Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Senior Vice President Lesli Gooch, Ph.D. – following the lead of months of Daily Business News reports – recently said, “With the national homeownership rate at a 50-year low, rents increasing at a rapid pace, and mortgage credit still tight, a key focus in Washington should …
Sparks Fly as MHI’s Lesli Gooch Weighs in, MHARR’s Mark Weiss Says, “Fake News!” Read More
Skyline, Equity LifeStyle Properties and Sun Communities were among the few manufactured home industry connected stocks that bucked a broader drop in the markets. There is also a link to a report on VMF, Clayton Homes in house lender, near the bottom of this daily market report. If you’re new, …
While much of the media on the left and right are unloading on the president, the White House is pointing to the actual words and deeds of POTUS Trump. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – …
MH Markets Mixed, Media Lashes President, White House Points to Result$ Read More
“It would be interesting to do a comparative history, MH vs. public housing,” said Ross Kinzler, prior executive director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA). “Did the public sector do any better serving lower-class housing needs? Nope,” said Kinzler. His remark came in part as a reaction to an in-depth …
Ross Kinzler on MH Communities, and Marty’s Lavin’s Back to the Cornfields Read More
MHProNews has been advised by sources that Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF) has been testing a Zero Down Payment chattel lending program. Per those sources – one of which is involved in manufactured home industry lending – the loan program doesn’t require “land in lieu” of down payment. The assertion …
Zero Down Payment – not Land in Lieu – Manufactured Home Chattel Lending Program Read More
The White House press room said in a release today to MHProNews that an infrastructure Executive Order will speed the permitting process on highways and other infrastructure. That video, some stills and more are below. Business wage boosting efforts are also part of our spotlight report, further below. The president …
Concerns over war with North Korea aren’t gone, but a variety of signals at home and abroad have calmed nervous investors. So for today’s spotlight, we’ll return to a the push for tax reform, 2017. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to …
War Jitters Return to Yawn, Market$ Roar Back, Tax Reform 2017 Updates in Two Videos Read More
Our new August issue will go live tonight, Aug 6th. Our featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our August theme will be available mid-week this week. To see the line-up of over 2-dozen featured articles for this month, along with the headline commentary, please click the link above. …
The successful test of the hyperloop transit concept could lead to significant changes in U.S. housing patterns. Current transportation methods limit the distance that people can reasonably commute to get to work in urban or suburban settings. Higher density populations, along with urban sprawl, creates congestion on road ways. Various …
Can the Hyperloop Benefit Manufactured Housing, Millions of Home Seekers? w/Videos Read More
“The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published on August 9 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress, showing that 8.3 million unassisted very low income households in America spend more than half of their income on their housing, live in severely substandard housing, or both,” said …
NLIHC CEO Responds on HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report, MH Leader Reacts Read More
North Korean War talk continues to cast a shadow for some investors, see that report from yesterday, linked here. But some insiders say that Kim Jung un isn’t about to blow his billionaire lifestyle by actually doing what he threatens. Time will tell. Meanwhile, White House press memos to MHProNews …
RHP Closes on 2 More Manufactured Home Communities, Mixed Market Update Read More
Daniel S. Loeb, is the CEO and founder of Third Point LLC, “an asset management firm headquartered in New York, in 1995,” says their website. Loeb “leads portfolio management, risk management and research activities. Before founding Third Point, Daniel worked on both the buy and the sell sides for over …
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager – Elite Couple’s Manufactured Home Read More
“This is not a day care. This is a university,” concluded the viral blog post by Dr. Everett Piper, President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. So why this 2-year-old story on the Daily Business News’ Flashback Friday? You’ll see… “Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and …
University President’s Commentary, Applied to Manufactured Housing Read More
The talk about North Korea has investors taking profits. How real are those concerns? How well prepared is the U.S.? Expert video reports below are focused on that hot topic that is moving the markets. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to …
Market$ Tumble, Polls Reflect Fear, Related Video Reports, MH Market Updates Read More
Financing provided by large insurance companies is nothing new to the manufactured home community sector. Direct ownership of a property by an insurance firm – as has just occurred in the purchase by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company – that’s an evolutionary development the industry is waking up to. The …
Northwestern Mutual’s Big Buy into Manufactured Housing Read More
It’s anyone’s guess if voter ire and feedback during the August recess will help the GOP controlled Congress bridge their own internal gaps on pending promises, such as tax reform. But it may motivate professionals who vote if they better understood what was in the desired Trump plan. The video …
Trump Tax Reform Plan Made Simple in 52 Second Video, What’s in it for You? Read More
News about big companies understandably draw a larger audience. Today’s market update featuring the Motley Fool’s report on Berkshire – with several details on Clayton Homes and its sister firms – will likely follow that pattern. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready …
The following formal words from an activist resident group that follow are important, but is far from the full story. “I won’t be at the MHI meeting in Orlando,” Dave Anderson, Executive Director of the National Manufactured Home Owners Association told MHProNews in an emailed comment. “NMHOA isn’t planning to …
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 …
MH Industry, Capital and Manufactured Home Communities, Spotlights & Snapshots Read More
Today’s spotlight showcases an exclusive report on the latest acquisition by Warren Buffett’s Clayton Homes. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The …
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes’ Latest Buyout, More Read More
