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Maris Jensen Univ Study ‘Market Foreclosure in Manufactured Housing’ –Antitrust Violation Alarms– ‘Distort Competition to Monopoly Outcome’ Named Specific Manufactured Housing Institute Firms

By / April 22, 2025 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Maris Jensen is the author of “Manufactured Housing and Market Foreclosure.” Per his website, Maris is an “Assistant Professor of Finance at the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. My research fields include household finance, real estate, industrial organization, and corporate finance. In recent work, I study the manufactured housing market (the …

Maris Jensen Univ Study ‘Market Foreclosure in Manufactured Housing’ –Antitrust Violation Alarms– ‘Distort Competition to Monopoly Outcome’ Named Specific Manufactured Housing Institute Firms Read More

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Senators Introduced Legislation to Combat Apparent Antitrust Violations in Housing Including in Manufactured Home Industry-Key MHI Member Backstory; plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap

By / April 6, 2025 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

The headline topic is a news release from the U.S. Senators involved in launching a bill they said aimed for combatting antitrust actions in the housing market that specifically includes the manufactured home industry. That plus related commentary will be part of today’s Postscript.  That said, after hours of analysis …

Senators Introduced Legislation to Combat Apparent Antitrust Violations in Housing Including in Manufactured Home Industry-Key MHI Member Backstory; plus Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Recap Read More

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‘Economic Termites are Everywhere’ says Matt Stoller – Why are Manufactured Home Prices and Pad Prices Skyrocketing? Is it ‘Inflation’ or Fostered by Subtle Antitrust Violations? MHVille Analysis

By / December 11, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Gail Slater was named last week as President-Elect Donald J. Trump (R) pick to be the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. “Great pick by @realDonaldTrump,” said Andy Yen. “10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little …

‘Economic Termites are Everywhere’ says Matt Stoller – Why are Manufactured Home Prices and Pad Prices Skyrocketing? Is it ‘Inflation’ or Fostered by Subtle Antitrust Violations? MHVille Analysis Read More

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Democratic Lawmakers Demand Answers from ‘Corporate Landlords’ Using Claimed Rent-Hiking Scheme per Senators Elizabeth Warren-Ed Markey Rep Seth Moulton; Antitrust Looms Larger; Facts-Analysis

By / November 30, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

There are times when MHProNews begins preparing an article on a topic that gets ‘bumped’ for another topic. The following article began as such a drafted item several weeks ago, based in part on information from Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) press release. A check this morning to see if the …

Democratic Lawmakers Demand Answers from ‘Corporate Landlords’ Using Claimed Rent-Hiking Scheme per Senators Elizabeth Warren-Ed Markey Rep Seth Moulton; Antitrust Looms Larger; Facts-Analysis Read More

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SEC Filings Reveal Cavco Industries Insiders Selling CVCO Shares While Craig Hallum-Wedbush Push Stock; Meanwhile NYP Features ‘Storming the Castle’ Battle over Antitrust Enforcement-2024 Election

By / November 4, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

According to investment and business news site MarketBeat, which cited Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and other sources as shown herein, are the following insights. Analysis by MHProNews will be provided in Part III. Part II is an update on our Monday antitrust report providing insights from the New …

SEC Filings Reveal Cavco Industries Insiders Selling CVCO Shares While Craig Hallum-Wedbush Push Stock; Meanwhile NYP Features ‘Storming the Castle’ Battle over Antitrust Enforcement-2024 Election Read More

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‘Crossroads on Corporate Power’ Luke Goldstein-Antitrust in 2025 and Coming Administration of Harris or Trump; with ‘When Everyone is Going Left Look Right’ per Late Sam Zell; Facts-Analysis

By / October 28, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“The most successful people go right when everyone else goes left,” the Wall Street Journal stated on May 5, 2017,” the opening remark in an article linked here that probes insights from the now-late Sam Zell that quoted him saying: “When Everyone is Going Left, Look Right.” When you follow the facts, evidence, …

‘Crossroads on Corporate Power’ Luke Goldstein-Antitrust in 2025 and Coming Administration of Harris or Trump; with ‘When Everyone is Going Left Look Right’ per Late Sam Zell; Facts-Analysis Read More

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HIPS at ProMarket-‘Moats’-‘Competition Law’ ‘Antitrust is Kitchen Table’ Interview-Speech DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter on Antitrust, Biden WH Competition, Big Biz-Manufactured Housing; plus MHMarkets

By / May 18, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“Antitrust is a kitchen table issue.” So said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter in a speech provided below that included a discussion of moats and the importance of protecting competitive markets. However: “We’re often up against companies and firms with multiples of the lawyers and economists and paralegals and staff …

HIPS at ProMarket-‘Moats’-‘Competition Law’ ‘Antitrust is Kitchen Table’ Interview-Speech DOJ’s Jonathan Kanter on Antitrust, Biden WH Competition, Big Biz-Manufactured Housing; plus MHMarkets Read More

