News Reports: Housing news updates and reports for Manufactured Home and Modular Housing Industry professionals and investors. Business – daily fact checks, market reports, and analysis.
There are routinely unstated items missing from news reports – even from reliable sources. Writers, editors, and organizations decide what to include and what to leave out of a report. Restated, every report is ‘framed’ by parties both seen and unseen. Such decisions on what is included and what is …
When the C-suite leader of one of the largest and best-known companies in manufactured housing, Gary Shiffman, President and CEO of Sun Communities (SUI), is involved in allegations of an insurance fraud scam, that ought to be headline news in and beyond manufactured housing. Indeed, it was headline news for …
The cheapest goods imported at the cheapest price, when all factors are considered, may not be cheap at all. Distinct news reports covered herein are deliberately blended because by doing so it paints a picture that the distinct reports alone do not offer. Top current and prior U.S.-China trade representatives …
The U.S. Department of Justice website indicates that the legislation referenced in the testimony by the National Manufactured Housing Federation (see Part II below) was enacted. Next from the headline topics, the legal research and opinions referenced herein include federal and state laws per a document focused on the subject …
Right-leaning CNS News recently reported that the “Cost of Shelter Largest Contributor to Inflation in May.” Part I of today’s report is CNS provided toplines on the latest broad insights into the U.S. economic, inflation, and the housing market. Part II will be additional information on conventional housing market facts …
“Middle income home buyers in the United States are finding little on the market to buy, even if they can qualify and afford a mortgage, according to a new analysis from the National Association of Realtors” said the NAR in a recent tweet. Nobility Homes and Legacy Housing have each …
A “discussion draft” of housing legislation being circulated by Senator and 2024 Presidential Candidate Tim Scott (SC-R) is raising serious questions and concerns about its intent and potential impact on manufactured housing regulation and the manufactured home market. The draft bill, entitled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing …
The latest information from Nobility Homes Inc (NOBH) apparently challenges the narrative advanced by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and several of their dominating brands regarding the now 7 month manufactured housing industry downturn. MHVille is the affectionate term used by some to describe the artificially limited manufactured home industry …
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. Per FAIR’s website, “And without the policies and legal processes that keep our [national] sovereignty as originally imagined, we risk losing it all to those who embrace an agenda of mass uncontrolled immigration, sanctuary cities …
Brian Benderoff claimed he and Dr. Billy Gonte were involved in an insurance scam with Gary Shiffman, CEO of Sun Communities, per Detroit News. MHProNews’ report and analysis on that along with additional information not found in the Detroit News’ original post. That published on 6.2.2023. Two weeks later – …
A May 4, 2023 review on Indeed by a “current employee” of Clayton Homes who is a “project manager” working in Maryville, TN said this. “Management points fingers, gaslight their employees, terrible management” (bold emphasis added here and in following, as is highlighting). That person gave 2 stars out of …
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable.”—H.L. Mencken. Comparing the net worth …
Did the late Sam Zell overpay when his firm acquired MHVillage and Datacomp? According to MarketScreener, “Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE : ELS) acquired MHVillage Inc. on December 31, 2021. In a related transaction Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. also acquired Datacomp. The consideration for the combined transaction was $43 million. …
There are dozens of members of the Manufactured Housing Executives Committee (MHEC) and a tip from a member of MHEC from among state executives will be explored later in this report. But first up (Part I) of this report with analysis will be a new Gallup Survey and what the …
An article entitled “Core traits of BILLIONAIRES: Scientists identify 5 key characteristics” was published by the British Daily Mail and republished on MSN on 6.8.2023. Because they use “British English” that has some different spelling than is common in the U.S., that explains why some items that may appear to …
Before the recent 7 straight months of downturn in manufactured housing production, manufactured home producers were among those who said that getting qualified labor has been a challenge for the industry during parts of the Trump Administration and early in the Biden era. While numbers of Democratic politicos are better …
Deposed 45th President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump (R) posted on his Truth Social account Thursday that he’s been indicted, “seemingly over the Boxes Hoax,” and that he’s been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday at 3pm. ZeroHedge and others points to …
Abraham Lincoln is credited by BrainyQuotes with saying that: “No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” A scam is defined by Oxford Languages as “a dishonest scheme; a fraud.” When a scam to defraud others of their rights or property at a discounted valuation is …
The day that the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) issued its latest data packed report on the dramatic fall of manufactured housing production and shipments from a year ago, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) issued their “Federated States” emailed news update. That MHI originated email failed to mention …
According to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), “Weakness and delay in Washington, D.C., accordingly – especially in the representation of the post-production sector of the industry – has helped to fuel the present decline and will continue to hamper the industry without further change.” MHARR pointedly blamed …
