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Sensationalistic ‘Cold Hard Lessons of Mobile Home U’ New York Times article by Gary Rivlin draws Manufactured Home Industry Ire, Desire and Fire

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“Pencil head, its not a trailer park.” So said Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) Chairman and real estate legend Sam Zell to a packed auditorium of manufactured housing professionals, as Zell described previous comments he’s made to potential investors. But “its not a trailer park” isn’t the impression you’d get about proper manufactured home terminology from reading “The Cold Hard Lessons …

Clayton Homes partners in the Duck Commander 500

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Clayton Homes announced they are the proud partner of the Duck Commander 500, this year’s annual spring NASCAR ® Sprint Cup Series race at the popular Texas Motor Speedway ®. Some 150,000 fans are expected to attend the event on April 6, 2014. The race is said to be the single most-attended one-day sporting event in Texas. DigitalJournal and MHProNews.com …

UMH Properties Acquires Eight Manufactured Home Communities

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UMH Properties, Inc. of Freehold, New Jersey has acquired eight Ohio manufactured home communities (MHCs) comprised of 1,018 homesites. Marketwatch, MHProNews and StockNews among others have reported that UMH owns and operates 82 land-lease manufactured home communities with approximately 14,500 total sites. UMH Properties is a public real estate investment trust (REIT). The company has roughly doubled its holdings in …

Caesars Palace 2014 Congress and Expo

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Housing professionals will not want to miss the 2014 Congress and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) along with National Communities Council (NCC) is hosting this all star event. The 2014 National Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing will be held on April 29 – May 1, 2014 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. The …

Manufactured Homes and the Harvard Study on Rental Housing

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Manufactured Homes and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies reports on America’s Rental Housing; Evolving Markets and Needs On December 9th, 2013 Harvard University’s respected Joint Center for Housing Studies issued a report entitled “America’s Rental Housing: Evolving Markets and Needs.” The study begins by reporting what we all know from experience, namely that the numbers of renters are significantly up as …

MH Posters that Speak a Thousand Words

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, so too can a poster speak volumes with the right photo and a few select words. The first poster includes a quote from Warren Buffett, who has invested billions in manufactured housing. When Buffett speaks, investors, public officials and millions listen. The next poster includes a quote from Sam Zell, founder of …