According to Realtor.com, “Home sales will drop, the housing shortage could become the worst in U.S. history, and home values will shrink in some cities,” said CNBC. That 2020 forecast from Realtor.com is from an organization with one of the largest databases of housing statistics available. As troubling as that […]
Residents, including activists with Warren Buffett donation backed MHAction, are protesting another rent hike by giant community operator RHP Properties. In doing so they obtained support from Democratic State Senator James Skoufis who called their behavior clearly illegal under their state’s new rent control law. RHP denied that charge, saying
The Duty to Serve manufactured housing – most often of interest to the lack of personal property or ‘home only’ chattel lending – has been at center stage recently. But not to be forgotten are other lending options that have also been mysteriously sidelined, while higher rate loans take their
The good news, per the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) latest production data for October 2019 is that shipments are up year-over-year. The production trend, which means shipments too, are back up. The problematic points realistically are numerous. But problems – properly understood and navigated – spell opportunities
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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
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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
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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
