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“The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published on August 9 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress, showing that 8.3 million unassisted very low income households in America spend more than half of their income on their housing, live in severely substandard housing, or both,” said […]
NLIHC CEO Responds on HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs Report, MH Leader Reacts Read More
North Korean War talk continues to cast a shadow for some investors, see that report from yesterday, linked here. But some insiders say that Kim Jung un isn’t about to blow his billionaire lifestyle by actually doing what he threatens. Time will tell. Meanwhile, White House press memos to MHProNews
RHP Closes on 2 More Manufactured Home Communities, Mixed Market Update Read More
The talk about North Korea has investors taking profits. How real are those concerns? How well prepared is the U.S.? Expert video reports below are focused on that hot topic that is moving the markets. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to
Market$ Tumble, Polls Reflect Fear, Related Video Reports, MH Market Updates Read More
The Arc of Dreams Sculpture is designed to recognize those who have made their dreams come true in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One of the latest additions to the project is manufactured housing industry veteran, Ralph Scoular, founder of Iseman Mobile Homes back in 1958, KSFY tells MHProNews. Iseman Homes
Manufactured Home Pro Ralph Scoular honored in Arc of Dreams, Video Read More
Financing provided by large insurance companies is nothing new to the manufactured home community sector. Direct ownership of a property by an insurance firm – as has just occurred in the purchase by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company – that’s an evolutionary development the industry is waking up to. The
Northwestern Mutual’s Big Buy into Manufactured Housing Read More
It’s anyone’s guess if voter ire and feedback during the August recess will help the GOP controlled Congress bridge their own internal gaps on pending promises, such as tax reform. But it may motivate professionals who vote if they better understood what was in the desired Trump plan. The video
Trump Tax Reform Plan Made Simple in 52 Second Video, What’s in it for You? Read More
News about big companies understandably draw a larger audience. Today’s market update featuring the Motley Fool’s report on Berkshire – with several details on Clayton Homes and its sister firms – will likely follow that pattern. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready
Debt ratios are a key element of what is needed to get qualified for a manufactured home, or other housing loans, as veteran industry professionals know. So rising revolving debt raises a warning flare. Credit card debts in the United States have reached an all-time high at $1.021 trillion. That
Report – Rising Debt, Will it Derail Housing Recovery? Read More
Pat Buchanan, like Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), believes that the sabotage of the presidency is well underway. But the Washington Post says that Trump TV “sounds more like real propaganda.” “Kayleigh McEnany, who has been plying her trade as a pro-Trump pundit on CNN for a while, jumped ship to
Propaganda? Fighting Fire with Fire? Controversial Trump TV Debuts Read More
A group of 400 friends, family members, and industry professionals gathered Monday night, August 7, 2017, to celebrate the induction of the Class of 2017 into the RV/MH Hall of Fame. Hall President Darryl Searer kicked things off with his “Annual State of the Hall” address before the induction ceremony
Class of 2017 Inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame Read More
The following formal words from an activist resident group that follow are important, but is far from the full story. “I won’t be at the MHI meeting in Orlando,” Dave Anderson, Executive Director of the National Manufactured Home Owners Association told MHProNews in an emailed comment. “NMHOA isn’t planning to
If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the manufactured home industry’s stocks in the broader
MH Industry, Capital and Manufactured Home Communities, Spotlights & Snapshots Read More
New research spotlights the gaps and differences between the various generations, and how manufactured housing could potentially tap into those opportunities. “Many desire to move from renting to owning, but often struggle to find that a real possibility in the current site-built market. The manufactured housing industry can offer a
Generational Buyers, Millennials, Boomers & Manufactured Homes Read More
The NFIB says that ObamaCare is one of the hottest topics for small business, including manufactured housing. Indeed, healthcare impacts everyone. This study about the looming doctor shortage may make the healthcare debate even hotter. Research by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has found that the U.S. could
Huge Shortage of Doctors Looming, Is ObamaCare the Fix or Blame? Read More
Today’s spotlight showcases an exclusive report on the latest acquisition by Warren Buffett’s Clayton Homes. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the fever – our headline reports are found further below, just beyond the Manufactured Housing Composite Value for today. The
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes’ Latest Buyout, More Read More
A 1950s camp site turned into what was back then correctly called a mobile home park, has now become a manufactured home “billionaire’s playground” resort community. An upcoming spotlight on MHLivingNews, will feature Montauk Shores Resort, where millionaires and billionaires find a prime spot in the ritzy Hamptons, on Long
Billionaire$ and Millionaire$ in Posh, New York Manufactured Home Resort Read More
Our new August issue will go live tonight, Aug 6th. Until then, our theme for the month: July Justice 2017 – MH Billionaires, Millionaires, and You Our featured articles will be available on the MHProNews.com home page. Our May theme will be available mid-week this week. To see the line-up of over 2-dozen featured
“There are more than 6 million unfilled jobs in the U.S. Many of the unemployed lack skills for those jobs. Why?” asks Ross Kinzler, the award-winning, now actively-retired director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA). “Doesn’t the U.S. have government-operated training centers,” he asks, “for advanced skills currently called tech
Ross Kinzler, Others Ask – What Jobs Will Remain? Are AI and Automation Taking Over? Read More
It could prove to be one of the most controversial, witty, sarcastic, and challenging commentaries of the year about the state of the modestly growing manufactured housing industry. The title MHI award-winning Marty Lavin has chosen isn’t “Make MH Great Again.” But that’s precisely what his unstated theme is. Lavin
“Make MH Great Again” – Marty Lavin Exclusive Read More
Today’s spotlight showcases the all important small business sector. While the operations that are publicly traded are important to the industry, so too are those ‘mom and pop’ operations to manufactured housing, and the nation as a whole. If you’re hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready
2 Communities Rise; Supplier, MHC REIT Slide, Small Business in 5 Charts Read More
