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The Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) in conjunction with the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) has released its most recent report for March 2023 that asserts the ‘stabilizing’ of manufactured housing in that industry-leading state reflected in the second half of the headline above. The first part of the …
The following quotes from a former contractor to a federal spy agency are according to GoodReads and will be used to tee up the timely and recent headline topics. “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying …
Once upon a time, operating in the U.S. there was Sun Communities (SUI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and UMH Properties (UMH) as the manufactured home communities (MHCs) real estate investment trusts (REITs). In more recent years, Flagship Communities (MHC-UN.TO) and Manufactured Housing Properties Inc. (MHProperties or OTC:MHPC) have come into …
The Department of Energy (DOE) response to Case No. 23-CV-00174 brought by the Manufactured Housing Institute/Texas Manufactured Housing Association (MHI/TMHA) is now in hand and is provided below by MHProNews to industry professionals and others that are tracking this case. The attorneys involved in the case for MHI/TMHA have been asked …
As the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) annual board meeting approaches, it is interesting to note the various efforts by Mark Weiss, J.D., MHARR’s president and CEO and Danny Ghorbani, MHARR’s senior advisor, to focus on the underlying causes and cures to manufactured housing industry’s underperformance. In a …
As readers of MHProNews who have attentively read remarks by Sun Communities (SUI) and other Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) members who have declared their pursuit of so called ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) standards may recognize, ESG linked steps are becoming more pervasive. Or as attorney and Ph.D. Bruce Abramson, …
As the headline indicates, HUD Code manufactured housing has entered its fourth straight month of decline. As the report and analysis that follows will reflect, that reported decline was preceded by remarks from Cavco Industries (CVCO) CEO William “Bill” Boor. Boor is also the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) vice chairman. …
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) board member Sun Communities’ (SUI) Q4 and year end 2022 report and data figures are in. Their official statements are found herein in Part I A and B of today’s report. Part I A includes Sun’s official press release. Part I B includes Sun’s earnings call …
After some finger pointing and figurative arm wrestling, the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) published on their website the following fact-packed commentary on the realities of the manufactured housing industry as seen through the lens of remarks by several relevant third-party comments. Each person’s and/or organization’s remarks are clearly identified. …
On 2.27.2023 the following emailed message from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) was forwarded to MHProNews as a news tip. The MHI message to members and followers in an MHI “Housing Alert” which has the headline: “Supreme Court to Take Case Challenging CFPB’s Funding.” In an era in America where …
MHProNews has kept an eye on and accordingly reported the growing strains between the U.S. and China during the post-COVID19 era. There are several reasons to do so, including the fact that manufactured housing supply chains for MHVille’s production sector have for years in many cases go to China. It …
The affordable housing crisis can be boiled down to a few relatively simple issues that include the clear-eyed application of the law of supply and demand. With demand rising, the need for more supply becomes self-evident. That could be good news for manufactured housing producers. A Bloomberg/Washington Post editorial published …
“The disposition of money unmasks humans,” says a line in the latest Warren Buffett annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. Another pull quote: “Early on, write your desired obituary – and then behave accordingly.” The Buffett letter and the annual report for 2022 are provided herein. It includes specifics about …
Metanoia “is commonly understood as “a transformative change of heart; especially: a spiritual conversion” according to the definition from left-leaning Wikipedia. Left-leaning Rolling Stone used the term on 6.28.2022 in this sentence: “According to Hunter, and the Greek Orthodox Church, metanoia means to change one’s mind; to expand it in …
It should go without saying that the black community is not monolithic, any more than other ethnic, gender, religious or other groups act in total lockstep. To behave in total union is almost contrary to human nature, because our nature makes us individuals rather than automatons. That said, this report …
The op-ed that follows by Jim Darlington reflect his thoughts, which may or may not align with those of this publication’s editorial perspectives. That said, Darlington’s thesis is a useful topic as it tees up what could become a crowded Republican field and signals that Joe Biden will have Democrats …
“Montauk’s Best Kept Secret” says the motto on the Montauk Shores Condominium Resort community website.” That ‘best kept secret’ statement is hardly accurate any more, as news headlines on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are proclaiming the record sale of “A Trailer in the Hamptons Sells for $3.75 Million,” …
According to the analysts considered by Yahoo Finance (see graphic further below), Cavco Industries (CVCO) is considered to be ‘undervalued.’ Some others in the manufactured housing industry that are tracked by MHProNews are, by comparison, believed to be ‘overvalued.’ So Cavco on some level can be said to compare favorably …
“Whether you are sixteen or sixty, the rest of your life is ahead of you. You cannot change one moment of your past, but you can change your whole future. Now is your time.” So said Matthew Kelly, per AZ Quotes and other sources. Kelly’s bio, shown further below, indicates …
Try to find someone who is opposed to being more prosperous. As long as someone understands the meaning of the words, how many employees turn down a raise that could make them more prosperous after a raise is offered? What manager says no to a bonus that makes them more …
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