Social media, as billions have learned, allows someone to peer into the interests and beliefs of others. The recent mass shootings have put the understanding and battle over the Second Amendment under the microscope again. People inside manufactured housing have feelings about this on both sides of the […]
Second Amendment – Manufactured Housing Professionals Sound Off Read More
Sources inside and outside of Washington, D.C. have told MHProNews that legislation backed by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), Prosperity Now, and the National Association of Manufactured Housing Community Owners (NAMHCO) has stalled. The reasons are many. Even some of the sponsors of the bill are having second thoughts. The
There are a few things that a newcomer or longtime reader of MHProNews and our sister site must bear in mind. Despite the currently low ebb of the industry, the upside potential is nothing less than impressive. Few investment opportunities rival the potential of HUD Code manufactured homes. Those
Consumer Group Leader, Manufactured Housing Institute Rep Agree to Stall Federal Action Read More
Just 3 years ago, Doug Ryan at what was then CFED – since rebranded as Prosperity Now – was blasting Clayton Homes and their Berkshire Hathaway sister brands for their alleged monopoly over manufactured home lending. Part of what Ryan proposed was a push to get the Government Sponsored Enterprises
A recent survey by Bankrate reveals the top pick for most investors. The report breaks that investment down by age group. It is a shift that ought to make manufactured housing professionals ask serious questions. That On a down day for the major markets and most tracked manufactured home stocks
The Record Gazette is a newspaper published in Banning, CA. As is the case with cities, towns, and states across the country, there is a debate on rent control and what to do about spiking site fees (a.k.a. ‘lot rents’) in a growing number of locations. A manufactured home
In Genesis 4:8 the first murder is described of Cain killing his brother Able out of jealousy. It is in the apocryphal book of Jubilees, says Wikipedia, that the detail comes that Cain murdered his brother Able with a stone. Rock control, anyone? In prison, where guns are kept out of
It has been several days since we curated video content from right-of-center Fox Business, and this particular topic seems ever timely. Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), twin brother of 2020 Democratic hopeful Julian Castro likely got the publicity he wanted for himself and his sibling when he released donor information in
Castro Slammed for Trump Donor Info, plus Manufactured Home Investment Updates Read More
There are several nonprofits that began with noble motivation and useful purposes. But when conglomerates with their own agenda begin to coop those nonprofits with subtly or self-evident agendas, the time has come to ask the question, is it time for manufactured housing independents to form their own national
Manufactured Housing Independents Ponder, New Manufactured Home Hall of Fame Read More
ABC 7 is doing a periodic series of reports dubbed “Building a Better Bay Area.” Their promo said in part that “All this week we are looking at the Bay Area’s housing crisis,” speaking of San Francisco Bay, that covers cities like Oakland, CA. Among their reports last week was
Housing Crisis – Metro ABC News Media Spotlights Modular Home Solution Read More
When someone pushes for accountability, they too should be accountable. That’s only fair, right? There are three topics in the headline, each will be addressed in sequence in this article. Yesterday, a glitch on our end caused articles still being drafted – and therefore, incomplete – to become
MHProNews Errata, Gaming the System, and What’s Coming Next Read More
Michael Pillsbury with the Hudson Institute. Larry Kudlow on President Donald J. Trump’s economic advisory team. Investor, business man, and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, who has done business in China for years. There are plenty of voices weighing in on the U.S. China trade war. The Fed has signaled
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as ABC 10 and the Chico Enterprise Record are among the sources that report that FEMA’s new manufactured home community for some 110 households displaced by the Camp Fire disaster is ready for occupancy. As the video shows, these homes have
FEMA’s Largest Manufactured Home Community Opens, Updates, Video Read More
“Pay more attention to what people do than what they say.” – Marty Lavin, J.D., manufactured home industry veteran of retail, community and finance, MHI award winner. “Follow the money.” – Marty Lavin, J.D. “…Hypocrisy anyone?” – Frank Rolfe, Manufactured Housing Institute National Community Council
On Friday, left-of-center CNBC noted that the average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage hit 3.70 percent. That’s the lowest it has been in three years. A few points to make before diving into the meat of the data from CNBC. · In years gone by, rising interest
Interest Rate Shift – Reason for Manufactured Home and other Housing Seekers to Buy Now? Read More
Last week, Prosperity Now, formerly known as CFED, published their list of “I’M HOME 2019 State Manufactured Housing Policy Wins.” Their release encouraged sharing, which is useful to manufactured housing industry professionals, advocates, and other interested parties to thoroughly understand as part of the sometimes-complex dynamics at work in
Regrettably, the manufactured housing industry lacks some of the type of accurate, granular data that so many other industries get from trade associations. As MHProNews has previously reported, MHI has made arguably errant or misleading claims on several issues that ought to be data-driven. That said, there is anecdotal evidence
In the wake of attacks on unarmed civilians in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH, the White House announced that a planned trip today to The Villages in Florida has been cancelled. The Villages are a 55-plus land-lease community that includes sections of manufactured home and others with conventional
Some documents merit more than one look. On July 10, 2019 the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) produced a report that could have been written by a new writer being groomed for MHProNews. It raised several fine points. Let’s look at a few of them. “As Department of Housing
Have markets hit bottom since the latest round of U.S. China trade blows? Time will tell, but the worst day of 2019 has just occurred. That said, as the chart at the left indicates, the markets are still up overall for 2019, and year-over-year are still plus too. Almost all
