For manufactured housing professionals who believe that the Trump Administration has been good for the industry, the following will be of interest. For those in MHVille who believe that the 45th president and his GOP party has been a problem for the industry, this will be of equal interest. …
Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) Chairman Sam Zell and Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) Eric Belsky both agree that capital is crucial in real estate and housing. So, it should be noted that the 2017 tax cut plan which included incentives to repatriate money has already produced billions …
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index moved up 6.6 percent from a year earlier. Housing price increases in Seattle, Las Vegas and San Francisco were at a double digit clip, the organization said in a release to the Daily Business News. U.S. home prices rose in April …
New High Mortgage Rates, Latest Core-Logic Housing Price Data Read More
Lee Enterprises in Davenport, Iowa, will run Berkshire Hathaway’s newspapers and digital sites in a five-year agreement. Why does it matter to MHVille? That will be our featured report this evening, found further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get …
Warren Buffett Strikes Deal with Lee to Manage Berkshire Units, plus MH Market Updates Read More
“State associations representing manufactured housing communities – Manufactured Housing Communities of Arizona (MHCA) and the Manufactured Housing Community Owners Association (MHCO) of Nevada – both of which had previously withdrawn from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), have announced the formation of a new, independent post-production manufactured housing association,” said the …
New Manufactured Home Industry National Association Related Statements Read More
Prologue. Though manufactured housing is a multi-billion dollar industry, the experiences of the last 15 years (+/-) have proven just how vulnerable the industry is to outside political and economic forces. It’s thus prudent for the industry’s professionals and investors to at least be broadly aware of whatever the …
Barack Obama, Maxine Waters, President Donald J. Trump, Amway, and Manufactured Housing Read More
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced Monday that “he is approving a disaster recovery plan to help Texans recover from Hurricane Harvey.” “The Texas plan is funded through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program which requires grantees to develop a thoughtful recovery program informed by local …
HUD Approves Additional $5 Billion Disaster Recovery Plan Read More
The president is playing high stakes poker, in both foreign and domestic policy with his trade strategy. Earnings are still solid for companies, but fears over the ‘trade war” have continued to drag the market. How do American equities compare with other nations? What’s the outlook in the trade war? …
How US Stocks Compare with Other Nations in Trade Wars? Plus MH Market Updates Read More
“The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court denied the appeal brought by the owners of a German Flatts mobile home park,” said the Utica Observer Dispatch. A manufactured home community in German Flatts has lost their most recent appeal. The Town of German Flatts, according to a variety …
Manufactured Home Community Owners Lost Troubling Creekside Appeals Case Read More
Every business ought to periodically look at their performance metrics. That reality check could be Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annually as well as in units of 3, 5, 10 or even 20 years. Then every business, person, and operation should ask themselves, ‘what’s the potential for my business or location?’ …
Made in Space is a company planning to use 3D printing and robotics technology to build housing in orbit, and in outer space. This curated CNBC video posted tells the Made in Space corporate story in brief. But why does this matter to MHVille? No one is expecting …
What “Made in Space” Housing Plans Should Tell Manufactured Housing Industry Professionals Read More
“What is Leadership?” In 2009 and 2010, the manufactured housing industry hit bottom. What that means is that thousands of professionals and investors in the industry today have never personally experienced an era of high performance. Some believe that the only reason that manufactured housing hit a total of …
There are no known industry specific statistics, but it is safe to say that thousands of manufactured housing (MH) communities have dealt in some form of fashion with the problem of illegal drugs. The same is true with MH factories or other workplaces. Employers tell MHProNews anecdotally that a significant …
Going to Pot – Marijuana, Illegal Drugs Controversies, and Manufactured Housing Read More
In a statement to the Daily Business News, House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) expressed both hope and concerns over the economy. Hensarling said that “…although our economy is clearly red hot today, there are some worrisome signs that we must confront. Number one, as recently as 2016, …
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Fox Business that the U.S. lost the trade war, it already happened. What President Trump is seeking is to reverse decades of lost trade battles. CNBC’s Jim Cramer think the U.S. can win, but must do so fast If you’re new, already …
“Trade War Lost” – Ross, Cramer – ‘Trump Will Win’ Stocks Rebound, Plus MH Market Update Read More
“Billionaire Sam Zell has been removed as a keynote speaker at a Mizuho Americas conference following a vulgar comment he made about women earlier this month,” reports Bloomberg. “I never promoted a woman because she was a woman,” Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments (EGI) and Equity LifeStyle …
In a message forwarded to the Daily Business News, MHVillage (MHV) confirmed troubling data that has been presented in person to dozens of gathered industry professionals. The factoids were shared by MHVillage’s Co-President, Darren Krolewski, using a positive-spin narrative. “Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, MHVillage Inc. is the nation’s premier …
MHVillage Confirms Data, and Michigan Operational Slide Revealed Read More
There’s plenty of news on the trade front, which has once more contributed, per analysts, to a slip in the Dow. Most manufactured housing connected stocks moved lower today as well. So how do the world’s nation’s rank in terms of total exports? How vulnerable are various economies, based upon …
As Trade War Talk Heats Up New Infographic Helps Visualize World’s Biggest Exporters Read More
Congress will soon consider permanently extending certain provisions of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Said the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) in a media release to the Daily Business News. According to a recent NFIB member ballot, “over 90 percent of small business owners support permanently extending the expiring …
Act Now to Make Tax Cuts for Small Business Permeant Read More
States can now force online retailers to collect sales tax, and that can impact millions of workers that are doing “brick and mortar” retail job that represent current or potential manufactured home buyers. The high court ruling earlier today reverses a Supreme Court in 1992 ruling. That prior decision – …
SCOTUS – High Court Tax Ruling, and Manufactured Home Industry Impact Read More
