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The markets slid today as most investors declined bite on the word that China and the U.S. may be edging closer to a trade deal. Some insist the trade deal is coming soon, while others say it’s a slow dance and could take significantly longer. But tonight’s focus in on […]
The numbers for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments for January, 2019 are in. The latest data from IBTS and HUD are sobering. The decline that began in 2018 for new HUD Code manufactured home shipments are continuing. We’ll have a separate report with the facts. It’s is the latest
Murders. Robbery. Burglary. Arson. These and other crimes – drug related or whatever other illegal activities – occur in all kinds of housing. From public housing projects to the swankiest gated developments with multimillion dollar site-built housing, crimes occur wherever people are. But for whatever reason, news about crimes, windstorms,
Exploring the following top ten should be a periodic habit for every professional. It should be part of every business review from firms small- to-large in manufactured housing. These top ten items should be discussed internally, until a new habit is formed by those in management, as well as by those
Manufactured Housing’s Top 10, March 2019 Read More
The quotation in the headline is a reaction cited in detail further below to legislation passed in Oregon for statewide rent control. Rent control is often hailed by resident groups in our industry. The activists at MHAction are just one example of support among manufactured home community (MHC) resident groups.
What follows are just the facts about our reader engagement per third-party Webalizer from the top 2 of several URL/cPanel accounts for Business to Business (B2B) focused MHProNews.com. Year over Year (YoY), traffic on MHProNews has doubled. Pageviews: 15,516,004. Total Visits: 3,168,015. Average page views per visit: 4.89770534546, or just
In Manufactured Home Marketing, Size and Results Matter! Read More
On the 10th up week for rising largely markets. It was a good day for the markets in general, and manufactured home connected stocks too. Tonight, we turn to a video with White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett. He lays out the numbers looking back, and looking
MHLivingNews recently featured a report where Democrats and Republicans came together in a bipartisan way to support manufactured homes as an important part of the solution the affordable housing crisis in their state. That report is linked here and below. Those lawmakers looked at facts, figures, and the reality of
The Daily Business News on MHProNews was contacted recently by Lance Latham, Deputy Director for the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association to share the following announcement of two new inductees into their state’s Hall of Fame. The release was accompanied by the photo shown at top and below. Of course, the
New Inductees Into State’s Manufactured Housing Industry Hall of Fame Announced Read More
According to their website, “The Open Markets Institute uses journalism to promote greater awareness of the political and economic dangers of monopolization, identifies the changes in policy and law that cleared the way for such consolidation, and fosters discussions with policymakers and citizens as to how to update America’s traditional political economic principles
In 2018, Statista says that there were some 127.59 million households in the United States. In their analysis of what several Democrats are now referring to as the “aspirational” Green New Deal (GND), estimates that the housing cost component of the plan could range from $1.6 trillion to $4.2
Why does this piece of political theater matter? Simple. There is an info war underway, and how weaponized news clips are perceived can influence markets, consumer, and business confidence. On a super busy news day, we’ll spotlight Jordan’s litany of facts that former Trump attorney, Michael Cohen had to listen
There are on- and off-the-record statements that will follow. While the Daily Business News on MHProNews talks with industry professionals by phone on a regular basis too, our preference in using comments is to get the person to send their statements in an email, for our mutual accuracy. There
There has been scuttlebutt among talking heads in media about a looming recession for months. People with the ‘right’ credentials are asked, and they soberly express their opinions – which they are entitled to – as to why they think that a recession is looming. MHProNews has pushed back against that
Housing Economists Projections from NAHB, CoreLogic, Nationwide, and MHVille Read More
As AOC is getting blowback from members of her own party, and pushback from the GOP or others. So it’s interesting to note that today, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell weighed in on some Green New Deal connected notions too. On a mixed day on the markets, Powell’s take will
The message below was sent from MHProNews publisher, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach, was sent this morning to Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) General Counsel, Rick Robinson, JD. Several MHI members, and independents were among those BCC’d in this message. — Email to MHI VP and General Counsel, Rick Robinson —
“In an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick, Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett says he would support Michael Bloomberg for president,” says CNBC’s YouTube page. “Buffett says he thinks [Michael] Bloomberg would be a good president because he knows how to run things and he understand people and the
Berkshire Chairman Warren Buffett Announces Support for 2020 Hopeful, Behind the Curtain Read More
Before diving into this animated infographic, it is worth noting that manufactured housing’s largest producer, Clayton Homes, is a well known Berkshire Hathaway brand. This video covers Top 15 Best Global Brands Ranking from the period (2000-2018). Published on Feb 12, 2019, it has already had 3,102,943 views when we
The left-of-center Daily Beast is reporting that Lina Khan, plans to join the congressional staff of Democrats that overseas antitrust issues. With the AOC, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the “Feel the Bern” crowd ascendant among Democrats – at least for now – that could be significant for the FAANGs, Berkshire
The Daily Business News on MHProNews noted yesterday that 6 words that were missing from Chairman Warren Buffett’s cover letter to Berkshire Hathaway annual report. By contrast, the formal part of the annual report must provide information for shareholders and prospective investors, as a matter of regulatory law. For those
