A call from an executive in a manufactured home producing state shared some of the challenges a HUD Code or modular manufacturer faces today. The executive laid out the higher ratios of addicts applying for work, he told the Daily Business News. It wasn’t just the opioids, the executive said, […]
Hindsight is 20/20. This may be seen as one of the larger, most consequential reveals in the manufactured housing (MH) industry of 2017. What Frank Rolfe told Inside MH viewers on MHProNews about the odds against passing Preserving Access in 2015 was actually acknowledged by a previous vice president of
Manufactured Housing Institute VP Revealed Important Truths on MHI’s Lobbying, Agenda Read More
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 Composite Value for today. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the manufactured home industry’s stocks in the broader
Music to MH Lender’s Ears? Powell Comments, Markets Roar. MH Update$ Read More
It’s been a little over a year since the historic voting that thrust first time candidate Donald J. Trump into the White House over Democratic rival Secretary Hillary Clinton. Much of the news media – across the left-right media bias spectrum captured in the graphic further below by Sharyl Attkisson
8 Trump Voters, One Year Later – How They Feel, per Bloomberg Read More
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
