“Homeowners and landlords in the U.S. spent an astonishing $424 billion on home improvements in 2017, according to Improving America’s Housing 2019, a Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies…” read that portion of a March 12, 2019 report in Money. MarketWatch said that total number may be $450 billion …
Home Remodeling Industry – Risks, Costs, What it Tells Manufactured Housing Professionals Read More
There are already federal investigations of Google and others in Big Tech – notably the so-called FAANG companies – underway. There are already voices that have said that Google and other FAANG operations have attempted to tip the scales in favor of progressive views as opposed to conservative ones. To …
On May 31, 2019, a headline read: “Toll Brothers, Others, Turn to Build-to-Rent – Mortgage News Daily” (MND). The content of that MND article said that “Recently Clayton Homes revealed it is piloting build-for-rent home communities within its huge market area. Clayton is the nation’s 15th largest site-builder and” …
Understanding Clayton Homes’ Rental Housing Push, MHVille Implications Read More
Larger companies in our industry or others develop media contacts. There are numerous reports on mainstream and other websites that confirm that statement. Larger firms get into the news in a variety of ways. Some are ‘legitimate’ news that develop apart from such company-media contacts. But there are also …
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” – George Santayana “A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.” – George Santayana “Most men’s conscience, habits, and opinions are …
U.S. Gilded Age – Politics, Monopolies, Corruption, Historic Insights, Lessons Learned? Read More
One paragraph Executive Summary. With an estimated 111 million Americans living in rentals, and millions more planning to upsize, downsize or otherwise move during a given year, the opportunities in affordable quality housing are impressive. Problems are opportunities in disguise for those professionals and investors with the know-how, goal, and …
“In the business world, the rear view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” – Warren Buffett quote, per Industry Week. “For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e’en the past enjoy.” – Alexander Pope, per GoodReads. “Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are …
For those who are new to manufactured housing and/or to MHProNews, a report like the feature today from Bloomberg News would be a head scratcher. There’s a ‘dearth in housing supply’ and stick builders can’t keep up. Housing affordability is an issue. Quality and satisfaction – according to third-party measures …
“Dearth of Supply in Housing,” plus Manufactured Housing Investment Updates Read More
The headline asks an apt question. Have recent events opened new opportunities in Manufactured Housing for business, investors, and affordable home seekers? The short answer is “yes.” The reasons for that answer our outlined in the executive summary report linked below, with more details linked here. Let’s …
It should be obvious that who controls the Congress, who occupies the White House, and who sit on the Supreme Court all have an impact on business. Arguably, some of the market dip in 2018 has been politically driven, as investors read the tea leaves for how the divide in …
Don’t look now. It’s back… …talk of housing bubbles are found in various parts of the world. MHProNews reported some years ago about such concerns in Communist China. There are virtual ghost cities there that are nearly empty. One expert on that nation predicts the coming collapse of China. In …
Ranked – Countries Most at Risk of a Housing Bubble Read More
Both sides can’t be 100% right, although it might be possible that each side has some truth to it. For the purposes of this evening’s market report, which voices may be telling the bigger fib isn’t as relevant to our industry as the principle that this troubling accusation raises for …
Madoff Whistleblower – GE ‘Bigger Fraud Than Enron,’ plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More
Yesterday on MHProNews’ evening market report, our focus was on the simple premise that the panic over the yield curve was for reasons cited by several experts, inaccurate. But that didn’t keep over a trillion dollars in stock value from being wiped out in less than a day. That came …
Misleading Yield Curve ‘News,’ vs NFIB’s Monthly August 2019 Small Business, Jobs Report Read More
The Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC) met yesterday. The MHCC is one of several requirements established by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA). The report below from the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) provided their take on the event. The Arlington, VA …
HUD Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C. Update Read More
Life is filled with nuance. So, for years, MHProNews and our consumer-focused sister site has hit the theme of separating the ‘wheat from the chaff’ with all people, companies, products, and organizations. For example, upon close inspection, there are nonprofits doing important work in the manufactured housing arena, some …
“Complaint Report” How Consumer Complaints Could Become More Manufactured Home Sales Read More
This is another day when manufactured home stocks arguably ought to be doing better than the broader market, if the industry was performing more like its historical norms. Why? Because affordable housing is needed in good times, and if times get tough, it is even more needed then. So with …
The latest edition of an annual wholesale event for manufactured home communities, retailers, and developers is just weeks away. In a press release to MHProNews, Legacy Housing Corporation said the following. Join Legacy Housing Corporation (NASDAQ:LEGH) at our flagship factory in Fort Worth, Texas this September 16-18 for …
In order to grasp what is necessary to regrow in an honorable and ethical fashion the manufactured housing industry, a level of open-minded patience and analytical thought is required. So, the headline will be addressed, but it must be approached systematically, in sequential steps. MHProNews is approaching its 10th …
This is a deal done in July that was sent to us as a news tip which MHProNews has intended to spotlight, but other issues have kept it on a back burner, until now. Let’s begin with the NTA’s media release, which will be followed by a brief analysis. …
NTA’s Deal, Manufactured Home Industry End Around? Read More
“A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.” ― Robert Holmes. “I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of …
Straight Lines, Law Enforcement, Key Manufactured Home Industry Legal, Regulatory Issues Read More
