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Annual Home Gains Slow, per S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller – Manufactured Housing‘s Missing Mantra

  Reminder.  A “mantra” is a refrain, a chant, a repetition of some important point.  The reminder of the need for a mantra is ever-timely for manufactured housing professionals who understand the value of grasping reality globally, but then Acting Robustly Locally.   In a new release to the Daily […]

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New York Times Review of “Mobile Homes”

It is stating the obvious to observe that the news media, as well as the entertainment world, has an ability to influence the perceptions of readers, viewers, and listeners.   As the majority of front-line industry professionals, serious investors, owners, executives, and management know, tens of millions of our fellow

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Details Emerging on Amazon’s Plans for Plant PreFab Modular Home Investment

  “It’s a huge business opportunity. With more than 600,000 new homes sold in the U.S. alone last year, there are billions of dollars to be made by anyone who can get a head start in dragging the industry into the tech age — something Amazon has accomplished in multiple

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POTUS “Not Happy,” Barra, Kudlow Huddle, Stocks Rise, Plus MH Market Updates

GM CEO Mary Barra and with the White House’s economic point man Larry Kudlow huddle following job-cuts announcement next year at a number of their automotive production plants.  Investors apparently liked the sound of that, as GM and other stocks rose.  But President Donald J. Trump slammed the move, saying

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Jury Awards Millions to Residents in Suit Against Controversial Community Operator

  AP and numerous local media announced last week that residents in a manufactured home community in California won a multi-million-dollar judgment from a jury.   “A jury has awarded more than $5.5 million to 31 residents of a Southern California mobile home park1 [sic] rife with problems including sinkholes, sewage

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Ford and Toyota Teach Manufactured Housing Professionals and Investors

  There are times that one must look outside of one’s industry or profession for useful insights. That’s the case with today’s Monday Morning Marketing and Sales Meeting.   Toyota has issued a recall for some 800,000 Prius vehicles, per NPR. Those recall totals are equal to about 11 years

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What Just Happened, to Cavco, Independent Communities, Retailers, and Manufactured Housing?

  Every Sunday morning for several years, we provide this popular week in review.   It helps answer the question, ‘What Just Happened?’ It will also suggest a few answers to a question that hasn’t been asked, what’s coming up in this week ahead? Drama. Some of it is ‘manufactured

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Center for Public Integrity – Stunning Clayton Homes-Warren Buffett-Berkshire Hathaway Manufactured Home Lending Truth Outs

The truth can be stranger than fiction. Prepare to scratch your head in wonder, to be stunned, or both. But the evidence will be provided, and you can decide for yourself whatever you think it means to you, your business, the manufactured home industry, and our nation that is seeking

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Are Flawed Policies Fostering Homelessness, Crime? What Happens When Affordable Housing, Including Manufactured Homes, Are Lacking

A report and analysis from Columbus, GA linked further below from earlier today includes the interview of a man who stated that he was homeless prior to moving into an affordable manufactured home. Now an official in that town is threatening to close the community that provided a once-homeless man with

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Dow Falls 178+ Points, Worst Thanksgiving Week Since 2011, Plus MH Market Updates

Elections, monopolies, public policy, and repeatedly misleading mainstream media reports all have consequences. The Dow and other markets tumbled again on a short Black Friday trading session, and that will be our focus report, further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready

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Public Official, ABC News, Manufactured Home Community Owner Clash Over Resident Concerns

If there is one thing that almost everyone likes, it’s good press.  The reverse of that reality is that public officials, mainstream media, and professionals dread media scrutiny that reveals unjust behavior.   Against that backdrop is the following mainstream news story out of Columbus, GA. It focused on a

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Take One – Data Driven U.S. Outlook in 2019 and MHVille

  Propaganda works, but facts matter. In this take one on the 2019 outlook, we will focus on facts and evidence.   There are talking heads on cable news, in print or digital mainstream news media, who for some months have ‘talked down’ the U.S. economic forecast. Among their false

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Yes, Thankfully There’s Times Manufactured Homes Earn Bipartisan Praise in Washington, D.C. Metro

  A new article on Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) points out praise across the left-right partisan divide in favor of modern manufactured homes.   That same new Thanksgiving Day report also pulls together elements from both national trade associations that are based in or near Washington, D.C. In that

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MH Silver Lining? Residential Construction Report, Oct 2018, per HUD, Census Bureau

  Prior to diving into the latest residential construction data from the federal government, we’ll simply note that our reports from official sources are often among the most popular on the Daily Business News on MHProNews.   For example, from our primary URL (web address) – observing that we have

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Fascinating Thanksgiving Factoid, Socialism Preceded Thanksgiving in America

  “Was America once socialist? Surprisingly, yes,” says Praeger University. On Thanksgiving day, a headline on the ubiquitous Drudge Report provides a sobering reminder.  In Venezuela, 80 percent of the population is hungry, ten years into their socialist experiment. Centuries before Karl Marx wrote his book on socialist theory, “The

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MH Marketing Insights – Where are Americans Moving? U.S. Moves, by State – Charts, Video

  There are several serious topics that are frankly heavy, and in various ways negative, that we will hold until after Thanksgiving. These include court decisions, legal, and other industry-specific items that we’ll tackle in the near term, but after the holiday.     The reason is simple. It’s time

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Market Woes? No Recession, Says Goldman Sachs, Plus MH Equities Updates

On the evening before Thanksgiving, with millions traveling to see family, friends, and loved ones, the markets closed mixed.  Some are talking about recession.  Really?  An expert look by Goldman Sach’s  Peter Oppenheimer says no, which will be our featured report this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our

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#NobleNotMobile, New Contest and Video Program Launched, Exclusive Details

  As the Daily Business News on MHProNews signaled on Sunday, a new program is being promoted that aims to help change the image of manufactured homes.   In an on-the-record email, Mike Bullard, communications director for ROC USA said as follows to MHProNews’ publisher, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach: “Good

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What’s the Truth About Thanksgiving in MHVille?

The Praeger University video series tend to be in the 5- to 7-minute range. They visually condense their subject matter in a well sourced, engagingly presented way by an informed person or expert.   Tens of millions of views of Praeger videos have occurred. These are generally items that could

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Manufactured Housing – MHVille, It’s Not a Matter Open to Interpretation

Here in the U.S., the legal system forbids falsehood, though the law knows that it occurs.  After 18 months of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, millions of observers have learned that lying to the FBI is a federal crime. Some have plead guilty, but not to a 2016 campaign violation.

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