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Millions may someday look back at 3.30.2023 as a turning point in U.S. history that had a similar level of significance – and shock – as occurred on 11.22.1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. Some might compare it to 12.7.1941 or 9.11.2001. We now …
MHLivingNews has for years provided third-party generated reports documenting the manufactured housing industry’s authentic potential. Manufactured home industry potential is in the tens of millions of total units, per research by Freddie Mac. Recall that a prior 21st century Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) president, when prompted by MHProNews and in …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website contains this new “MHI Action Center” article and request that industry professionals send the email as a comment below. The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) is taking a very different stance than MHI. MHARR says that mere delay of the costly and …
“We’re being subjected to the oldest con game in the books, the magician’s sleight of hand that keeps you focused on the shell game in front of you while your wallet is being picked clean by ruffians in your midst.” So says John and Nisha Whitehead in their recent column …
The email to Kevin Clayton and Tom Hodges with Clayton Homes (BRK), Mark Yost with Skyline Champion (SKY), William “Bill” Boor with Cavco Industries (CVCO- Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Vice Chairman), Leo Poggione Craftsman Homes (MHI Chairman and Cavco has a large financial interest in, per their SEC filings) should …
In an era in the U.S.A. when paltering, posturing, deception and misdirection are sadly all too common, it is useful and perhaps necessary to gather facts, evidence, and various statements and then compare them as if they were pieces of a puzzle. In our latest article on MHLivingNews, celebrated law …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)’s recent email under the heading of “Policy News” stated that: “As part of MHI’s ongoing efforts to elevate the profile of manufactured housing as a solution to the country’s affordable housing shortage, MHI CEO Dr. Lesli Gooch will moderate a panel…” discussion at the National …
Nobility Homes, Inc (NOBH) has released its annual report for 2022. Nobility also released on 3.20.2023 their “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (form 10-Q)” via MarketScreener and other sources. While both documents obviously shed light on Nobility specifically and at some level on the …
Preface: what interests’ manufactured housing industry professional readers like you the most during a specific period is of ongoing interest to the management of this platform and apparently also for literally thousands of others in MHVille too. Reader engagement levels here is similar to a survey of ‘what matters most’ …
It is a truism that there are so-called ‘conspiracy theories’ advanced by people on the left and the right. It is also true that some things are called ‘conspiracy theories’ by detractors of those reports as a tactic used to diffuse or deflect from a problematic reality. Some of the …
“Right now, we’re already seeing the stress that regional banks like Silicon Valley Bank and big ones like Credit Suisse are put under when interest rates have risen because of the inverse relationship between bond values and rates,” said Rob Romano in his fact- and evidence-packed column on the Daily Torch which …
“Legacy builds, sells, and finances manufactured homes and “tiny houses” that are distributed through a network of independent retailers and company-owned stores,” states part of their press release, found below. Citing the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Legacy says they are #5 in the country for the production and shipment of …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided MHProNews with their press release regarding a notice of proposed rulemaking on the “Compliance Date for Manufactured Housing Energy Standards.” Their notice, per an attorney with knowledge of the matter, may be an indication of a possible de facto admission of weakness in …
As numbers of manufactured housing industry professionals know, BlackRock (BLK) has dozens of manufactured home communities (MHCs) are part of its immense, multi-trillion-dollar investment portfolio. A “BlackRock Bulletin” with an alarm bell in the lead position was issued earlier this week. It said in part: “The fastest central bank rate …
“As we look back at manufactured housing historically it’s been nine to ten percent of single-family housing in America,” intones Kevin Clayton in the opening words of the video posted below, per an edited version of the YouTube generated transcript. Clayton continued: “It’s an important 10 percent. But the question …
Perhaps Nobility Homes did not get ‘the memo.’ Ocala, Florida based Nobility (OTCQX: NOBH) is not per a prior report by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) a member of that organization, which may prove to be relevant. While some larger members of MHI are reporting an odd ‘downturn’ due to …
“You’ve probably heard the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s play of the same name: “Beware the Ides of March,” said the History Channel. Technically, the Ides of March is March 15. But KCMA explains that expression’s literary and historic significance: “Beware the ides of March.” In Act …
“Credit is the lifeblood of housing,” said Eric Belsky while he was still with Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies (JCHS). Several are concerned that credit markets may be in the early stages of the problematic jolt experienced during the 2008 housing/financial crisis. Others assert that this time and scenario …
New factual and evidence-based manufactured housing focused infographics are provided in this report. Fresh insights as to the actual numbers of land-lease manufactured home communities are in this article as well. The data challenges previous estimates and claims in significant ways. In fairness to all the sources that will be …
From the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) newsroom page is this statement: “From the factories where they’re built to the communities they create, manufactured housing is building for tomorrow – helping more people than ever before live their own American Dream. We’re setting new standards in manufacturing and breaking misconceptions about …
