L. A. “Tony” Kovach has been publishing close to an article a day on the Patch on a range of topics that include affordable housing and manufactured homes, but also include book and movie reviews, politics, economics, and more. From a post by Kovach on the Patch on Monday 9.23.2024 …
Erik Engquist is an author and is listed as the senior managing editor at The Real Deal (TRD), a real estate industry focused news and views site. Engquist’s article in focus for this fisking is entitled (and linked): “The most overlooked affordable housing, and its big flaw.” As well-informed manufactured …
We are now past ‘back to school’ season and formally entered fall on Sunday, 9.22.2024 at 12:45 PM. Days to Election says it is 43 days plus so many hours to November 5, 2024. Early voting began in Virginia, where WMAL (105.9 FM) indicated from an early voting location that …
On September 19, 2024 MHProNews published a report with analysis entitled: “Marguerite M. Nader the President-CEO and a Director at Equity Lifestyle Properties Dumps 33000 Shares of ELS Stock Worth Millions; Rosen-SEC Probe; MHI-MHN Tease; Facts-Analysis; plus MHMarkets” Previously, on August 22, 2024 the Masthead on MHProNews published this article: …
According to the latest news release that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) provided directly to MHProNews, existing housing inventory is up. Prices are continuing to rise. Interest rates are falling. Yet, existing housing sales dipped too. The NAR press release follows in Part I and the MHProNews analysis segment …
“Marguerite M. Nader, President and CEO of Equity Lifestyle Properties, and also a director, sold 33000 shares of common stock on September 16,” said TradingView. “Equity Lifestyle CEO sells shares worth over $2.4 million,” said Investing.com, which opened added: “Investors and market watchers often pay close attention to insider transactions as they …
On 9.7.2024 a TikTok video was posted that referenced the legal action against Yes! Communities (posted below). That video said in part: “Listen, nine mobile home community management companies. are being sued. being cause they conspired to pretty much raise rents.” On the popular “PissedConsumer” website this was posted on 9.5.2024: “High …
Sales and income are down at Nobility Homes, Inc. (NOBH) according to their recent quarterly update press release. Nobility’s President Terry Trexler also said: “There also remain delays in the receipt of certain key production materials from suppliers, back orders, price increases and labor shortages…” That and much more corporate …
“Extreme MAGA Republicans are the party of a national abortion ban and Trump’s Project 2025,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY8-D) said in an X post Sunday after an apparent 2nd attempt on deposed 45th President Donald J. Trump was foiled. Jeffries added, “We must stop them.” It will be …
It’s not that manufactured housing people who blog like Frank Rolfe or George Allen have it all wrong. Sometimes they share an interesting insight, even if it may not be the one they intended to share. Then, there are the latest insights into publicly traded Legacy Housing (LEGH). In this …
“Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure.” “I can’t stand this indecision, Married with a lack of vision, Everybody wants to rule the world.” Bad habits and a lack of vision can be like a problematic marriage. “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but happy …
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then screen captures – which are a picture of a website’s content – can be revealing too. On 9.13.2024, a search of the MHI website has the word “Trump” appear only 2 times. Using the MHI website search tool the name “Biden” …
According to prominent Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member Cavco Industries (CVCO), there is a need for 6 million affordable housing units in the U.S. More recently, Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-D) proposed a plan for the U.S. government to help fund construction of 12 million affordable housing units. Those are two …
There is plenty to critique and unpack from both of the candidates in Harris-Trump debate which will be explored in this article. The Ben Shapiro led Daily Wire’s post-debate analysis did a largely insightful and candid job of reviewing the performance of Kamala Harris’ and deposed President Donald Trump’s debate …
“Facts are stubborn things.” – Mark Weiss, J.D., President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). It is attorney, MHARR President and CEO Weiss that helped obtain, preserve and provided for the manufactured housing industry a faxed letter from Democratic lawmakers that could prove to be …
A HUD Code manufactured home builder suggested that MHProNews spotlight a move in recent years by conventional single-family housing builder Lennar to build smaller site built houses that compete with manufactured housing in price. As this report will reflect, D.R. Horton has made a similar move. This was a topic …
From the Chronicles of Higher Education: “Theresa MacPhail is a pragmatist. In her 15 years of teaching, as the number of students who complete their reading assignments has steadily declined, she has adapted. She began assigning fewer readings, then fewer still.” “For a while, that seemed to work. But then …
It was part of the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Decades after it was first a hit, the song and its lyrics Everybody Wants to Rule the World was performed originally by Tear’s for Fears’ has had amazing staying power. The song is in Ready Player One, which …
The attorneys that are working for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) in their legal action against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have argued that if the Jennifer Granholm led agency’s proposal goes into effect as it would cause the manufactured housing industry …
In a marketing presentation and related that MHProNews/MHLivingNews may explore in the near term, New Jersey based Edison Mobile Estates and Carteret Mobile Park marketing director Maria Dolan said, “It’s not your grandma’s trailer anymore.” True. “People are living in miniscule apartments paying $2,400 a month and when they buy …
