December 21st is literally the shortest, darkest day of 2018. From this point on, the daylight get about 2 minutes longer a day until the summer solstice on June 21, 2019. So, on the worst week on the Dow in about a decade, we’ll look at Grinch-like data-point that should …
Darkest, Shortest Day 2018, Markets Dump, Apt Rentals Bump, Housing Slump$ 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 will be a brief commentary below on the snapshot of the manufactured housing market this evening. That will be followed by Jim Cramer’s – the Mad Money show host – commentary on left-of-center business and investment focused news site, CNBC. Cramer has been a vocal critic of the Fed’s …
In business, you might technically be on the right side of a law, but still appear badly to the public at large that you hope to attract and serve. A recent fracas arose between 85 year old resident, Millie Francis, and a resident-owned manufactured home community’s management. Vanguard …
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
When you see and hear what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell actually said, the economy is doing well. The markets are suffering, in part due to comments and rate hikes that he and his colleagues at the FED have made. Powell spoke, the markets sank. A closer look will be …
Fed Rate Hike, Chair Jerome Powell Comments Send Broader Markets, Most MH Equities Reeling Read More
Palm Lake Cooperative at 7272 42nd Way North in West Palm Beach, Florida, has sold the community to MHC Palm Lake LLC. That’s an affiliate of MH Communities, the manufactured home investment arm of Chicago-based Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), per the Business Journal and a local court filing. …
Sam Zell’s ELS Scores Again, Details Others Missed Read More
Informed sources with and connected to Clayton Homes reveals new angles on an emerging, as well as previously stories. According to sources, in under 2 years, Clayton Homes has and will invest some $55,000,000 in technology tied to the manufactured home buyer’s shopping experience. Clayton has demonstrated some of their virtual tour technology …
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 …
The Louisiana Manufactured Housing Association (LMHA) video below takes a tact at defending and promoting the acceptance of manufactured homes that is noteworthy. It could have utilized the singularly important point of HUD Code manufactured home enhanced preemption, or any number of other research points that were …
Spotlighting Pro-Growth Educational Effort by Louisiana Manufactured Housing Association Read More
We are periodically asked for an executive summary of the issues that have caused the purported manipulation of the most affordable kind of permanent housing in America. What follows is that executive summary, and it will include two complimentary threads. Read the text. Then look at the illustrated cartoon-style …
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
