The headline asks the estimated $64 billion a year question. Because the industry could easily be doing 8 to 10 times more new home sales volume than it currently is. At a factor of 8, using 2018 averages, that would be $64 billion dollars. As you read this, keep …
What’s Next For Emerging Pro-Growth Manufactured Home Trade Group? Read More
Well, the good news is that the debilitating zoning problem faced by the HUD Code manufactured housing industry and its consumers has apparently evaporated into thin air. That’s right. On May 15, 2019, MHARR invited state manufactured housing associations around the country to provide it with particularly egregious, actionablecases of …
“The Incredible Shrinking Zoning Problem.”-September 2019 MHARR Issues and Perspectives Read More
HUD’S CONTRACTING FAVORITISM CONTINUES HUD AND TREASURY RELEASE HOUSING FINANCE REFORM PLANS FHFA ANNOUNCES SECOND DTS ROAD SHOW – MORE OF THE SAME ZONING PROJECT RESPONSE ILLUSTRATES POST-PRODUCTION FLAWS MHARR OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES NEW WEBSITE HUD AWARDS DAPIA MONITORING CONTRACT TO 40-YEAR INCUMBENT MHARR has learned near press time that the …
MHARR September 12, 2019 Washington Update — An Exclusive Report and Analysis Read More
Washington, D.C., September 9, 2019 – The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing producers of manufactured housing regulated under federal law by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today the establishment of its new internet website, which can be …
The so-called leaders of our manufactured home industry’s post-production sector should be ashamed of themselves. This is clearly bad news. Let’s start by diving into the data provided by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and then on the far side will be some analysis, plans, and …
In a series of emails to MHProNews yesterday, Legacy Housing spokesperson Casey Mack said the following. Note that MHProNews edited several separate emails together for the extended quote below, but that the comments themselves were as stated by Mack. “What a show Tony! Our home sale event two weeks ago …
Stocks have plummeted in the past two days. One could point to various data points that will be reflected in our left-right headline summary for some of the reasons. There are also clear concerns about Senator Bernie Sanders suspending his campaign due to a reported heart condition, which is likely …
While the ‘big boys’ behind the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) have, or should, the August 2019 new home production and manufactured home shipment data, most industry professionals and readers must settle for the ‘tea leaves’ that come from other sources that provide useful indicators. What follows is from the …
More Manufactured Home Data Reflects Additional Warning Signs Read More
Millions are familiar with Snopes, but here is what they say about themselves. “Snopes is the internet’s definitive fact-checking resource.” With that brief tee up, let’s cut to the chase immediately below the subheading. But following that, for those that want to learn more about Snopes, there is more. …
Snopes and Manufactured Housing Fact-Check Project Read More
According to the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO), the following data has been provided. They also stated, perhaps a reference to data previously published by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), the text below their shipment graphic. The industry is still performing at historically low levels. Sales are a post-production …
Sobering Multi-State Level Manufactured Home Shipment Data Reveals Top Performers Sliding Read More
The Jewish New Year is known as Rosh Hashanah. In 2019 that celebration began on the evening of Sunday, September 29, and runs through tonight, Tuesday Oct 1. Manufactured housing has numerous people of Jewish ancestry or faith-practice. President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner are Jewish, as …
Perhaps it is no surprise that Senator Elizabeth Warren’s progressive agenda is gaining steam in Silicon Valley or among others in Democratic Party dominated California. But when someone ponders her specific big tech breakup call, that makes it on one level a more surprising matter. Surging Warren has her targets …
MHProNews strives to take a wholistic, logical and consistent view that is fact and evidence based of our industry, nation, and beyond. As our evening market report periodically reminds investors and professional readers, most if not all manufactured home producers are using some level of products and components ‘Made in …
In more conservative ‘red state’ areas as well as more ‘blue state’ jurisdictions in various parts of the U.S., there is a growing concern over the ‘black hat’ behavior of investors who purchase manufactured home communities, and then dramatically hike the site fees. It’s a troubling trend MHProNews has tracked …
Republican Senator Wants Study of Manufactured Home Communities, Rent Control Read More
To get a clear sense at a glance as to how far left they are, for the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Jacobin, Senator Elizabeth Warren is not to be trusted. Seriously. In their own words, on 9.10.2019: “Warren was courting megadonors last year, and says she’ll do it” again. The Jacobin …
Scandals and corruption know no political labels. Human nature is what it is. Good people can succumb to temptation, as history dating back to Adam and Eve reflects. This won’t be the biggest news for many tonight, but it is the story we’ve opted to feature. Why? First, balance. Second, …
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” – Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, parent to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corp, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, and other Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member firms, per GoodReads. “Why is …
As a new report planned for later today will reflect, there are several reasons to believe that affordable housing – and thus to a lesser extent, manufactured homes – will be a hotter national topic for at least the next 14 months. Why? Because the 2020 race for the White …
Programming notes. There will be several new reports this upcoming week that you won’t find anywhere else in manufactured housing. Among them will be one that addresses the headline topic about so-called ‘Bernie Bros.’ Fans of Senator Bernie Sanders are pushing a plan that if adopted could devastate untold numbers …
Imagine, for the next few moments that the headline on top was part of a series of headlines and reports that accurately told the true story about manufactured home living. That would be real news, wouldn’t it? First, let’s note that the headline is accurate. If you are a new …
