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On SEP 19 20221:56 PM EDT, CNBC correspondent Diana Olick did a report that provided the following toplines or “key points” on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Information from the National Association of Realtors, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), and …
Facts and evidence are important for investors, affordable housing consumers, public officials, and manufactured home industry professionals. Absent accurate information, people from a variety of interest groups can make problematic or even costly decisions. This report will open with a series of direct quotes from an informed source with clear …
There are some things that at first blush seem to be so bizarre that they seem too odd to believe. Picture two top Republicans at odds and then look at why. Last night (9.17.2022) at a “Save America” rally in Youngstown, OH, the 45th President of the United States …
As economic and political uncertainty continues to boil, it is perhaps no surprise that the second segment of today’s report reveals that four of the major market indicators are a sea of red, as is the graphic for manufactured housing connected equities. That market segment is further below. First up …
Expect at some point in the near term for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to issue a communique patting their own backs for having yet another ‘housing coalition partners’ letter that has been issued to the Biden Administration. There are already some headlines on the issue that the brought MHI, …
Attorney Beth Fegan with the FeganScott law firm describes herself as a lawyer on a mission. Having sued the fellow who left-leaning Wikipedia described as “American former film producer and convicted sex offender, Harvey Weinstein,” FeganScott has now set their sights on the manufactured home community industry. This time, more …
The markets dropped sharply on 9.13.2022 following the news that the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI), per Yahoo News and other sources, stated that inflation is officially up some 8.3 percent over the inflation rate from a year ago. Manufactured housing connected equities shown further below are a ‘sea of …
On April 7, 2019 MHProNews featured a report on the then viral “Seattle is Dying” news video. That was followed by this linked report on MHLivingNews examining the role that the lack of affordable manufactured homes played in the growing homeless crisis in Seattle and other U.S. cities. There are …
As years of reports on this platform has systematically documented, there are several major companies, conglomerates, and so called ‘nonprofit organizations’ that have significant influence over the everyday and political choices that you and your neighbors are making. Among them in a larger than normal degree is Google, which Harvard …
“Correction: George McCarthy, president and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, said parks containing about a fifth of mobile home lots nationwide have been purchased by institutional investors over the past eight years. That statistic was incorrect in an earlier version of this Associated Press article.” So said …
Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Sun Communities (SUI), The Carlyle Group (CG), Brookfield (BAM), Blackstone (BX), Apollo (APO), Dave Reynolds and Frank Rolfe, Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corporation, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (BRK brands), and Legacy Housing (LEGH) were all mentioned in a raw dollars and cents style evaluation of manufactured …
M.D. and J.D. (doctor and attorney) Marilyn M. Singleton sounded off recently on the “statist-corporate complex.” That has echoes from the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning against the “military [spy-intelligence agencies] industrial complex.” While Singleton frames this through the lens of medicine and the impact of monopolization – which …
On background, as in ‘off the record’, the following information was obtained by MHProNews with a source familiar with the generation of these monthly reports from the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) in conjunction with the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) and TMHA members. Per that source’s email to …
During an affordable housing crisis, perhaps it is no surprise that HUD Code manufactured homes are continuing to buck the national trends that are causing conventional housing to slide as interest rates and other costs rise. The manufactured home industry’s latest national statistics on production and the top states for …
Stating the obvious can bring clarity to topics. While fuel costs impact every industry, in some ways, they may impact manufactured housing even more given the fact that not only production costs have fuel as a cost-driver, but so too does the delivery-transportation-installation costs for HUD Code manufactured homes. Furthermore, …
On 9.2.2022 an Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) report by Michael Molinski also picked up by Yahoo Finance provided a mixed assessment of the manufactured housing industry based in part on data about publicly traded firm that are members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some of the statements by IBD …
Connor Echols in Responsible Statecraft recently highlighted an article by Foreign Affairs that made the point that Russia and Ukraine had reached a tentative peace deal to end their war in April of 2022. Why was the deal scuttled? Or as their headline framed it “Diplomacy Watch: Why did the …
Historically, much of the manufactured housing industry has been made up of smaller businesses, often so called ‘mom and pop’ style firms. With that in mind, from time to time, MHProNews peeks in at what the National Federation of Independent Business or the Job Creators Network, both small business focused, have …
A headline from the National Federal of Independent Business (NFIB) to MHProNews on 9.1.2022 said: “Federal Legislation Seeks to Provide Fairness for Small Business Owners using Big Tech Services.” It may not seem to be the hottest issue in the minds of tens of millions of voters who are tired …
What topics are important to manufactured housing industry professionals, advocates, public officials and for those researching the manufactured home industry’s news and views? In August 2022, the answer is found in this computer-generated data found below provided by Webalizer to MHProNews. This occasional and popular feature on this site informs …
