The Masthead
- Manufactured Housing Professionals, Is Image Everything?
- Manufactured Housing, HR 1779 and the Bigger Issue
- Manufactured Housing Lending, More Financing Available than most Pros Realize
- Manufactured Housing's Who's Who
- The Future of Manufactured Housing Trade Media
- Executive Concerns, plus 4 BIG Manufactured Housing Exclusives!
- Death Toll From Tornadoes Compared to other Risks
- Tornado ravaged Moore, OK
- Manufactured Housing C-Suite Sees Sweet
- Frustration and Gratitude
Industry Voices
- Action Alert: Don't Let Lending for New Homes Dry Up on January 1, 2014!
- Are You Ready to Grow? Ready to Do What it Takes?
- Hearing Explores Government Role in Multifamily and Health Care Facilities
- Manufactured Housing industry businesses along Shields Boulevard in Oklahoma City are still here and intact, as is MH Association of Oklahoma
- Only In America
- Definition of a Manufactured Home
- How About a Cup of Coffee?
- Manufactured Housing Institute CEO Richard Jennison's letter to Princeton's WordNet requesting Definition Correction
- Lisa Tyler - at Walden University – Request for Correction Addressed to Princeton's WordNet
- Georgia Manufactured Housing Association's Executive Director Sounds off on Princeton WordNet's “Definition” of Manufactured Homes
The Cutting Edge
- Getting More Good PR for Manufactured Housing from the Media
- The new Manufactured Home Living Image Campaign
- Explode your manufactured housing results with personality, events and companies marketing!
- Friends and Family
- Scent of a Woman
- In the SM Era, Do I still need a Website?
- Road Signs and Websites
- Slavery!
- How often do you Shower?
- Start YOUR Free Manufactured Housing Image Campaign, Today!
Words of Wisdom
- Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility?
- The value of pain
- Self-limitations are self-imposed.
- Stress is a performance - killer
- The Ripple Effect
- Tomorrow is Yesterday Before You Know it.
- Struggling with anything today?
- Is your communication grounded in honesty – no matter what?
- Goals, Dreams or just Wishing?
- Sorry, but the world doesn't revolve around you!
Newsletter Archive
- Is MH Image Everything? UMH CEO Video Interview. AARP Funds ROC. Land Bank Prez Blasts Dodd-Frank. Aps, Rates Rise. Exclusives ELS, Cavco. TC's Call. More! 6/17/2013
- Nathan Smith's Call to Action. HR 1779+Bigger Issue. UMH Rentals Soar. TC's Action Alert. Ready 2 Grow? Formaldehyde. MH Image! Donnelly on HUD post, more! More! 6/13/2013
- More MH Financing Available. Kinzler: Ready to Grow? MHC Rent Control. MH Image Campaign. MHs in OK Tornadoes. Clayton buys supplier. MOD Shipments Rise. More! 6/10/2013
- MH Who's Who. April MH Shipments Rise. Drew Scores. Greatest Generation. Chinese MOD Skyscraper. Millions for Lunch with Buffett? New June Articles! More! 6/6/2013
- ELS CEO, Cavco Chair Exclusives! Congressman tips MH. Future MH Media. CFPB: Cap Excludes Comp. Stick Builder Goes MH. Flying Cars + MH. Cavco=Buy. MicroMODs. More! 6/3/2013
- Executive Concerns. 4 Exclusives! OK MH develop. Pro-MH siting bill. PA Mod Funding? Section 8 Scam? EPC Marketing. MHC Owners, Residents Sue. Metro MODs. More! 5/30/2013
- Tornadoes vs. other risks. Cavco Financials. Zell Execs Gone. Canada First Nation. MHC Execs at Investor forum. Disaster MODs. AG settles with MHC. More! 5/27/2013
- Moore's Tornado. SSK's Sales Rock. Clayton's Duck Call. Immigration Reform Boosts Sales? NY MODs. Marcus Promotes 2. Friends+Family. Israeli MODs. More! 5/23/2013
- C-Suite Sees Suite. UMH A Buy. Zell: stocks will fall. Cordray: QM exception? Starts drop, permits rise. State Farm...MODs. Tribe & FHA boosts loans for HUDs, MODs. More! 5/20/2013
- Frustration and Gratitude. HUD Seeks new MH Contractor. Bahama MODs? SW Draws MH. Hensarling Fundraiser. UFPI Rises. Easy on FHA. Lower MHs for Seniors? More! 5/16/2013
Latest Comments
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. (ELS), a real estate investment trust specializing in manufactured housing communities, beat analysts' expectation for the 2009 third quarter. Thanks in part to a jump in operating revenues from properties to $123.8 million from $108.3 million during the same three months of last year, the REIT reported higher funds from operations (FFO) for the period. FFO climbed to $28.8 million, or $0.82 per share, from $22.7 million, or $0.74 per share, year over year. Analysts had expected FFO to grow only to about $0.77 per share. Income from home sales was up as well, settling at $1.5 million compared to a $0.7 million loss in 2008 third quarter. For the upcoming quarter, ELS is expecting FFO somewhere between $0.60 and $0.70 per share, in line with analysts' predictions of $0.66 per share. For fiscal year 2010, the company's preliminary forecast calls for FFO of $3.39 to $3.59 per share and growth of 1 percent to 1.5 percent in core property revenue compared to 2009. After the financial results were announced on Oct. 19, the REIT's shares rose by $0.65 to close day trading at $45.11.
