The short version of the latest data, per the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) to Manufactured Home Pro News (MHProNews) is that the totals rose compared to September 2019, but are down year over year and compared to October 2018. On a day when China-US trade news sent the broader …
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Accuracy is – or should be – a hallmark of journalism, including trade journalism. Actionable insights ought to be part of the mix as well for those writers who want to see the most proven form of affordable housing in America flourish instead of struggle after years of seemingly intractable …
The final speaker at today’s “listening session” at the Federal Housing Finance Agency offices was Maurice Jourdain-Earl, shown in the featured photo this evening with his wife. Jourdain-Earl is the Managing Director of Compliance Tech. The pull quote at the top was how he opened his address earlier today. An …
It is a legal victory being hailed by plaintiffs as a “landmark case” securing a record settlement against a community operator that attorneys said left their residents in squalor while raising site rents rapidly. Readers can decide if that claim is hyperbole, or if this now settled case should send …
Time has passed since I briefly spoke with JD Harper of the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA). We were at the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show and were walking in different directions in a public place. Some years earlier at a different industry event JD and I chatted a bit longer …
There are any number of issues that arise day-by-day that impact manufactured housing that may have little or nothing to do with the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Something similar could be said of several key MHI member companies. That’s reality. That said, it is MHI that has taken upon itself …
Vexing Questions Dogging Manufactured Home Industry Go Unanswered by Key Figures Read More
We should thank God often for the growing use of the term, “fake news.” Obviously, not all news is fake. Some reports are accurate, but others are less so. The reports below are examples of sources that generate purportedly pseudo reports on manufactured housing investing and other news. There is …
The reports like the one in this fact-check and analysis may appear in your news feed or that of others doing various types of ‘industry research.’ They are all-too-common. They might look at a glance like they come from a press release to a mainstream news source here …
What follows is further below is a Q&A interview with Dustin Arp, president of Spark Homes in New Braunfels TX. Arp, who per the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) is “One of the first manufactured homes conforming with the requirements of the pilot programs recently launched by the Government Sponsored …
Let’s thank God for the courage of those first settlers who crossed an ocean at great risk in rather flimsy ships by modern standards. Let’s thank the Creator of all things visible and invisible for both those natives who already lived here in the Americas, as well as for those …
Transparent Thanksgiving in Manufactured Housing Land Read More
On the evening before Thanksgiving, the markets rose to new highs, despite what would normally be a mood-killer on Wall Street. Are investors getting used to the roller coaster ride away- and toward- a possible trade deal with China? The nuances behind the bills, which matters to several manufactured housing …
In the classic story of Cinderella, if the shoe fits, a happy ending for that lady followed. In our contemporary era of questionable or problematic behavior, the ‘if the shoe fits’ metaphor can be used differently. If a person or organization fits certain allegedly illicit behavior patterns robbing others …
“Michael Saul Medved is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show, The Michael Medved Show is syndicated from his home station KTTH in Seattle,” says Wikipedia. His website says his is the #1 radio show focused on pop culture and politics. Medved …
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There are multiple layers to this, as a complete reading of this report will reveal several new items, but let’s begin with the news of the day. Two days before Thanksgiving, Fannie Mae, per their website, announced the following about manufactured home lending programs on 11.26.2019. “Today’s modern manufactured homes …
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Programming Notice: Complimentary or bookend special reports will be published on manufactured home lending, one in our ‘almost midnight report’ today. The other is currently scheduled for the next 24 to 48 hours. The two will include on the record statements, exclusive quotes, and details no other trade media in …
“CHOICEHome is our innovative, affordable mortgage initiative, offering financing for a real-property factory-built home that’s built to HUD code but with many features of a site-built home,” said Freddie Mac in describing their lending initiative on a specific types of HUD Code manufactured homes. “When a factory-built home meets certain …
The original logo of what today is Manufactured Home Pro News (MHProNews) had this tagline. Innovation – Information – Inspiration for Industry Professionals. All three of those I’s are as necessary today as they were 10 years and 6 weeks ago when the first version of this industry-leading …
Marching into Hell for Manufactured Housing’s Heavenly Cause Read More
Have you heard the word about Small Business Saturday? The Saturday after Black Friday? Odds are good that the answer is yes. ICYMI, here is AmEx’s newest video promo on that topic. Have you heard the word about Shop Small – Manufactured Housing Independents Small Business Saturday? No, of …
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It is a coincidence, says the Blackstone Group, that they are selling off the investment they made in single family rental housing after the 2008 housing/mortgage crisis at the same timeframe that firebrand 2020 Democratic presidential nomination hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren is taking aim at them. On a day when …
There are some reports that happen to fit like a glove with another on the same day. That can happen by coincidence. It can also happen as a result of planning. The White House has issued an RFI – Request for Information – something similar to what has recently been …
