The apparent Muslim terrorists who struck Paris are the visible consequence of a variety of festering factors. Pre-attack anti-immigration sentiment has been rising in Europe and here in the U.S.. Don’t be surprised if that sentiment spikes in France and elsewhere after this terror event. Any who thinks the mass killings in the French capitol …
“Facts are always better than dreams. Facts provide accurate perspective of your current reality. A leader absolutely cannot make a series of good decisions without first confronting the brutal facts!” Mark Cundiff – Learning to Lead – provides a synthesis of what Jim Collins and his team of university-level researchers published in the acclaimed business-book, …
We’ve had so many other newsy items lately, we thought it best to hold this pending MHC deal until now. Apparently, some 50 (+/-) MHCs are in play. Word on the street is that Frank Rolfe and company have a CA with Asset Development Group (ADG/Home Source One), a portfolio that has been hanging there …
Another Big MH Deal? + Warren Buffett, Grabbing Nettles Read More »
We’re in a nation and world living in critical times. Ensconced in the cocoon of our big screens, tablets, smart watches, phones and social distractions, images of millions of refugees from the Middle East may seem as surreal as a Dali painting. The moorings of our nation’s constitution were slipped years ago. We awakened to …
Make no mistake. There is a terrific need for manufactured housing to see Dodd-Frank amended along the lines of the MHI sponsored bill. The need exists for home owners, as well as for industry pros, as the link above demonstrates. My professional view is that protecting MH home owners resale values is crucial for the …
MHARR, MHI Push GSE Reforms – While others Pushing MH Image & Education Read More »
In the near future, PBS News will be featuring video interviews on a broadcast and posted on their website that will focus on manufactured housing lending. Our sources tell MHProNews that PBS will have “both sides” of the issue represented in their report. We’re also told by pro-industry voices that PBS assigned a journalist known …
In August 2009, shortly after the venerable MHMerchandiser Magazine quietly closed, my truly better half and I made the decision to launch an eZine for manufactured housing industry pros. We have a vision of what we launched as being the virtual first step in creating platforms that would inform and inspire innovation that would lead …
As regular readers know, the first Masthead blog post of the month is devoted to ‘introducing’ the Featured Articles on our MHProNews.com home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will be no exception. There are times when a theme emerges or is planned for a given month. Last month, it was …
America’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Crossroads, July 2015 Read More »
As thousands of MHPros know, the manufactured housing (MH) industry is represented in DC by two different associations. There is MHI – the Manufactured Housing Institute and MHARR – the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform. Each of these is currently pursing rather different courses of action. MHI MHI’s primary focus has been Dodd-Frank reform. …
Favorite Issues for the Manufactured Housing Industry’s two National Associations Read More »
The Manufactured Housing (MH) industry has never been monolithic. There has been and always will be various voices and groups within the industry landscape. Part of our challenge in getting a bill such as HR 650/Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing passed – great job to all who made it happen! – is that we do …
Post-HR 650 Passage. New MH Lender? Manufactured Housing Professional Landscape… Read More »