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From "LifeStyle Properties Q3 Earnings Rise; Tops Estimates; Provides Preliminary Guidance for FY10" RTTNews (10/19/09)
Daily Business News Briefs
Housing Market Index Posts Largest Gain in over Ten Years
For the first time in seven years, builder confidence for newly-built single-family homes has surpassed the 50th percentile mark, which indicates builders see the market as good rather than poor. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) gained eight points to 52. Based on a survey the NAHB has been...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreAffordable Modular Homes Available; Applicants’ Credit Lacking
The North East Community Action Agency (NECAC) in Hannibal, MO has joined the Next Step Network which gives them the opportunity to buy modular homes from Clayton Homes at 10-15 percent below market price. The goal is to provide low cost housing for people of modest means. Carla Potts, NECAC’s deputy director for housing development, [...]...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreUniversal Forest Products, Inc. Spikes; Three Major Indexes Gain
Even though investors are edgy about the possibility the Federal Reserve will announce Wednesday that it will begin to wind down its quantitative easing, the markets managed to advance for the day, with the Dow picking up over 100 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.73 percent, +109.67 points, to end the [...]...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreHome-building Spurring Gross Domestic Product
As of April 2013, home building employment totaled 2.1 million people, up nearly 100,000 in the last year, according to the labor department. Home building contributed 20 percent to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the last six quarters. Residential Fixed Investment (RFI), the home building component of the (GDP), measures...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreFirst State Manufactured Housing Association Awards Scholarships
Delaware’s First State Manufactured Housing Association has announced the two winners of its annual $1,500 Manufactured Housing Scholarship Award for 2013. Both graduates of Sussex Technical High School, Bradley Collins graduated in 2011 and is in his third year at the University of Delaware, studying finance. As MHProNews has learned from...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreBarclays: Home Prices will Rise Nearly Ten percent
MHProNews has learned from nationalmortgagenews that multinational banking and financial services company Barclays is predicting a 9.7 percent rise in U. S. home prices for 2013. According to the research report, the strong data for the first quarter, which exceeded expectations, indicates in 2014 house prices will rise another 7.2 percent....
17 Jun 2013
Read moreAffordable Housing Award goes to Minnesota State Legislator
According to what hibbingmn tells MHProNews, Minnesota State Representative Jason Metsa has been recognized by the Manufactured & Modular Home Association of Minnesota (MMHA) with its 2013 Friend of Affordable Housing Award for his efforts during this year’s legislative session. MMHA President Mark Brunner said, “Rep. Metsa was p...
17 Jun 2013
Read moreWilliams, Allen and others give Thumbs Up
Manufactured housing professionals have long known that an image building campaign would benefit the industry in many ways. So it’s no surprise that First State Manufactured Housing Association’s Jennifer Allen, Tim Williams from the Ohio Manufactured Homes Association and a number of other industry executives and professionals have...
16 Jun 2013
Read moreCavco Completes Acquisition of Fleetwood
Phoenix, AZ-based Cavco Industries, Inc., which owns 50 percent of Fleetwood Homes, Inc., has agreed to acquire the other 50 percent from Third Avenue Value Fund and an affiliate, according to nasdaq.com. Cavco will issue common stock to Third Avenue in consideration as per their original 2009 agreement in forming Fleetwood, which also includes...
14 Jun 2013
Read moreFederal Reserve may Taper Stimulus Program this Year
With concerns growing over when the Federal Reserve Bank will slow its quantitative easing and the subsequent effect on the economy, of 39 economists and investment advisors surveyed, nearly two-thirds do not think it will begin before Dec. 2013, and some not till 2014. As MHProNews has learned from CNNMoney, while the intent of the [...]...
