From across the left-right spectrum, there is surprise and push back on President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump’s proposed nominees to the Federal Reserve Board. It’s a chess game, in part, as POTUS Trump is essentially using the nominees in part to hammer a message home that …
Art Laffer on POTUS Trump’s Federal Reserve Board Picks, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
Once even a friendly dog is given a bone, it may not let go without a serious struggle. Ponder that metaphor for the next few minutes, as the Daily Business News on MHProNews briefly spotlights this evening an interesting contrast between the behavior of giant Amazon and giant Berkshire Hathaway …
In a statement today to recapping what they are calling “Bold New Initiatives,” the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is taking aim at issues to get to some underlying challenges facing manufactured housing going that arise from post-production scenarios. MHARR and its members have kept …
Historic Manufactured Housing Industry Decisions Were Made Here on 3.27.2019 Read More
This isn’t an April Fool’s joke. If it is funny in any sense to anyone, it’s only so for those in the industry who may see a perverted value to themselves in the troubling declines in new home shipments and sales in numbers of states across the country. This data …
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi, per BrainyQuotes. There’s significant value to live events of many kinds, and the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show last week underscored that on several levels. The MHProNews team was there, and we had a chance to hear …
Errata, Apologies, Explanations, Tunica Talk, and Manufactured Housing Read More
Once the rules of the game – and the methods of one’s opponents – are clearly understood, then potentially winning strategies can be forged. The oriental philosopher military strategist Sun Tzu said similarly. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred …
Sun Tzu – Ultimate Manufactured Home Freedom Alliance Read More
It will be recalled that Clayton Homes made a move largely away from their presence at the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, when they decided to have their own plant show for Clayton retailers in Birmingham, AL. With highways torn up for reconstruction for the next 18 months, a return to …
There is always something far more personal to those face to face contacts with professionals across the span of the industry. Some of the things heard today, in no particular order of importance, from those at the Tunica Show were: The mood was generally good. Builders still report several …
Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, MH Industry Pro Feedback, Day 1 Read More
Former volume retailer, community owner and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) award winner Marty Lavin has referred to the HUD Code has a discrimination code. State association executive J.D. Harper has called the bias against manufactured housing and their residents an example of “economic racism.” It will be recalled that …
Anyone can allege anything. To heck with hyperbole or he said, she said. It’s evidence, documents, money trails, trend lines, and common-sense reasoning that are among the elements that ought to be considered by thinking professionals. While most of manufactured housing’s bloggers, or other publishers, are blatant Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington kiss-ups, the …
The approach often deployed by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their industry acolytes is one of sounding reasonable. It’s also the voice of polite compromise. But unfortunately, it’s been demonstrated time and again to be ineffective. A recent example is the article linked below. Urgency Grows, Another City Prepares …
Manufactured Housing Compromise? Carrots and Sticks, and Mutual Victories? Read More
A couple of billion folks globally use Facebook (FB) globally, hundreds of millions of them right here in the U.S.A. Manufactured housing and other marketers often use FB, as do politicos, or the latest crazed killer – anyone trying to get the word out – on whatever. Voices on the …
A recent report reflected the potential for the manufactured housing industry during this current affordable housing crisis. There are some 100,000,000 Americans living in rental housing. About one in seven Americans are moving this year, and every year. Manufactured homes are the most affordable type of permanent housing. So …
Cha-Ching! Manufactured Housing Made Simple in 2019 Read More
In an email to MHProNews, came the following on 3.10.2019. “Tony, Soheyla and their team are always my first call for getting the word out about Legacy Housing’s manufactured home shows. They are excellent at promoting to our targeted industry audience and it shows every time in our post-show attendee analysis. …
Rocking Manufactured Housing Shows, Events, and Marketing Promotions Read More
“We can’t be perfect but we can try to be. As I’ve said in these memos for more than 25 years: ‘We can afford to lose money—even a lot of money. But we can’t afford to lose reputation—even a shred of reputation.’ We must continue to measure every act against …
Go ahead, say it. Naïve, idealistic, rash, foolish, or a crusader who believes that the only way that positive change occurs is by intelligently challenging the status quo. That challenge can and should be honorable, and it can and should be profitable. So, pragmatism and reason are involved. Over the …
Almost every tracked stock in MHVille rose today, as our Bloomberg ticker further below reflects. CNBC and Fox Business both report that China’s economic and market slides are beginning to put pressure on their leadership to ‘make a deal’ with the Trump Administration over trade. On a day when the …
Thousands of new manufactured homes go into rural areas, as public officials who are members of both major political parties have noted. Manufactured homes, and other forms of factory-built housing, also routinely are sold into areas where new energy production is taking place. So these trends …
Oil, Soybean Market Maneuvers and Manipulation Reveal Broader Concerns for MHVille Read More
December 21st is literally the shortest, darkest day of 2018. From this point on, the daylight get about 2 minutes longer a day until the summer solstice on June 21, 2019. So, on the worst week on the Dow in about a decade, we’ll look at Grinch-like data-point that should …
Darkest, Shortest Day 2018, Markets Dump, Apt Rentals Bump, Housing Slump$ Read More
Manufactured housing trade show season begins in only a few weeks. First at Louisville, then about 2 months later at Tunica, independent producers of HUD Code manufactured homes, state coded modular housing, ANSI code RV ‘Park Model,’ and tiny houses are among the types of factory-built housing products that …
