The Dow was nudged upwards by positive corporate profits 42.61 points to end the week at 12,479.73, while housing stocks closed mixed.  The Manufactured Housing Composite lost .74 percent to close at 1051.60.  Sun Communities was up 1.75 percent, ELS gained .89 percent and MSCI moved up .05 percent.  Palm Harbor Homes fell 2.38 percent, Skyline Corporation lost 1.64 percent and Cavco lost .41 percent.  Nobility Homes and Deer Valley were both flat.

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