14 Jun 2013
Read moreThree Major Indexes Tumble; Tracked Housing Stocks Close Mixed
Mixed economic reports and concern over when the Fed may taper the quantitative easing that is pumping $85 billion into the economy troubled the stock market today. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -0.70 percent, -105.90 points, to end the week at 15,070.18. The Nasdaq dropped -0.63 percent, -21.81 points, to end the [...]...
14 Jun 2013
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- Housing Market Index Posts Largest Gain in over Ten Years
- Affordable Modular Homes Available; Applicants' Credit Lacking
- Universal Forest Products, Inc. Spikes; Three Major Indexes Gain
- Home-building Spurring Gross Domestic Product
- First State Manufactured Housing Association Awards Scholarships
- Barclays: Home Prices will Rise Nearly Ten percent
- Affordable Housing Award goes to Minnesota State Legislator
- Williams, Allen and others give Thumbs Up
- Cavco Completes Acquisition of Fleetwood
- Federal Reserve may Taper Stimulus Program this Year
- Three Major Indexes Tumble; Tracked Housing Stocks Close Mixed
- Home Prices in Texas Rise above 2007 Levels
- Taxes Rise on Manufactured and Modular Homes
- Rising For Sale Inventory Balances Market
- Cavco Storage Application Denied
- Manufactured Housing Community has Drainage Woes
- American Association of Retired Persons Funds Manufactured Housing
Featured Articles and Reports - June 2013 Vol. 4 No. 9
Do you Manage by Example?
by Tim Connor Are you a manager or supervisor that needs to update your people skills, management style or your approach to your roles and responsibilities? Why do I ask? Read more
MARKETING
Too Much Information!
by Scott Stroud On the trip back from the MHI conference in Las Vegas last month I shared a flight with a young woman who was studying for her masters degree... Read more
MARKETING
Flying Cars and Manufactured Housing
by L. A. 'Tony' Kovach The number of prototype flying cars has been increasing. Reuters recently reported on a car that will have a 500 mile range, will essentially fly itself... Read more
MARKETING
That Bites!
by Nadeen Green, JD Those of us who teach (and yes, preach) about fair housing are regularly and routinely asked “Do we have to take restricted breeds as service animals?” Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Mildred!? Is that a Dog Parade?
by Kurt D. Kelley, JD New Court rulings and Federal laws are opening the door to allow a parade of dogs and other animals onto your manufactured home community property(ies). Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
How Not to Apply for a Job
by: C. William Dahlin, JD Manufactured home communities, sometimes simply called “mobile home parks,” or even in some areas “trailer parks,” have a variety of employment needs. Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Call for Nominations to the RV/MH Hall of Fame
by RV/MH Hall of Fame ELKHART, Ind., -- The RV/MH Hall of Fame Selection Committee has issued a call for nominations for the Class of 2014. Darryl Searer, Hall president, said, "The... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
Next Step: Our Story
by Stacey Epperson My name is Stacey Epperson and I am from rural Kentucky, where manufactured housing has always been part of my landscape. Ever since I left college, having served... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
A Cup of Coffee with…Marguerite Nader
A Cup of Coffee with…Marguerite Nader 1) Who, What and Where: (Your name and your formal title at Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS)).Marguerite Nader, President and Chief Executive Officer. Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
A Cup of Coffee with…Joe Stegmayer
A Cup of Coffee with…Joe Stegmayer 1) Who, What and Where: (Your name and your formal title at Cavco). Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
DC Politics and Manufactured Housing
by L. A. 'Tony' Kovach Your industry issues scribe is not going to pontificate (much) on the topic of DC politics as it relates to manufactured housing, HR 1779 and the... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
Get to Know Your Member of Congress
by The Honorable Paul E. Kanjorski Your Member of Congress wants to hear from you. He or she understands that to represent approximately 800,000 constituents it is essential to hear from... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
When was the last time you SWOT’d?
by Lisa Tyler A SWOT analysis provides information for the development of business strategies. It is a useful tool for identifying and understanding internal and external influences. Read more
MANAGEMENT
ZigOn Improving Your Quality of Life
by Zig Ziglar A Gallup Poll revealed that by a count of ten to one Americans prefer a good relationship with their loved ones above financial gain or corporate position. The... Read more
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION
Who Packed Your Parachute?
by Greg McClanahan My daughter is graduating from high school next week. She is our youngest and that means our nest is nearly empty. With this going on in my life,... Read more
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION
A Few Negotiation Concession Strategies
by Tim Connor In big ticket or repeat business settings as often occurs in an industry such as manufactured housing at the retail or wholesale level, requests for discounts or other... Read more
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