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Big Equity LifeStyle Properties Market Move by Private Equity Giant Vanguard Which Increased Stake in ELS to Over $1.5 Billion Post-Antitrust Suits, More Facts and Analysis; plus MHVille Markets

By / March 21, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 24,909,450 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional …

Big Equity LifeStyle Properties Market Move by Private Equity Giant Vanguard Which Increased Stake in ELS to Over $1.5 Billion Post-Antitrust Suits, More Facts and Analysis; plus MHVille Markets Read More

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Manufactured Housing Institute Hit by Antitrust Allegations in Op-Ed, MHI-Attorney-Boyle Asked to Respond to Evidence-Based Concerns – AI Fact Check Refers to MHI’s “Orwellian Approach”

By / February 26, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In an op-ed published 2.25.2024 by the left-leaning Gannett owned Lakeland Ledger, which was amplified by the left-leaning MSN news aggregator service, a call was made for implementation of a “solution to the affordable housing crisis [that] is hiding in plain sight because existing laws aren’t being properly enforced.” Those …

Manufactured Housing Institute Hit by Antitrust Allegations in Op-Ed, MHI-Attorney-Boyle Asked to Respond to Evidence-Based Concerns – AI Fact Check Refers to MHI’s “Orwellian Approach” Read More

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Two More Class Action Antitrust Suits Hit High Profile Manufactured Housing Institute Members and MHI State Affiliate Members, Towsend in Case No. 1:23-cv-16462 and Muns; Pleadings and Analysis

By / January 2, 2024 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

According to the Justia legal website, Muns v. Datacomp Appraisal Systems, Inc. et al was filed on 12.1.2023. The plaintiff is Andrea Muns, and named defendants in that case includes Murex Properties, plus others that have become familiar to regular and detail minded readers of MHProNews and MHLivingNews. Per Justia, …

Two More Class Action Antitrust Suits Hit High Profile Manufactured Housing Institute Members and MHI State Affiliate Members, Towsend in Case No. 1:23-cv-16462 and Muns; Pleadings and Analysis Read More

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Dees-‘Price Fixing’ Defense MHCommunities Antitrust Case, Frank Rolfe on Buffett Moat, Research on Removable Chassis, DOE-Zoning-Finance-Image-Education, w/Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Review

By / December 16, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynolds have been involved in the Kurt Kelley, J.D., quarterly MHReview since the early days when the quarterly was still a monthly publication. Rolfe, for example, often appears with an article in their pages. Ads by one or more of Rolfe/Reynolds enterprises are not uncommon in …

Dees-‘Price Fixing’ Defense MHCommunities Antitrust Case, Frank Rolfe on Buffett Moat, Research on Removable Chassis, DOE-Zoning-Finance-Image-Education, w/Sunday Weekly MHVille Headlines Review Read More

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Barron’s Says Suit Risks Warren Buffett ‘Good Guy Image’-Greg Abel, Class Action, Antitrust Suits vs Berkshire Brand Raises Fresh Concerns Over Clayton Homes Parent Berkshire Hathaway Tactics

By / December 4, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Business-financial news and views site Barron’s in a recent report ran a headline that said in part that: “…Suit Against Berkshire Challenges Buffett’s Good Guy Image.” Per Bing AI, the late Charlie Munger – Buffett’s longtime vice chairman at Berkshire who died on 11.28.2023 – said about Greg Abel, “Munger …

Barron’s Says Suit Risks Warren Buffett ‘Good Guy Image’-Greg Abel, Class Action, Antitrust Suits vs Berkshire Brand Raises Fresh Concerns Over Clayton Homes Parent Berkshire Hathaway Tactics Read More

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Industry Insider Offers Defense of Community Operators in Antitrust Case, But Also Possible Attacks (Slurs) too – ‘Unless You Live in a Frank Rolfe Park’-Case #23-cv-6715 v Datacomp, ELS, et al

By / September 25, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In the wake of the big antitrust Class Action Complaint Case No. 23-cv-6715 – HAJEK vs. DATACOMP APPRAISAL SYSTEMS, INC.; EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.; HOMETOWN AMERICA MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.; LAKESHORE COMMUNITIES, INC.; SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.; RHP PROPERTIES, INC.; YES! COMMUNITIES, INC.; INSPIRE COMMUNITIES, L.L.C.; KINGSLEY MANAGEMENT, CORP.; and CAL-AM PROPERTIES, INC., MHProNews …

Industry Insider Offers Defense of Community Operators in Antitrust Case, But Also Possible Attacks (Slurs) too – ‘Unless You Live in a Frank Rolfe Park’-Case #23-cv-6715 v Datacomp, ELS, et al Read More

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‘Making Sense of the News’ – MHI-Linked Antitrust Suit, Legal, Retail, M&A-Consolidation, New Association Among Hottest Topics in MHVille; plus MHStocks, REITs, Markets Update

