Lera Covington’s bio on the Cornell University real estate school website says as follows. “Lera is a second-year dual degree candidate pursing an MPS in Real Estate and Masters of Regional Planning at the Baker Program of Real Estate and the Department of City and Regional Planning.” “Robust […]
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Case Against Clayton Homes Read More
For some years there has been a serious question mark about just how many land-lease manufactured home communities there are in the United States, as longtime, regular readers of MHProNews know. For public officials, media, researchers, investors, advocates and others, not knowing is problematic. The issue arises in
The latest HUD Code manufactured housing production data for July 2019 is out. Those facts compiled for HUD and provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) are found below. The news is mixed. July 2019 production is up year over year vs. July 2018. But
Latest HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Data for July 2019 Mixed Read More
With Hurricane Dorian is still mostly offshore as this is being written, with just the outer bands impacting parts of Florida, today is a good day to focus on the issue of climate change. Certainly, several 2020 politicos and others are doing so too. Given that housing costs are and
The concerns about the consolidation of power over what the public sees, hears, and reads bridges the left-right political divide. But that doesn’t mean that the various factions agree on what if anything is to be done. As a preface, let’s note that each part of the headline
The headline will be the punch line. In America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions, Andy Russell described Chuck Noll’s assessment of the team upon his arrival. “Look, I’ve been watching the game films since I took the job. And I can tell you guys that the reason you’ve been
“When I think About Chuck, He Made Me Tough” – Coaching Corner, and Manufactured Housing Read More
“Across the state, there is a shortage of affordable, workforce housing,” said Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, who serves as board chair of Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA), said the Elkhart Truth. “This funding will allow for the construction of modular single-family homes built by Indiana-based manufacturers.
Two $500,000 Grants for Modular Workforce Housing Read More
Labor Day is an apt time to seriously ponder the impact of decades of U.S. trade policies on American workers and U.S. companies. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) updated their report, China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States on June 25, 2019. From page
There is an old saying that actions speak louder than words. But words combined with action that advance a worthwhile cause obviously should count too. Several in media demonstrably don’t give President Donald J. Trump the same type of treatment as his Oval Office predecessor. On this Labor
Does President Trump Get It About American Labor and Business? Read More
First, as a programing note, with the markets closed today, this is your reminder that you won’t have to tune back in tonight for our normal closing tickers on manufactured home industry related stocks and other investment focused news insights. That feature will return tomorrow, presuming nothing unusual happens to shut those
Cowboy’s Take on Labor Day, Plus Labor Day History 101 for MHVille Pros Read More
‘The GOP Is Afraid of Trump “Nightmare” Kamala Harris’ — so read their headline… As we noted last week, affordable housing is shaping up as a hot button issue for politicos in 2020. Some researchers are saying it will be a top 5 issue. If so, that is no surprise. For good or
Things are often not what they seem to be. People often have notions other than reality. · Those two statements in the opening paragraph are truisms for thousands of thoughtful manufactured home industry professionals. · Those two phrases at top are also the lived reality of millions who live
“We’re pleased to present the findings from our spring 2019 Bank of America Homebuyer Insights Report, which explores the attitudes, preferences and behaviors of the modern homebuyer. For the first time, our findings shed light on the youngest generation of homebuyers, Gen Z, who are between 18 and 23 years
The transcript of the recent conference call with Legacy Housing Corp (NASDAQ:LEGH) has from Yahoo Finance and the Motley Fool, plus additional information and insights, creates a potent package of information. Much of manufactured housing has been undergoing a modest – and in our expert view, avoidable – downturn. By
PragerU is the name of a self-described center-right platform that is perhaps best known for videos of about 5-minute length. Those videos each address a specific topic on an array of controversial issues, with the goal of shedding new fact-based insights on it. Each video aims to inform and persuade.
Radioactive Story-Telling, Prager U’s Lawsuit, and Manufactured Housing Insights Read More
Hurricane Dorian is expected to make landfall in Florida or possible Georgia on Labor Day Monday. As manufactured housing industry veterans know, this will push at various times the words “mobile homes” and “manufactured homes” into news reports in a typically problematic fashion. FEMA may well enter into the mix,
Hurricane Dorian, Climate Change, and Manufactured Housing Professional Preparation Read More
It is the kind of report that is troubling to white hat operators in the manufactured housing industry. It is the type of negative media coverage that arguably undermines the image of living in a land-lease community, and by inference, in pondering some manufactured home options. The screen capture
“Mass Eviction” by Manufactured Home Community “Up in Arms,” Raft of Mainstream Coverage Read More
Research this afternoon from Nasdaq reveals the history of insider trading by officers and officials at Cavco Industries (CVCO). There’s other data about them tonight too, some good, some more worrisome, and you can see the good, bad, or mixed. Laced with related information, these are the kind of insights
Nasdaq – Cavco Industries (CVCO) Insider Trading, plus Manufactured Home Investing Updates Read More
Perhaps one of the most useful, in depth, third-party research reports performed about the manufactured home industry in the past decade was the one published by Realtor University in 2018. It was a data-driven study, illustrated with useful graphics and charts. The core work and author is credited to Scholastica ‘Gay’
National Association of Realtors Research Exposes Manufactured Housing Institute Errors Read More
