Author name: MHProNews

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Skyline Champion CEO Mark Yost on Manufactured Housing Market, SKY Performance, Analysis

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On August 3, 2019 the transcript of the Skyline Champion conference call was published.   Participants in that conference call were reported by Seeking Alpha as follows. Skyline Champion Corporation (NYSE:SKY) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2019 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Mark Yost – CEO Laurie Hough […]

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El Paso Walmart Shooter’s Manifesto Text, Understanding Tragedy, Getting to Root Causes

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  Disclosure. On Friday, this writer became one of the ever growing number of new citizens of the United States via the naturalization process. Although my land of origin is not Latin American, several of the items in the El Paso Walmart shooter’s manifesto would arguably apply to me and

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Historic Bush – AOC Losses, Axelrod on Liz Warren’s ‘Brilliant’ Campaign, Kevin McCarthy’s House Plan, MHVille Review

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  Right or wrong, like it or hate it, business and politics to a large degree have become inseparable in America in 2019. So at least a minimum level of engagement and understanding are useful to those professionals who seek business as a career and/or for investment purposes.   In

Historic Bush – AOC Losses, Axelrod on Liz Warren’s ‘Brilliant’ Campaign, Kevin McCarthy’s House Plan, MHVille Review Read More

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Conglomerate People Love, Hate – Google’s ‘Bias,’ 2020, Investing, and Manufactured Housing

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  “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America,” – William ‘Bill’ Clinton (D), 42nd President of the United States (POTUS), first inaugural address, per Yale Law School.   “The System is Rigged.” – Donald J. Trump (R), 45th President of the United States (POTUS), statement

Conglomerate People Love, Hate – Google’s ‘Bias,’ 2020, Investing, and Manufactured Housing Read More

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Kudlow on Deepening U.S.-China Trade War, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

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Markets and investors prefer certainty to uncertainty. So the announcement by President Trump of more tariffs on China’s products, and possibly additional and higher tariffs yet to come, provided a good dose of uncertainty. On a day when stocks continued to slide, as did most manufactured home connected tracked stocks,

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Celebrating Citizenship, USCIS Naturalization Ceremony, and MHVille

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Yesterday afternoon in the mailbox was a letter informing us that today at 10 AM in Tampa, FL that Soheyla Kovach, a near-daily contributor to MHProNews, was to appear for her citizenship ceremony.   U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is USCIS for short. Their staff has routinely been friendly and

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Long-Time HUD Attorney’s Formal Statement on Manufactured Housing Enhanced Preemption

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This report will begin by laying out some facts from federal testimony before Congress, and will then provide some related background information. The relevance to the industry’s historically low levels of new HUD Code manufactured home shipments should be discerned by thoughtful professionals, investors, and curious federal and other public

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Strange-But-True Manufactured Home Fire in Land Lease Community

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In a northern manufactured housing land-lease community operation there is a saying.  “Free entertainment” is how several managers and executives describe the strange-but-true occurrences that arise.   Some ‘free entertainment’ of that kind is costly, dangerous, and at times, deadly – as numbers of manufactured home community professionals know from

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Howard! Where are you? Dems Attack Each Other, Trump Thumps More Tariffs, Oil, Stocks Drop, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

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Democrats battling last night on the debate stage was expected. Stocks rose early in the day. President of the United States Donald J. Trump business unit used to own several casinos. Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that what often looks like river boat gambles occur in the form of

Howard! Where are you? Dems Attack Each Other, Trump Thumps More Tariffs, Oil, Stocks Drop, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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Addressing Manufactured Housing Institute Performance, Legal Concerns with Association Leaders, Attorneys

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While the letter that follows was addressed this afternoon primarily to leaders connected with MHI, as the message itself says, more than one official with ties to HUD that also has reportedly performed work for MHI was also in the emailed document. Given the ongoing downturn, the message should speak

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#1 Manufactured Home Producer Texas Reports Continued Declines, w/Bright Spot?

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  In a release this morning to MHProNews, the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) said the following.   June 2019 TMHA Shipment Report   Texas Shipments pulled back in June on a decrease in production days and an increase in homes shipped out of the state. TEXAS MANUFACTURED HOME SHIPMENTS

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How Long Before a Millennial Can Save a Down Payment for a Home?

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The headline will be answered in two ways. Let’s proceed with a systematic look at a release to MHProNews from the Apartment List that spotlighted research which said the following.  In 2018 “At current savings rates, two-thirds of millennials need more than two decades to save for a down payment.”

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Dem Debate Highlights 7.30.2019 ‘FedEx Election to Donald Trump’ – 2020 Hopeful Hickenlooper, Fed Rate Cut…But, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

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Let’s be clear. Market watchers aren’t saying that stocks dropped because of last night’s Democratic debates.  That’s why we bundled last night’s debate highlights with Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments, which were taken as cold water for further rate cuts after only .25 percent drop announced today. On a day

Dem Debate Highlights 7.30.2019 ‘FedEx Election to Donald Trump’ – 2020 Hopeful Hickenlooper, Fed Rate Cut…But, plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More

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Cavco Industries-Destiny Homes Deal, Background, Details, Analysis Others Lack

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In a press release to MHProNews, Cavco Industries (CVCO) has announced a planned deal to close on August 2, 2019 to acquire “substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Destiny Industries, LLC (“Destiny Homes” or “Destiny”).”   The deal is significant in several respects. MHProNews will first provide the

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Manufactured Homes Aren’t “Trailers” in “Trailer Parks” – HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes, Zoning and Placement Barriers

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  In June 2019, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson was involved in several video interviews that spanned the left-right media spectrum. He did local news, HUD videos, as well as interviews with those who would spotlight his concerns, analysis, and proposed solutions for the affordable housing crisis. 

Manufactured Homes Aren’t “Trailers” in “Trailer Parks” – HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes, Zoning and Placement Barriers Read More

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Increasing Manufactured Home Sales – Oversight, Regulatory Connections Impacting MHVille

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  For thousands of manufactured home operations, including independents of various kinds, increasing new HUD Code home sales in a profitable, sustainable, ethical fashion is a routine goal.   Among the roadblocks to achieving that are zoning, placement, and related issues.  As a recent report, linked below, reflected a growing

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WH-“Bad Day for Swamp,” Tulsi Gabbard “Unchecked Power” “Big…Monopolies,” plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

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Tonight and tomorrow night on left-of-center CNN news will be the second round of Democratic debates. Yesterday, we spotlighted Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D), and pledged to provide a report from the White House, which will be found below, along with a report that features Democratic 2020 hopeful, Rep Tulsi Gabbard

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Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee Meeting Advances MHARR Regulatory Reform Proposals

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In a conference call today of members of the General Subcommittee of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), several developments occurred.  One will be the topic of an upcoming and separate report from this one, which may occur after the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) provides whatever ‘alert’ or ‘update’ to

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THIEL v GOYINGS – Modular Housing High Court Victory, Additional Details from Modular Home Builders Association

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In case you missed it (ICYMI), last week there was a significant legal victory that the Modular Home Builders (MHBA) was pleased to have participated in.   That original report is linked here and below.  It is necessary to grasp the added details that follow. “Historic!” High Court Ruling on

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‘Emotions kill,’ Billionaire Ray Dalio, ‘Income Inequality National Emergency,’ plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates

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Let’s lay it out like this. On 60 Minutes, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said some things that are pretty savvy.  Other things sounded odd coming from a billionaire. We’ll sort that out with facts and analysis, on this evening in our report further below, prior to the mixed results on

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