Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in factory-home building. Other FAANG stocks have a direct impact on manufactured housing, for marketing and other reasons. Investors ran for cover today for reasons noted in our left-right bullet headlines, below. The drop in FAANG will be our featured report this evening. …
FAANG Stocks Drop $140 Billion, Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Markets Read More
Let’s be clear. This post is a simple comparison between the image-defending video Clayton Homes clearly invested several thousand dollars in for their ‘Have it Made’ campaign vs. a video by a purported Clayton Homes home owner, who is slamming their construction and quality. The Clayton-slamming customer …
“Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire…” – part of a children’s rhyme to discourage dishonesty. “You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.” – Mark Twain, advice to youth, per Speakola. “Just because something isn’t a lie does not mean that …
“Pants on Fire” – Latest New Manufactured Housing Shipment Report Read More
Whatever your position is on Nancy Pelosi (CA-D), she is proving you can’t beat someone with no one. That principle applies in numerous aspects of one’s business or professional life too, including our once far-greater in scope industry. Affordable housing advocates need more than a lament. Those who …
For a shakeup in coverage, we reached across the Pacific to the South China News Post (SCNP), which often acts as the unofficial source for Chinese state positions. What the SCNP had to say about the announcement of the trade truce between their President Xi, and U.S. President Donald J. …
If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, chances are, it’s a duck. It’s useful, because of the insights revealed. What’s useful? The costly Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) self-defense, self-promotion video is arguably a fine razzle dazzle production. Their video obviously reflects the issues MHI’s leadership and …
As thousands of industry professionals know, terminology is a problem in many parts of American society today, not just in our profession. Last week we looked at the topic of conservation and energy. Its a serious issue for factory built housing pros. ICYMI, or need a refresher, that useful …
Before we get into the purported Clayton/21st/MHI “kill shots” in our headline and feature image, a few words – a preface – are in order. Preface: We consider ourselves to be among those independent industry professionals who are positive-goals and solution-oriented people by nature. Those who know us …
Clayton’s Miss, Kevin and Tim’s Manufactured Housing Kill Shot, More Read More
It is one of the most controversial issues in the manufactured housing industry today. Through their apparent power at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Clayton Homes has backed the notion of a “new class of manufactured homes.” It is a thorny issue, as there are various, divided views …
