If your business is connected with manufactured housing (MH) sales, be prepared to rock and roll in 2013! See the new Looking UP! Industry in Focus report for some eye opening charts and graphs, courtesy of Freddie Mac, that underscore our Industry's rebound while pointing towards more growth. Think about the growing chattel and mortgage …
Do you recall the first time the image of being 'painted into a corned' really hit home for you? Maybe it was a cartoon – like the from Canaconcepts shown below – but the real life implication of doing something that 'cornered' someone you know has likely hit home many times over the years. Some …
Fast February raced by and we have march-ed on to March. Legislative efforts, the 2013 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show and the onset of the Spring sales season will be on the radar for many. Let's start with links and facts related to the Manufactured Housing Institute's Legislative conference last week. The bottom line report (action …
Manufactured housing can solve America's affordable housing challenges without federal subsidies. To do that we must have legislative and/or regulatory fixes to laws that choke our industry. Doing so would create jobs and protect the value of some 20 million who live in factory-built homes. Last year's HR 3849 and S 3484 bills will be …
My parents wanted to take us kids to Washington, DC back when we were living in Upper Darby, PA, just outside of Philly. We made it to Longwood Gardens in Kenneth Square, PA. We made it to Atlantic City and their famous board walk on the shores of New Jersey. But seeing Washington, DC (District …
Richard A. "Dick" Jennison is having his first anniversary as MHI's (Manufactured Housing Institute) President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer). It was just before the 2012 Legislative session that Dick Jennison came on board and was introduced to members at that session. The year has gone by quickly! Happy anniversary, Dick. Glad our industry hasn't …
Thanks to input from a tiny segment of our industry's pros who are thinking about issues like this one, we will focus the spotlight in this column on over $30 billion in potential that ought to belong to manufactured housing. Sadly, it is overlooked to our detriment. Here is the snapshot of the issue: http://www.MHProNews.com/home/industry-news/industry-in-focus/4970-removing-the-blinders …
It seems like some days the 'off the radar' potential topics are far more numerous than the on the radar ones. This is one of those days. Might we see something interesting in the way of internal politics take place soon? Wait and see. But one (or more?) of the normal drum beat(s) was strangely …
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to sell and or manage the sales of manufactured homes from a variety of factory builders. Included among those HUD Code Manufactured Home builders was Liberty Homes. I found Liberty to be a fine representation of what quality manufactured home producers can accomplish. So it is with a …
Saturday morning, February 2nd, a Forbes on Fox panelist predicted 25% growth in housing stocks in the next six months. One analyst gave a strong thumbs up for Berkshire Hathaway (BH), echoed by another analyst. Our readers know that BH is parent to Clayton Homes, other factory-home builders and a number of housing suppliers. Nor …
