This report will be different than some recent ones in several respects. Among them is that this report will focus on manufactured housing market potential. To do that, third-party facts have been presented herein in a simple fashion so that industry professionals can see information for your business’ state(s) at a glance. That noted, MHProNews has periodically highlighted the point that the rate of homeownership in the United States is lower than in dozens of other countries. While homeownership increased in the U.S. during the Trump Administration, the overall rate of homeownership in America is lower today than in 2000. Yet part of the expressed purpose of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 was to increase the rate of homeownership. Against that factual backdrop are the following data points.

Part I. The first part of this report will present the data collected monthly for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS).

 

Institute for Building Technology & Safety‎

Shipments and Production Summary Report 08/01/2021 – 08/31/2021

MHProNews Notes:

SW-single section

MW-multi-section

 

Shipments
State	SW	MW	Total	Floors
Dest. Pending	0	0	0	0
Alabama	212	245	457	702
Alaska	0	2	2	4
Arizona	41	169	210	385
Arkansas	101	89	190	279
California	45	235	280	530
Colorado	53	39	92	132
Connecticut	5	6	11	17
Delaware	8	23	31	55
District of Columbia	0	0	0	0
Florida	153	440	593	1,037
Georgia	133	212	345	559
Hawaii	0	0	0	0
Idaho	13	36	49	85
Illinois	65	29	94	123
Indiana	85	69	154	223
Iowa	38	8	46	54
Kansas	49	8	57	65
Kentucky	112	241	353	594
Louisiana	261	196	457	656
Maine	32	34	66	100
Maryland	3	10	13	23
Massachusetts	9	11	20	31
Michigan	236	163	399	562
Minnesota	43	45	88	133
Mississippi	178	147	325	473
Missouri	58	59	117	176
Montana	13	22	35	57
Nebraska	15	8	23	31
Nevada	7	48	55	105
New Hampshire	10	16	26	42
New Jersey	12	10	22	32
New Mexico	50	75	125	200
New York	64	89	153	242
North Carolina	202	323	525	848
North Dakota	24	15	39	54
Ohio	120	63	183	246
Oklahoma	167	92	259	352
Oregon	10	115	125	251
Pennsylvania	67	98	165	263
Rhode Island	3	0	3	3
South Carolina	146	304	450	758
South Dakota	12	23	35	58
Tennessee	73	211	284	495
Texas	754	855	1,609	2,475
Utah	7	17	24	41
Vermont	5	15	20	35
Virginia	67	62	129	191
Washington	7	112	119	239
West Virginia	34	97	131	228
Wisconsin	43	37	80	117
Wyoming	14	5	19	24
Canada	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0
Total	3,859	5,228	9,087	14,385

 

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED AS A MONTHLY
SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. REPRODUCTION IN PART OR
IN TOTAL MUST CARRY AN ATTRIBUTION TO IBTS, INC.

 

Production
State	SW	MW	Total	Floors
States Shown(*)	342	333	675	1,010
Alabama	618	763	1,381	2,149
*Alaska	0	0	0	0
Arizona	39	204	243	455
*Arkansas	0	0	0	0
California	44	214	258	482
*Colorado	0	0	0	0
*Connecticut	0	0	0	0
*Delaware	0	0	0	0
*District of Columbia	0	0	0	0
Florida	36	233	269	504
Georgia	247	429	676	1,110
*Hawaii	0	0	0	0
Idaho	24	92	116	216
*Illinois	0	0	0	0
Indiana	521	283	804	1,088
*Iowa	0	0	0	0
*Kansas	0	0	0	0
*Kentucky	0	0	0	0
*Louisiana	0	0	0	0
*Maine	0	0	0	0
*Maryland	0	0	0	0
*Massachusetts	0	0	0	0
*Michigan	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	42	69	111	180
*Mississippi	0	0	0	0
*Missouri	0	0	0	0
*Montana	0	0	0	0
*Nebraska	0	0	0	0
*Nevada	0	0	0	0
*New Hampshire	0	0	0	0
*New Jersey	0	0	0	0
*New Mexico	0	0	0	0
*New York	0	0	0	0
North Carolina	99	292	391	684
*North Dakota	0	0	0	0
*Ohio	0	0	0	0
*Oklahoma	0	0	0	0
Oregon	17	224	241	479
Pennsylvania	204	303	507	811
*Rhode Island	0	0	0	0
*South Carolina	0	0	0	0
*South Dakota	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	543	794	1,337	2,132
Texas	1,083	995	2,078	3,085
*Utah	0	0	0	0
*Vermont	0	0	0	0
*Virginia	0	0	0	0
*Washington	0	0	0	0
*West Virginia	0	0	0	0
*Wisconsin	0	0	0	0
*Wyoming	0	0	0	0
*Canada	0	0	0	0
*Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0
Total	3,859	5,228	9,087	14,385
(*) THESE STATES HAVE FEWER THAN THREE PLANTS.
FIGURES ARE AGGREGATED ON FIRST LINE ABOVE
TOTALS TO PROTECT PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

