The Story Behind the Story

Ten Years of Growth in SC South Carolina has enjoyed an increase in manufactured home shipments every year since 2011.  Growth has been modest to moderate but the state has always seen a year-over-year increase in new home shipments since the recovery got underway. The average increase for the decade was 376 homes per year.  […]

The State Associations Work Closely Together; We Talk Just About Every Day June 17, 2022 Georgia’s new director at MHISC office in Columbia. Those are photos of Cudd and Pinka in the background. They are in our Hall of Fame photo gallery. The new Executive Director of the Georgia association dropped by MHISC’s office in […]

People are Turning to Manufactured Homes as the Best Use of Their Housing Dollar June 10, 2022 South Carolina is a great example.   The Palmetto State was a Top Ten Sales Gainer for April, in the most recently released manufactured home statistics.  April sales stats were released this week. Manufactured home sales in SC have […]

Twenty Eyes Read Update Magazine Before You Do June 6, 2022 The MHISC staff will be busy this week working on the magazine. And next week and the week after that.  Putting together the association’s Update magazine includes a lot of steps. It’s worth the effort.  A recent survey found that of all the services […]

JOANNE POLSTON IS THE INDUSTRY’S MULTI-TASKER OF THE YEAR May 6, 2022 MHISC has had some great chairs in the last several years.  They’ve shepherded us through good times and challenging times, run our meetings skillfully and set the tone for the association. But Joanne Polston’s term as Chair has been a special one.   Our […]

GREAT TURNOUT FOR CHAPTER MEETINGS MARCH 29, 2022 It is great seeing our members in person again. MHISC’s six chapters met in March and all the meetings were live and in person.  Especially cool is that we’ve been averaging 25 attendees a chapter this month and two meetings had 35 to 40. GMs, salespeople, independent […]

Honoring Jim Martin The folks at Kent-Gault Homes in Mauldin put together a really nice event this week, honoring Jim Martin who is retiring after 38 years in the business. Jim has had an outstanding career, finding success as a salesperson, GM and community manager.  He was the first-ever SC Manufactured Home Salesperson of the […]

This Week at MHISC – August 20, 2021 – We’ve been closely involved with the building code writing process for SC’s new version of the IRC. That includes attending all the Study Committee meetings where they are considering amendments to the code.   Today we sent a copy of the pending building code and proposed amendments […]

Remembering Con Eargle Remembering Con Eargle June 27, 1943 – August 6, 2021 Everybody who knew Con Eargle liked him.  And just about everybody in the industry knew Con. As co-owner and instructor for the SC Manufactured Housing Academy (SCMHA,) he taught over 5000 people who were working toward getting a license as a retail […]

Larry Emanuelson was an Industry Pioneer Who Never Stopped Striving for Excellence and Innovation. Everybody is going to miss Larry Emanuelson.    Larry passed away last week. He is known to us in the industry as one of the finest retailers in the state, an innovative pioneer.  After retirement Larry had many wonderful things going […]