, in an increasingly artificial and paid for reality,” said investigative journalist,” Sharyl Attkisson in the TEDx Talk posted below.  This intriguing talk has had over 1 million views. Attkisson is “a five-time Emmy Award winner, a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting

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Warren Buffet’s Quotable Quotes on Business, Institutions, Behavior, and News Reporting

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Factory-Built Homes, Flashback, Headlines - Week In Review for Manufactured, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, People, Trends

  American teens and those older have typically learned the quip – ‘Don’t assume. Because when you assume, you make an Ass/U/Me.’ It seems there is a fair amount of assuming going on in manufactured housing. When one looks at the evidence, facts, and money trails – as we must

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Controversy Erupts! Tunica Manufactured Home Show ‘Educational Seminar’-Legally Questioned “Lease Option” “Chattel Lending” ‘Taught’ by Spencer Roane, Promoted By George F. Allen, SECO

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Events, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trade Shows

“We can’t be perfect but we can try to be. As I’ve said in these memos for more than 25 years: ‘We can afford to lose money—even a lot of money. But we can’t afford to lose reputation—even a shred of reputation.’ We must continue to measure every act against

Controversy Erupts! Tunica Manufactured Home Show ‘Educational Seminar’-Legally Questioned “Lease Option” “Chattel Lending” ‘Taught’ by Spencer Roane, Promoted By George F. Allen, SECO Read More

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Killer Alabama Tornadoes Didn’t Discriminate – Tragic Yet Powerful Storms vs. Manufactured Housing, Conventional & Commercial Construction Insights

By / / Analysis and Commentary, disaster, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News

Roughly 40 storms that struck 4 states were among the “tornados that devastated our state and left 23 people dead” said the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association’s Lance Latham to the Daily Business News on MHProNews. The tragic deaths apparently occurred in all types of construction, conventional housing, and factory-built housing too.

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February Jobs Data in 1 Infographic, Construction Hit, Plus Manufactured Housing Stock Updates

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Finance, Jobs, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Stocks, Trends

February’s job totals were the worst since Sept 2017. The broader markets are down for 5 straight days. Part of the buzz about the lower numbers is reaction to the anemic job report, which included a sharp drop in construction jobs.  A look under the hood of the February jobs

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HUD, Census Bureau Releases Mainstream January 2019 Housing Starts Data, How Does Manufactured Housing Compare?

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

There are voices in manufactured housing that are floating a variety of reasons for the poor results in 2018, and the continuingly poor performance to start out 2019.  Those reasons could be listed, in no particular order of importance, such as: –      Weather, –      FEMA, –      Inventory adjustments by retailers,

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Drilling Down on State Manufactured Housing Shipment Data, Shocking Revelations, Warning Signs

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing, News, Trends

There are numerous states that experienced a downturn in new HUD Code manufactured home shipments in December of 2018. Each of those, to varying degrees, merit their own story. One that experienced a pronounced drop was the #1 production and shipment state in the U.S., which is the state of

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Anti-Monopolistic or “Antitrust” Action Heating Up in Washington, D.C., What It Could Foreshadow for MHVille

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, regulation

  On the left or so-called progressive side of the political aisle, several Democratic candidates for the 2020 race have made strong statements about doing more antitrust action. One of those are linked further below. Then, on the conservative side of the aisle, some Republicans and others are condemning what

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Study – Top Reasons People Can’t Buy a House? Plus, Manufactured Housing Stock Updates

By / / Affordable Housing, Canada, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Stocks, Trends

There’s plenty of reasons why manufactured housing ought to be performing much better than it has been. The report featured this evening is about a survey by BankRate.  Properly understood, their data  could be added to the list of reasons why much more sales growth is possible.  On a day

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“What’s My Name?” What Manufactured Housing Marketers, Pros, Investors Could Learn From This Video

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, News, Trends

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

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$170 Million Manufactured Home Community Acquisition by Giant RHP Properties, 17 MHCs, Now 25 States

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends

  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

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Record Numbers of Manufacturers Are Optimistic, Per New Reports

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, News, Trends

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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HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Opportunity Zones, Revitalization, DROPS 2020 Announcement, Plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Stocks

HUD Secretary Ben Carson is periodically featured on MHProNews for what should be obvious reasons.  Among those is the fact that the agency he heads is the primary regulatory body for HUD Code manufactured housing.  In a new video interview, Secretary Carson talks Opportunity Zones, President Trump and allegations of

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MHI’s Growth Agenda? Rick Robinson, JD, SVP Manufactured Housing Institute, Preemption Evidence, Writ of Mandamus, and Addressing HUD Code Manufactured Home Shipment Woes

By / / Advocacy, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, Trends, Zoning

  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

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President Donald Trump Talks About Factory Built Housing Legend to Scouts

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, News, People, Politics

There are several kinds of people when it comes to President Donald J. Trump, or any other human being for that matter. Some will only look at the name, and what they think is bad about the man, for whatever reasons. Yet anyone who looks into a mirror closely enough

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Over 1 Million Views in 3 Weeks! Helen’s Reality Check Reveals What’s Blowing Away Any Manufactured Home Industry Promotions

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, tiny house, Trends

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

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PwC’s Roschelle Says Plenty of Upside in Housing Market, Plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, News, News Item, Stocks, Trends

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

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