 

Part II. The rate of homeownership in the U.S. by state in 2018, per Stewart Title Company’s blog.

Stewart observed that “No one factor determines overall state homeownership levels as is obvious in the table, but affordability is key.” They also said that: “Given transaction costs [i.e. real estate brokerage and other financing fees], if the stay at the current location is three years or less then renting may be a financially superior decision.”

 

The above is data from 2018, the same year that Scholastica “Gay” Cororaton published her seminal report on manufactured housing market data and related insights.  Using her national averages, the majority of renting households could qualify – based on income – to buy a HUD Code manufactured home.

 

Ted C. Jones, Ph.D. on November 5, 2019 noted the following. “Not only is homeownership the key component of the American Dream, the home is the largest store of wealth for the majority of American families.”  MHLivingNews shed additional light on that based upon research from Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Kenneth Johnson, Ph.D.

 

 

Part III. Additional Related Charts, By Sources as Shown

 

Part IV. What the Above Could Mean for Manufactured Housing

“Renters headed about 36% of the nation’s 122.8 million households in 2019, the last year for which the Census Bureau has reliable estimates,” said Pew Research on August 2, 2021. So that is about 44.2 million rental households.

Given that some 13 nations reportedly have 80 percent or higher rates of home ownership, there are reasonable reasons to believe that the U.S. could increase by some 15 points.  That could mean some 41.66 percent of those 44.2 million rental households could become homeowners. That’s 18.41 million units. So, if manufactured housing production magically increased to 2 million a year (its never topped 700,000 in the pre-HUD Code era highwater mark), it would take over 9 years to achieve that level.

What’s needed to achieve such an outcome?

It could be summed up in effective P.E.P. Protect. Educate. Promote.

That in turn would mean a need to enforce good existing laws.

Few industries have the type of potential upside manufactured housing does.

This is the flip side of the reports such as the examples linked below.  They are arguably evidence based explanations why manufactured housing has not been performing well since the start of the Berkshire Hathaway era of the industry.

 

A mother who is protesting issues in Loudon County VA said on Newsmax on 10.26.2021 this. If you make a mistake, admit it and then try to make it right.  That’s arguably the minimum that MHI’s leaders should do. Admit past errors, and earnestly pivot. The industry’s best days could be ahead, but only if common sense and authentic efforts to grow manufactured housing are put into place.##

 

 

Next up is our business daily recap of yesterday evening’s market report, related left-right headlines, and manufactured housing connected equities.

The Business Daily Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stock Market Updates.  Plus, Market Moving Left (CNN) – Right (Newsmax) Headlines Snapshot. While the layout of this daily business report has been evolving over time, several elements of the basic concepts used previously are still the same. For instance. The headlines that follow below can be reviewed at a glance to save time while providing insights across the left-right media divide. Additionally, those headlines often provide clues as to possible ‘market-moving’ news items.

