Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) and Equity Groups Investments Chairman Sam Zell said he sees stock prices that are ‘ridiculously low’ and that he is buying. But he is also deferring on some deals. Learn more in our featured focus segment further below our standard left-right headlines and other market snapshots …
Sam Zell is Buying, plus Manufactured Home Investing, Stock Updates Read More
One of the definitions for the word “anatomy” includes “a study of the structure or internal workings of something.” A definition for scandalous includes: “a state of affairs disgracefully bad, typically as a result of someone’s negligence or irresponsibility,” e.g.: “a scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money.” There is a different …
As investors and Fed watchers know, an emergency meeting yesterday of the Federal Reserve resulted in an “emergency” drop in interest rates. What that means for housing finance will be part of our evening report. Additionally, our focus report tonight will include housing data comparisons that should be of interest …
Local and national media have extensively covered the devastation that people found in parts of Nashville, TN as the sun rose on “Super Tuesday.” WKRN, citing the National Weather Service (NWS) say there were apparently two tornadoes, one striking Mount Juliet experienced winds between 155-160 mph while Donelson sustained winds …
Accountability is a marvelous thing. When facts, facts, and more facts are displayed often enough, many people – including the powers that be in manufactured housing – have a way of joyfully – or grudgingly -responding. How so? Tonight’s report will make it plain, using the latest facts. Oh! To …
With Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN-D), former Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, IN-D), and billionaire and political climate activist Tim Steyer all dropping out of the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination race ahead of Super Tuesday, the Democratic field continues to narrow. After the votes are counted tonight, their party’s 2020 presidential …
For those who digest volumes of news, academic, research and other reports, there are some events that on the surface seem self-contradictory. Last week, MHProNews reported that Warren Buffett buddy and fellow uber-billionaire Bill Gates was warning that the coronavirus was a “once-in-a-century pathogen we’ve been worried about.” Gates added …
In a release to MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) said the following. MHProNews analysis and related will follow MHARR’s statement. MHARR REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: MARCH 2, 2020 TAINTED DOE ENERGY RULE BROUGHT TO LIFE AGAIN HUD TO CONDUCT ZONING STUDY …
The powers that be in manufactured housing simply can’t have it both ways. Either Berkshire Hathaway Corporate and their manufactured housing industry unit leaders – as well as Manufactured Housing Institute key staff and members – are intelligent bosses producing great or “superb” results — or they aren’t. In an …
A systematic approach to the headline above will shed light on several manufactured housing industry related issues. This should prove enlightening to new as well as longtime readers. With that preface, on the next to last page of the recently published Berkshire Hathaway annual report to shareholders for 2019 is …
Bill Gates, who sits on the Berkshire Hathaway board of directors, and who has Warren Buffett sitting on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation board of directors, has made a public statement about his ‘concerns’ for the coronavirus outbreak. We will look at what CNBC reported about Gate’s comment, and …
New research by the University of Texas law school has been published that has received scant attention by manufactured housing trade media, until now. As it is third-party academic research, it is worthy of consideration by industry professionals, investors, advocates and policy wonks. Heather K. Way, JD; Carol E. Fraser, …
Endangered – University of Texas Study of Manufactured Home Communities Read More
Legislation is not easy to pass. Thousands of bills proposed every year at the state and federal level and few get passed, which makes that point clear. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is aware of that reality, as are there savvier members. Tonight’s report will feature an update on Havenpark …
“As U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, hit by mounting coronavirus fears, analysts also flagged the possibility that investors haven’t been taking Bernie Sanders seriously enough, after the Vermont senator’s surprisingly broad support in the Nevada caucuses Saturday.” So said Bloomberg News, per Yahoo Finance on February 24, 2020 at this …
Bernie Sanders, UMH Properties – Investor Shock Wave Looms Read More
HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s Driving Affordable Housing bus tour took him to California, among other stops. Tonight’s featured focus includes a video address where Dr. Carson deviates from his prepared remarks to talk about manufactured homes. There is a steady, vocal supporter for manufactured homes in the nation’s capital, as …
MHProNews has been unpacking aspects of the newly-released the “Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers” and February 2020 “Economic Report of the President.” While there is a problematic area to their report that will be examined at another time, the focus of our article today will be on …
On both sides of the left-right media divide, there are accusations periodically hurled between competitors. Perhaps that is to be expected. The reality is that there is often truth found on either side of the media, political, business or other divides. Thus accurate discernment becomes a relevant issue. On September …
“People are afraid to speak out,” KCRG cited Candi Evans as saying during an interview in a North Liberty, Iowa manufactured home community. In that state, a bill to provide protections for residents against predatory site fee hikes has died in committee just days ago. It is part of broader …
No doubt the coronavirus influenced today’s biggest one-day slide in two years. But ignoring the obvious is that Senator Bernie Sanders won by a wide margin in Nevada. The Biden Campaign’s claim of electability is falling apart. The long-knives are out for Bernie, with left-leaning media taking aim and the …
Compared to some previous years, Warren Buffett’s famous annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders says surprisingly little about Clayton Homes and their associated manufactured housing lending activities. Key portions of his comments are quoted herein further below. But why is so relatively little is said in Buffett’s often seemingly folksy …
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