Let’s be clear and simple. The closely contested race offers numerous Democrats, Republicans, and President Donald J. Trump’s respective campaigns interesting insights. As the conclusion of this report will reflect, it has potential meaning and opportunities for manufactured housing professionals. First the background and facts from various cited sources, […]
There is much to do, so today will be briefer than normal. Among the headlines below is a new report on Manufactured Home Living News that spotlights a real estate agent who is giving praise for manufactured homes, while she seeks to debunk misconceptions. It is worthy of your time,
There are times we strive to serve meat and potatoes, which the dictionary defines as “ordinary but fundamental things; basic ingredients.” But there are other times that we dive deeper into the issues that are pressing – say, towards a deadline. Yesterday was such a day. Webalizer and other metrics
“FHFA as conservator has broad authority over the Enterprises, but the focus of the conservatorships is not to manage every aspect of their operations. Instead, FHFA leadership reconstituted Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs’ boards of directors in 2008 and charged them with ensuring that normal corporate governance practices and procedures
Executive Vice President Lesli Gooch, the “CEO-elect” of the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) has submitted comments that should be raising caution – or red – flags for investors in manufactured housing for reasons that will be outlined in tonight’s featured focus. On a day when the markets
Following an email to a limited number of manufactured housing professionals this morning, one of them posted the following to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) request for input. The core of the message from our publisher to encourage the FHFA to hold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fully
At this time, 4:45 AM ET, there are only 4 comments posted on the Federal Housing Finance Agency website. “The current population of the United States of America is 329,784,810 as of Thursday, November 14, 2019, says WorldoMeters. There are some 22 million Americans living in mobile or manufactured housing, roughly 3/4th of
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We gave it a day to see how many plays on YouTube 2020 Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren’s new wealth tax ad would garner. You’ll see that video plus others from both sides of the left-right divide in tonight’s featured focus. As one pundit who has numerous Democratic contacts observed, the
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The supervisor of a Greene County town and the owner of a manufactured home community there were indicted on federal criminal charges Friday November 8, 2019. The allegation is conspiring to fraudulently siphon thousands of dollars in federal storm aid intended to rebuild the land-lease community following a devastating 2011
This will be a timely fact-check and analysis of a report by Marcus & Millichap Research Services, which periodically cited Datacomp-JLT; CoStar Group, Inc., Institute for Building Technology and Safety; Manufactured Housing Institute; U.S. Census Bureau. Their report concludes with these words. “The information contained in this report was obtained
The so-called Big Three in manufactured housing each put out public statements. Clayton Homes is a subsidiary of publicly traded Berkshire Hathaway. Skyline Champion is well behind Clayton in market share but is in the number 2 spot. Cavco Industries is in third, all according to the most recent data
There was an internal debate at MHProNews (that happens…) as to what the topic would be for our market focus tonight. Senator Elizabeth Warren and comments made by Steve Forbes? We might do that one soon, because it is an interesting look at where they might be right as well
The Request for Input (RFI) comments for the Duty to Serve manufactured housing plans by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were originally set some time back for November 12, but when we checked in yesterday to submit, the date was revised to 11.15.2019. Thus, those industry professionals so motivated
Programming note: ladies, there is a special message just for you in the last paragraph of this report. Please don’t miss it. That said, let’s dive into our headline topic. Snopes has recently done their version of a fact check. First, the topic, then their fact check, our
Tonight’s report will be a bit different than normal. Our format will be the same, but when you get to tonight’s featured focus report, think back a little over a year when Cavco Industries made their last bombshell announcement that sent their stock south. Regular readers please note there
Executive Summary. The Duty to Serve manufactured housing has been twisted into a pretzel in order to give an appearance to the casual observer of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 being followed. But as a careful review of what follows will reflect, voices across the left-right
There are many forms of manipulative and deceptive techniques being used in the world today. One of these is paltering. Paltering is “an active form of deception that involves the use of truthful statements to convey a mistaken impression” (Rogers, Zeckhauser, Gino, Norton, & Schweitzer, 2016) said an article entitled
Competitive Strategy. Getting to Yes. Secrets of the Soft Sell. Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. from Good to Great. How the Mighty Fall. The Magic of Believing. The Art of the Deal. Thoughts of Chairman Buffett. These are just some of the dozens of books on this writer’s bookshelves,
It has been just over 5 months since the Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. Several videos and interviews involving manufactured housing were produced during that event, some of which were posted to YouTube so that the views on those videos could readily be seen. MHProNews
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“As Congress turns up the heat on companies like Facebook, they’re facing added pressure,” says Full Measure’s YouTube page. “Nearly every state has now joined an anti-trust investigation that could threaten the way the tech giants do business. Lisa Fletcher talks with the Attorney General for the District of Columbia,
