Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The world is not about to come to an end. But the U.S. has gone from 1st to 3rd in the IMD World Competitiveness global rankings. CNBC noted these bullets from IMD’s research. For the first time in nine years, Singapore surpassed the United States and Hong Kong to clinch […]

  Let’s begin with a factoid from Zillow. Only eight percent – 8% – of housing shoppers consider a manufactured home. To the savvy marketer, investor, or other industry professionals — that is the challenge and the opportunity in disguise. Turned on it’s head, accepting Zillow’s data means that 92

It’s the most recent in numerous such investigations that have been announced by various law firms that specialize in national securities litigation. This time, it is from a firm that says they were ranked #4 by ISS for recoveries in 2017. For the Cavco Industries (CVCO) home office, it was

The devil may be lurking in the details. The bill offered by Representative Ilhan Omar would regulate specific rights of manufactured home community owners. This report will be broken into sections, that will conclude with Omar’s statement and the bill itself. It will include a complete narrative from the MinnPost

It has been some times since the Daily Business News on MHProNews took a look under the hood at Patrick Industries. Patrick (PATK:NASDAQ) is a supplier to the RV, Marine, Manufactured Housing, and other segments of the broader Housing Industries. Their Investor Relations (IR) package is a useful resource in

As a disclosure, MHProNews has argued for years that however good it sounds, rent-control doesn’t work in practice. That noted, as the affordable housing debate is only growing, and some are pushing rent control as a ‘solution,’ this morning the Daily Business News on MHProNews hereby presents two videos on

In the broader society, there are numbers of those who do not believe in free speech. If you don’t agree with their perspective, you don’t deserve the right to speak or write to the contrary is their view. The video tonight is by a self-proclaimed Democrat who takes about 7

It’s a hot topic on financial websites. Rare earth elements (REE) or rare earth metals are not actually that rare, they are found in the U.S. and elsewhere. But sources say that some 80 percent of them are imported from China, because it was cheaper to do so. That’s an

On 5.28.2019, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D), a rising 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, issued letters to numerous manufactured home communities (MHCs). Among those manufactured home (MH) communities she has named and taken aim at? Apollo Global Management/Inspire Communities, Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management, Federal Capital Partners/Horizon Land Company, Havenpark Capital, Stockbridge,

“Since its inception in 2003 this part of my web site has offered a mix of consumer news, excerpts of reports about manufactured homes, miscellaneous ideas and suggestions, Q&A snippets, updates, consumer alerts, and commentary from yours truly,” said John Grissim, author of the Grissim Guides in a Summer-Fall 2018

There are several possible issues that could be covered this evening as our featured report, which is true of numbers of other evening market-related reports too. Tonight, we’ve selected Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez weighing in on climate change. Why this, why now? Because she specifically was talking about tornadoes. When funnels hit

As longtime readers of the Daily Business News on MHProNews May recall, the story that follows may well sound reminiscent of others in cities and towns across the U.S. In Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other states, municipalities and local jurisdictions in recent years have often been accused of targeting manufactured home

Stating the Obvious can bring clarity to an issue. Housing is one of the essentials of life. Those are often defined as: food, fluids, clothing, transportation, and shelter. Notice that technology, toys for all ages, and entertainment aren’t mentioned? Note too that social, spiritual, health, and political items aren’t in

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of eight other Democratic Senators in calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to improve transparency around manufactured home financing, according to a release from the office of Senator Cortez. Senator Cortez was joined in the letter signed “by Senators

While there are arguably market-manipulations afoot that impact manufactured housing, it would be inaccurate to pin the responsibility for all lost sales on a ‘rigged system.’ Retailers and communities can make a difference in their local market. Rephrased, we believe that individual companies do have a level or responsibility for

The manufactured home industry will arguably not achieve its potential until education becomes a core element of the industry’s ‘marketing.’ This column won’t go into the de facto challenges caused by a lack of proper engagement from the industry’s post production sector with the mainstream media to debunk misconceptions, other

For busy professionals, holidays often provide a good time to review facts, themes, issues, and trends to gain useful perspectives. Let’s begin this review of the true state of the manufactured housing industry with a litany of facts and their source relative to U.S. housing, affordable housing, and manufactured homes.

It was after services this Memorial Day weekend, and our family was recognizing the contributions of various military members that we know. For example, publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach was telling a retired special forces operator ‘I know it’s Memorial Day weekend, and not Veterans Day weekend, but I just

There are slogans and then there are solutions. Slogans are what the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is well known for, examples are “Got Clout? Get it Here” or their recent slogan for their 2019 Congress and Expo fund-raising meeting, which used the phrase “Let’s Keep Building.” More on those two

Nature abhors a vacuum. That axiom is true in science, as well as in issues of pragmatic leadership. In a communique to the manufactured housing industry’s dozens of state association executives, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) outlined their plan to address the “moral obligation” to fix the