Among the hottest topics in manufactured housing are routinely those related to financing. We see that keen interest in financing at live industry events, such as seminars that take place at the Louisville Show, or the rapidly organized and high interest being shown in Texas Manufactured Housing Association's Dodd-Frank summit, both taking place in January …
CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Decision Is Missing the Mark Read More »
Ever wonder what others in the factory built housing industry are thinking about? What captures their attention? Ever wonder why someone does what they do, or fails to do something? The answers to those sorts of questions interests me too. In this column, we are going to look at 4 broad categories of 'what's hot …
Manufactured Housing in Oct 2013 – What’s Hot and What’s Not Read More »
I'm not aware of any manufactured home communities in Africa, much less on the islands off the African coast. So you can image my surprise when a client called me last week during the MHI/NCC annual Congress and Expo with a question about something he read; and the call came from off the coast of …
There are four new records in manufactured housing we will review in rapid succession. Record # 1, YES! Communities has just hit their new record for number of communities and sites. This was accomplished via the major acquisitions they announced, linked above. Congratulations to all at YES! for their accomplishment. As we have been saying …
The two year uptick in manufactured home shipments shows signs of continuing. The Louisville Show, January manufactured housing shipments and more recently the Tunica Show's reported results have all been positive. Some have called my commentary and MHProNews.com as "industry cheer leadering." For some, it is meant well, but others mean it as less than …
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 …
'Championship wrestling' (example, WWF style) has frankly never been my kind of thing. While I love the Rocky series of movies, boxing isn't high on the list either, but a good football game (like that amazing finish between Falcons and the Seahawks) may be! Some of our regular factory-built housing readers who are also on …
Attention getting headlines vs. a true analysis. This sums up what many in the factory-built home world believe is the heart of the issue with the IBISWorld report on the ‘top ten dying industries’ in America. IBISWorld named manufactured home dealers as one of the top ten, and publications such as The Atlantic , Huffington …
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Three Manufactured Housing News topics today: 1. Post MHI DC meeting comments 2. Reality Check/Getting Mad, and 3. Business Building in the Spring of 2011 So let’s jump in and get started. 1. Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Winter Meeting and Legislative session Duties here in Chicagoland kept me from attending the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) …
MHI Legislative Meeting in DC, Manufactured Housing Industry News Reality Check Read More »
Four topics today; let’s start by diving into topic number 1. 1. Dirty Little Secrets There are some laws of economics that are as immutable as the law of gravity. We have all heard about the law of supply and demand. We won’t go into that one today, but what we will look at is …
Dirty Little Secrets, Confidentiality, Image Campaign and Manufactured Housing News Tips Read More »
