The AP, Post Register, Seattle Times, and several others in local, regional and national media are reporting on in the Idaho State attorney general’s reported investigation of a manufactured home retailer. The operation also sells towable RVs. Hathaway Homes Group LLC, based in St. Anthony, ID, reportedly faces millions in …
Manufactured Home Retailer Faces Consumer Law Violations Read More
There are some who due to habit, bias, ignorance, or other limiting factors simply don’t know or see the truth on a given issue. That naturally applies to manufactured housing, and to journalism too. Those who say that journalism is dead are exaggerating. Far more accurate to say that journalism …
Frank Rolfe: Pressured into Silence? Manufactured Housing Industry, and Journalism Read More
The question might be a coin toss for many in the manufactured housing industry. Which federal agency has caused the manufactured home (MH) industry and its consumers more head-aches and heart aches in the last 5 (+/-) years? Some would say, it’s the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). …
Mulvaney Moves Quickly to Start Reigning in the CFPB Read More
Where’s the market top? Is it stable? A bubble? Will passage of meaningful tax reform keep it going? If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing …
Experts Answer, Where’s the Top of this Market? MH Update$ Read More
“We are sad to report that Rich Attkisson of R.A. Financial passed away Friday, November 24,” said the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA). “Rich and his wife Dorothy were always present at the Annual TMHA Conventions and you could almost always find Rich on the golf course during the TMHA …
Rich Attkisson Dies, Manufactured Housing Career, Life Remembered Read More
“Leandra English, a career staffer appointed Friday to lead the CFPB,” is suing the Trump administration for control over the CFPB, reports a range of sources, including the right-of-center Wall Street Journal, and left-of-center media outlets such as the New York Times, LA Times and others. Outgoing director, Richard Cordray, appointed …
Leandra English Sues to Control CFPB, Who’s Legally in Charge? Read More
It is widely understood that Warren Buffett – a Democrat – and President Donald J. Trump – a Republican – are both successful, and profitable. They also both have differing views on political and economic issues. Politics and economics are not the focus of this Monday morning sales meeting. Here’s …
RV MH Hall of Fame Inductee, Joe Kelly is the Executive Director if the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association. Kelly has described this pro-industry, pro-consumer trade publication “like a well-stocked buffet…” of relevant information to manufactured housing (MH) businesses, professionals, and investors. “A buffet is a system of serving meals in …
The issue of sexual harassment isn’t just a personal and legal matter, impacting mostly women who’ve been harmed. Nor is it solely a troubling issue disrupting the careers and reputations of individuals in Hollywood, the entertainment world, politics, the news media, and other industries. Sexual harassment and hostile work environment …
Under ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ you might find the photo of Ethan Allen’s CEO, advocating for service/product firms teaming up with tech. PreFab housing moves are being made – and/or are potentially poised to be made – by hi-tech executives connected with big names like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and …
“James Dimon is an American business executive. He is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, the largest of the big four American banks,” says Wikipedia. James “Jaime” Dimon is calling for a tax cut and overhaul, in order to make American businesses more competitive in a tough …
Why Democratic Leaning Jaime Dimon, of JP Morgan, Calls Americans to Support Tax Reform Read More
A story on Bloomberg, a left-of-center business publication, recently drew a number of emailed tips and comments to the Daily Business News, as a heads up for possible coverage. Such emailed tips from readers are welcomed. They often lead to one or more articles/fact checks about a given issue that …
Bloomberg, Rising “Mobile Home” Prices, and the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Read More
Prisons. Prisoners. Manufactured housing. There are already points of intersection. Can – and should – there be more? Can the factory-built housing industry and the penal system each benefit by developing deeper ties with the other? Can that be accomplished profitably? The private and public sides of the U.S prison …
Manufactured Housing, Prison Reform, Production, and Factory Built Housing Opportunitie$ Read More
With the U.S. stock markets closed on Thanksgiving day, the most recent report available is last night’s closing numbers, charts, data, insights, and commentary – which are reported at the first link below. While the manufactured home industry has been rising for several years, its potential is far greater than …
No Market Report T-Day, Manufactured Housing Industry Reflections Read More
NPR’s Brad Palmer issued this recent report in the wake of what they said was “Possible Tornado Damages Mobile Home in Perry Co.” “Possible tornado damage to a mobile home in Du Quoin on Saturday left one resident trapped in her home for a short time,” per that NPR report. …
A Democratic strategist said in the run-up to Thanksgiving, 2017, that the holiday should be used to torture supporters of President Donald J. Trump. Then candidate Trump’s 2016 opponent, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s full infamous quote: “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what …
Most Americans say they’ve witnessed or experienced sexual harassment, per a recent national poll reported in the Daily Business News. So, that means that what’s happening in other industries, is also taking place in MH Industry workplaces, in locations from border to border. Harassment suits are known to create serious …
Sexual Harassment, and the Manufactured Housing Workplace, Two Short Videos Read More
“President Trump isn’t wrong about the stock market’s record heights,” admitted the left-of-center flagship, the NYTimes. “Even as the unemployment rate has fallen, and…other economic” advances, the NYTimes said, “…economists expect wage growth to improve if unemployment stays low.” Thus in 30 words, the NYTimes summed up what the Daily Business News spent several articles making …
Why is tax reform, regulatory rollback and other reforms in Washington important to the economy and manufactured housing? Theirs a de facto debate between recent analysis by Goldman Sachs and Bank of America (BoA), with the first optimistic, and the second, a darker forecast. That will be our spotlight focus …
Who’s Right? Goldman Sachs, BoA? Market Thumbs up or down 2018? MH Market Update$ Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, said the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) in a release to members. “The [Preserving Access, HR 1699] bill addresses federal regulations implementing the Dodd-Frank Act that have jeopardized access to manufactured housing …
Congressional House Voting Soon on Manufactured Home Issue, Says MHI Housing Alert Read More
