Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” – English maxim, origin credited to George Herbert. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford “No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things take time. You can’t produce a baby in one

  “While we believe that this bill is well intended and that HUD Code manufactured housing is a key part of the solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis…” “…we also believe that the legislative provisions needed to advance the availability and affordability of manufactured housing are already contained in

In the sometimes-topsy-turvy world of investors good news can be bad news. The U.S. jobs report was surprisingly strong, which causes some analysts to fear that the Fed now may hold off on an interest rate cut. Other factors covered in our financial bullet headlines are below. Our spotlight this

  Part of the ‘secret’ for legal victories can be consistency, procedures, and documentation. There is little doubt that Tim Williams, President and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway owned 21st Mortgage Corporation and his company has vastly more experience in legal matters than our far more modest operation does. It should

Music gets appropriated for commercials, campaigns, causes, and political events on a routine basis. So why not do that for the interests of manufactured home professionals, investors, and the tens of millions in the affordable home seeking public? Facts, figures and slogans often get swatted around like a ping-pong ball

“President Donald Trump celebrated “the greatest political journey in human history” Thursday in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy, cheering crowd of spectators,” said left-of-center Time Magazine. “With jets roaring overhead and a poncho-clad crowd before him, President Donald Trump implored Americans to come together Thursday in a

  Count on left-of-center NBC News to be an outlet that will not fail to present the Democratic reaction to a President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump statement or plan. NBC’s report on the planned festivities in Washington, D.C. is below.   The British Daily Mail filed

That’s not necessarily an indictment of the song, its writer, or the artist that popularizes a tune. It is a statement of reality, of the ebb and flow of music and culture. The new becomes familiar, and the familiar – right or wrong – becomes ‘old.’ But as the Japanese

Nobility Homes (NOBH) is a bright spot in the constellation of firms in the manufactured housing industry. Frankly, it is frustrating to report 9 months of year over year declining sales for the industry, when we as industry experts know that the overall declines are avoidable. Nobility is part of

While others in manufactured housing trade media have continued to be cheerleaders for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their ‘big boy’ backers, MHProNews and MHLivingNews has pulled back the curtain and fact-checked their respective claims for years. The Daily Business News on MHProNews simply notes that the industry’s so-called

Examples of two of Clayton Homes and their lending arm, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF), online ads are shown below. In the light of their new ad campaign it may now seem counterintuitive – or deceptive? – for Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes to be telling the professionals in the

  CNBC recently reported that Warren Buffett has donated billions more in Berkshire Stock to 5 ‘charities.’ In an exclusive ‘deeper dive’ report on MHLivingNews, there are facts laid out including how many billions and to what causes they were given. That includes several quotes from Kevin Clayton and others.

There are an estimated one million rats in Los Angeles – L.A. – the largest city in the “Golden State” of California. Diseases not common in modern times are coming back with a vengeance. “In the modern version being played out today on the streets of Los Angeles and almost

Newsmax and other media outlets are reporting this evening that there are several retailers forging an alliance to take on Amazon – a company that Berkshire Hathaway reportedly has about a billion dollar stake in, and is involved in factory-built housing and numerous other businesses, and Google. On a day