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Buffett’s Clayton Buys Yet Another Builder, Growing Dominance in U.S. Housing Market

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Business, Company News, housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, regulation, Stocks

Last week, the Daily Business News on MHProNews was the first in manufactured housing to report that Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Property Group added Colorado based Oakwood Homes to their expanding site-built housing portfolio. Now, Keith Holdbrooks, president of Clayton home building group, has another announcement. “We are proud to welcome Harris Doyle to our […]

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GSEs Duty to Serve Manufactured Housing Comments Due by 11:59 PM 7-10-2017

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The comments deadline to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) regarding the controversial Duty to Serve (DTS) Manufactured Housing by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs or “Enterprises”) are reportedly due at Monday night, by 11:59 PM. MHProNews and MHLivingNews publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach submitted the comments, linked here as

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Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News July 2 to July 9, 2017

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As vacation season rolls on, we’ll try something just a little bit different again today for our weekly recap of .  Reader feedback, always encouraged and appreciated.  Matthew and his work are missed, but we hope his trip to the mountains will be a good one! What’s New on MHLivingNews.com

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Blokable – Making “Housing As Easy as Ordering A Car”

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Company News, Container Housing, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, Trends

GeekWire introduced us today to Blockable, a Seattle, Washington based factory built housing operation led by a former Amazon manager. GeekWire noted that, “According to an SEC filing, Blokable is looking to raise approximately $3 million and so far has brought in about $1.36 million. The document lists Jason Calacanis,

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Heavy ELS Rumble, Leads MHCommunity REIT Stock Tumble, Market Moves

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Company News, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

If you are a first time visitor, our headline report is deeper below. The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps

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British Report on Tough Talking Trump on Trade, Impact

By / / Advocacy, Business, Economy, Jobs, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Politics

With the G-20 summit underway, HotAir reports on a study out of England that says that President Donald J. Trump’s tough talk on trade could be working for the U.S. It isn’t just the Brits and G20 conference.  China is asking the U.S. not to punish them with sanctions over

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ADP Jobs Report, Headhunters and Trumponomics

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ADP’s June 2017 jobs report is out.  Unemployment is at the lowest point in 16 years, states Bloomberg. The economy added about 179,000 jobs, somewhat less than expected, says Thomson Reuters. CNBC says that wages are rising, some .3 percent in June. Coupled with falling fuel prices, that is good

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Clayton Homes, Property Group, buys Site-Builder Oakwood, Industry Market Updates

By / / Business, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, Stocks, Trends

The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks.  By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving the

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May 2017 HUD Code Manufactured Housing Production Report

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Washington, D.C. – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) tells MHProNews that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), year-over-year manufactured housing industry production experienced double-digit growth once again during May 2017. “Just-released statistics indicate that HUD Code manufacturers

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Two More Community Deals Closed by NHCLoan Fund

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Two more manufactured home communities loans in Enfield and Canaan, NH were closed, converting the properties into resident owned communities, Steve Varnum told MHProNews.com. Varnum is with the NH Community Loan Fund (NHCLF), which he says was Established in 1983, and closed on their first resident owned cooperative in 1984. Mascoma Parks,

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Guru Frateschi – MH Stock Poised for BIG Gain, Plus Market Updates

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The evolving Daily Business Newsmarket report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks.  By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving the

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Lies, Fables and MH Impact – A Rose by Any Other Name…

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, media bias, media ignorance, mobile home, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People, Prefabricated housing, regulation

Several recent industry events have highlighted just how significant the incorrect use of jargon – terminology – is for manufactured housing retailers, communities, producers and others who serve, supply, and support the industry. For instance, the Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA) and their state’s resident group struggle to keep their

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Latest Manufacturing Report from ISM, with NAM, Other Industry Insights

By / / Association, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

Manufacturing employs some 12.3 million workers in the United States.  That represents about 9 percent of the workforce, says the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) tells MHProNews that American factories powered up in June, 2017.  Production centers are at their fastest pace in nearly

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Spotlight=UFPI vs. Deltic – Patrick Gainer, Cavco Leads Decliners, MHCV Slides

By / / Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Community Commercial Financing, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

The evolving Daily Business Newsmarket report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks.  By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving the

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Meet Donald Tye, The Flashback Fast-Forward Face of Factory-Built Homes?!

By / / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, Politics, regulation

“Affordable home ownership is Human Capital Investing as opposed to warehousing humans like cattle in a corral,” said Donald Tye, Jr. He made that and other potent comments as part of an in-depth upcoming video interview and related conversations with a man who understands factory-built housing after decades of first

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Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News June 25 to July 2, 2017

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As vacation season rolls on, we’ll try something just a little bit different again today for our weekly recap of .  Reader feedback, always encouraged and appreciated.  Matthew and his work are missed, but we hope his trip to the mountains will be a good one! What’s New on MHLivingNews.com

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson Exclusive Video – ‘Absolutely!’ ‘We Need Crusaders’

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Factory-Built Homes, housing, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People, Politics

As June 2017 winds to a close – a time which President Donald J. Trump proclaimed to be Home Ownership month – Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Dr. Ben Carson hosted a video broadcast via Facebook, which MHLivingNews captured, enhanced from the original and provided to the Daily Business

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Insider Trades at Tricon, Spotlight – Check Moves at Cavco, Skyline, More

By / / Affordable Housing, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

The evolving Daily Business News market report sets the industry’s stocks in the broader context of the overall market stocks. By spotlighting the headlines – from both sides of the left-right media divide – this report also helps readers see what are the trends and topics that may be moving

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What is Affordable Housing? How Affordable is Manufactured Housing?

By / / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Trends

Recently, a manufactured home industry professional said, “We hear about affordable housing all the time.”  He then asked – “What is affordable housing?  How is it defined?” Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD’s Definition HUD defines “Affordable Housing as those households that are paying 30 percent or less of

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Manufactured Housing Institute Reports Preserving Access Language in Subcommittee Appropriation’s bill

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The odds of passing the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) backed “Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act” may be rising. Sources tell MHProNews that MHI has reported to their members in an email yesterday that, “the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) passed the language of

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