RealEstateRama says Thayer Long, CEO and president of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), refuted charges by IBIS World Inc., that manufactured housing is a dying industry. While noting the pace of new manufactured homes sales has declined 57 percent in the last five years, the comparable statistic for new single-family […]
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IBISWorld stated in the pitch for their recent 2024 report that as: “traditional house prices soared, making affordable manufactured homes a more attractive proposition. Still, the industry has also been undergoing consolidation as less-profitable dealers either exited the market or merged with larger players, intensifying market concentration.” MHProNews has reported
Over a year has gone by since IBISWorld (infamously) predicted the demise of Manufactured Housing (specifically MH retailers) along with nine other industries, including print newspapers. The recent announcement that Advance Publications will cut 600 jobs among four newspapers underscores the valid concerns abut the weakening potential future for pring
A Year later: IBISWorld, Manufactured Housing and Print News. Read More
In response to the IBISWorld report on manufactured homes sounding the death knell for manufactured housing, MHMSM.com received responses from many long-time industry professionals disputing their conclusions. Industry vets Paul Bradley, Thayer Long (MHI), Danny Ghorbani (MHARR), Doug Gorman, Otis Orsburn, Bob Stovall, Ken Rishel, Derek Thompson and Dustin Youngdahl
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Exclusive MHMSM.com Industry In Focus Report The March 2011 IBISWorld report that cited manufactured home dealers as a ‘dying industry’ has made news inside and outside of the manufactured housing industry. MHMSM.com has contacted a variety of Industry leaders and personalities from coast to coast to get their comments. On-the-record
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National Public Radio reports that IBISWorld research indicates that manufactured housing dealers lost $4,538,000 in 2010, which reflects a decline of 73.7 percent in the decade since 2000. It suggests part of the problem resulted from the housing bubble when people were buying conventional homes, but it also says the
IBISWorld Forecasts More Doom and Gloom for Manufactured Housing Read More
In an apparent about-face from its statement a year ago that the manufactured housing industry is near death, IBISWorld now says, according to timesunion, while sales of MH are relatively weak compared to 1998, “improved income levels are expected to generate higher sales of manufactured homes in the five years
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There is an evidence-based case to be made that William C. “Bill” Boor, the president, CEO & a director at publicly traded Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) and his firm has created competing narratives. One narrative is for investors. Another is for the industry and public. While there may at times
The National Association of Realtor (NAR) is what might be considered a “normal” trade group that seems to more authentically care about accurate data that is distributed to the public on a monthly basis. Like the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), which also reports accurate and monthly data
Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS). Cavco Industries (CVCO). Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). MHInsider/MHVillage/Datacomp. They are among those organizations in manufactured housing that were asked to respond to the following question and answer (Q&A a.k.a.: chat) with left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot. Some of those are shown in the email in Part