By / September 9, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Per decades of research, manufactured homes are seemingly the right product at the right time. Which begs the question, given the tremendous savings possible with modern manufactured housing, plus years of positive research that debunks the myths and misconceptions that have hampered manufactured housing, then why has HUD Code manufactured …

‘Making Sense of the News’ – MHI-Linked Antitrust Suit, Legal, Retail, M&A-Consolidation, New Association Among Hottest Topics in MHVille; plus MHStocks, REITs, Markets Update Read More

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Several Manufactured Housing Institute Members, Including Manufactured Home Community Owner/Operator Companies and Datacomp, Hit by Big Antitrust Lawsuit; plus MHVille Markets Update

By / September 7, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

In one of a pair of communications to MHProNews from an attorney with a law firm involved in a large, new antitrust case was the following statement. “Nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider conspired to fix, raise, and systemically inflate mobile home lot …

Several Manufactured Housing Institute Members, Including Manufactured Home Community Owner/Operator Companies and Datacomp, Hit by Big Antitrust Lawsuit; plus MHVille Markets Update Read More

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‘U.S. Should Break Up Monopolies’ Democrat Robert Reich Guardian Plan Would Hit Clayton Homes, Skyline Champion, and Cavco Industries with Costly Antitrust Lawsuit – Statements, Facts, Analysis

By / January 9, 2023 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Robert Reich was a U.S. Secretary of Labor during President William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton’s administration. Reich has for some years raised the issue of the problems caused by consolidation, market manipulation, ‘monopoly power,’ and the need for antitrust action. He is the author of books such as: “Saving Capitalism: For …

‘U.S. Should Break Up Monopolies’ Democrat Robert Reich Guardian Plan Would Hit Clayton Homes, Skyline Champion, and Cavco Industries with Costly Antitrust Lawsuit – Statements, Facts, Analysis Read More

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Senator Sherrod Brown Pokes Legacy Communities, Fannie Mae Charged-Turn Manufactured Homes ‘From Affordable to Unaffordable,’ Related Antitrust Raised by Brown; plus MHVille REITs, Stocks Update

By / December 22, 2022 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

It isn’t just manufactured home communities that are developing a reputation for attracting institutional investor dollars which are used to buy properties and substantially hike rents and fees. That is just one of several possible takeaways from Senator Sherrod Brown (OH-D) letters to Legacy Communities’ and VineBrook Homes’ management on …

Senator Sherrod Brown Pokes Legacy Communities, Fannie Mae Charged-Turn Manufactured Homes ‘From Affordable to Unaffordable,’ Related Antitrust Raised by Brown; plus MHVille REITs, Stocks Update Read More

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Riley Moore-Blackrock & Woke Capitalism ‘Economic Extortion’ ‘Could Destroy U.S. Free Market Capitalism’ May ‘Violate Fiduciary Duty to Shareholders, Antitrust Laws;’ Plus MHVille Stocks Update

By / November 30, 2022 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“Riley Moore is West Virginia’s [WV] 25th State Treasurer and was elected in 2020. Born in Morgantown, Treasurer Moore started his career as a welder,” says a page on that state’s website. After taking on Blackrock and “woke capitalism” as WV Treasurer’s, Moore is now planning a run for Congress …

Riley Moore-Blackrock & Woke Capitalism ‘Economic Extortion’ ‘Could Destroy U.S. Free Market Capitalism’ May ‘Violate Fiduciary Duty to Shareholders, Antitrust Laws;’ Plus MHVille Stocks Update Read More

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TRERC Says #1 ‘Texas Manufactured Housing Industry Pulls Back Production’ But Conflicting Data Raises SEC, Antitrust, Other Concerns – Exclusive Facts & Analysis – plus, MHC REITs, Stocks Update

By / September 8, 2022 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

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 …

TRERC Says #1 ‘Texas Manufactured Housing Industry Pulls Back Production’ But Conflicting Data Raises SEC, Antitrust, Other Concerns – Exclusive Facts & Analysis – plus, MHC REITs, Stocks Update Read More

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‘Blackrock Weaponizing ESG’– State AGs Probe MHCommunities Owner, Private Equity Giant Blackrock on Possible Antitrust, Securities, Fiduciary Violations, See AGs’ Document; plus MHStocks Update

By / August 6, 2022 / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

“BlackRock has an obligation to act in the sole financial interest of its clients,” states a letter obtained by MHProNews which is referenced and provided in the report below. “BlackRock’s actions…appear to have been motivated by interests other than maximizing financial return.” In those brief lines that include more legal …

‘Blackrock Weaponizing ESG’– State AGs Probe MHCommunities Owner, Private Equity Giant Blackrock on Possible Antitrust, Securities, Fiduciary Violations, See AGs’ Document; plus MHStocks Update Read More

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