 

Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the evening of 10.26.2021

• ANALYSIS Wall Street sends a clear message to Facebook
• Its history is littered with scandals. This one could change everything.
• HIGHLIGHTS Whistleblower testifies in the UK
• Testimony: Haugen says Facebook has a ‘huge weak spot’ when it comes to reporting issues up the chain
• Memos: Facebook’s own research showed they should fact-check politicians. Instead, they let them lie.
• Context: What are the Facebook Papers?
• Warned: Facebook staff this weekend were told to brace for “more bad headlines”
• Whistleblower: Facebook views safety as a cost center instead of growth center
• Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. It did little to stop the spread, documents show
• Former Facebook employee speaks to CNN
• Opinion: Don’t change your name — change your CEO
• Facebook to hire 10,000 people in EU to build the ‘metaverse’
• The Facebook logo is displayed during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on April 30, 2019 in San Jose, California.
• Abused and exploited: Facebook has a human trafficking problem
• Revealed: How Facebook promoted QAnon to a ‘North Carolina mom’
• Instagram promoted pages glorifying eating disorders to teen accounts
• Backstory: How a LinkedIn message paved the way for ‘The Facebook Files’
• Banned: The sale of protected Amazon rainforest land is now prohibited on Marketplace
• These Trump supporters would rather go to ‘Facebook jail’ than stop sharing misinformation
• Stelter on Facebook: Months of scandal, then a name change?
• Opinion: These revelations are shocking. But nothing will change until Congress acts
• Here’s how to spot misinformation online
• Tech billionaire: Facebook is what’s wrong with America
• Algorithms made Facebook a success. Can they also fix it?
• Here’s how to delete your Facebook account
• $1 trillion company
• The logo marks the showroom and service center for the US automotive and energy company Tesla in Amsterdam on October 23, 2019. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)
• Tesla became the 6th company in US history to reach the landmark
• The Dow and S&P 500 hit record highs as Tesla stock electrifies
• Companies may be free from Biden’s proposed 28% corporate tax rate. Here’s why
• Oil surpasses $85 for the first time in seven years
• $24 billion in goods is floating outside California’s biggest ports
• China says it will cut fossil fuel consumption to 20% by 2060
• Evergrande wants to build electric cars, not homes
• Visualizing California’s stunning shipping gridlock
• PayPal says it’s not looking to buy Pinterest
• Everything is still getting more expensive
• Hertz is buying 100,000 Teslas
• Shiba inu coin, a meme cryptocurrency, hits all-time high
• Trump SPAC skyrockets as much as 1,657% since deal was announced
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• Jeff Bezos wants to build a tourism space station nearly as big as the ISS
• During a search of Lori Ann Talens’ home, agents found thousands of counterfeit coupons, rolls of coupon paper, and coupon designs for more than 13,000 products on her computer.
• Extreme couponers were sent to prison in $31.8 million fraud scheme
• This photo taken on August 4, 2020 shows Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, using his computer at their office in Dongguan, China's southern Guangdong province. – From a small, dingy office tucked away in an industrial city in southern China, one of China’s last “volunteer hacker” groups maintains a final outpost in its patriotic hacking war. The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI has been modified in AFP systems in the following, we removed the HOLD HOLD HOLD in the main caption. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.
• Russian group that hacked SolarWinds is still attacking America’s computer networks

Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – evening of 10.26.2021

• Biden FEMA Denies Texas Appeal for Border Crisis Emergency Funds
• The Biden administration refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s appeal that the federal government reimburse Texas for millions of dollars spent responding to the migrant crisis at the southern border. [Full Story]
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• Unprecedented 125K Unaccompanied Children Have Shown Up at Border Under Biden
• Fallon to Newsmax: Democrats to Blame for Ongoing Migrant Surge
• Newsmax TV
• Fallon: Democrats to Blame for Ongoing Migrant Surge | video
• Hinson: Administration ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Border | video
• Dershowitz: Justices ‘Good and Decent’ But Still ‘Political’ | video
• Texas AG ‘Hopeful’ Supreme Court Will Recognize His State’s Authority to Protect Life | video
• Fitzgerald: AG Garland Ducked GOP Questions
• Yair Netanyahu: ‘Outrageous’ to Reopen Jerusalem Consulate | video
• Trump Jr.: Fauci, Collins Will Blame Others for Gain-of-Function ‘Lies’ | video
• Blackburn: Legislation Protects Workers From Biden Mandate | video
• More Newsmax TV
• Newsfront
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Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Equities Closing Tickers

Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
                        • NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
                        • NOTE: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of  the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.

 

As the Summer of 2021 draws to a close…

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