It was a case battled by the community owner’s attorney, who was joined by that state’s manufactured home association in an amicus brief. But a state appeals court ruling settled a legal battle in favor of a municipality’s right to take that land-lease community under eminent domain power, in …
Government Forces Sale of Manufactured Home Community, Case Ruling, Details Read More
Starting with the featured image, which may have been provided by a Forbes staffer, and moving on to terminology errors, it must be noted that Kori Hale’s allegations against Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway’s Clayton Homes and related lending units includes inaccuracies. But that doesn’t mitigate the fact that the …
Sears was a leader in precut housing a century ago. More recently, it still had strong ties to the housing industry, as the purchase of a new or existing house often led shoppers to their local Sears to buy new TVs, appliances, drapes, and such. So it isn’t so odd …
When a blind person leads another blind person, both can trip and fall. Millions have watched the various versions of this life of Jesus based upon the Gospel of Luke. It is a series of vignettes. Among them is the possessed man who has the demons driven out of him, …
The Blind Leading vs. Truth Telling, Life of Jesus Video Read More
From what was seemingly the most humiliating defeat in earth’s history, to the most glorious triumph, all in the span of a few days. That’s what a surprising victory looks like. In the life of Jesus as recorded in the sacred texts, there is an episode that we could all …
In a release to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), is pressing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to repeal the use of their “Formaldehyde Health Notice.” MHARR’s statement says in part that they opposed the “baseless discrimination against HUD …
“Baseless Discrimination Against HUD Code Manufactured Homes” Read More
The conventional housing seller or buyer’s wisdom, pardon the pun, is that manufactured homes cost less because they are “cheaper.” How does the industry respond to that common concern? A pair of Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member producers responded to questions on that topic today, to MHProNews or to MHLivingNews. …
“Less Waste, Better Buying” – Earth Day and Manufactured Housing Image-Building Read More
As a debate is stirred by several Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls about ‘free college,’ or student loan debt forgiveness, a recent report spotlighted positive news about the blue-collar sector. On a day when 2 of the 3 major markets rose, and industry stocks closed largely lower, that white paper on …
State of Blue-Collar Workforce White Paper, Plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More
Research compiled from several sources as reported by Get Codeless yielded the following bullets about blogging trends and related business to business (B2B) marketing data. The importance of their factoids will be more apparent further below. Latest Blogging Statistics and Trends in 2019: The average blog post length …
Deer Valley Homebuilders (DVLY) has issued a press release that will be featured further below. But their release obliquely spotlighted several issues that could easily make Deer Valley a case study on the ways that Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage Corporation, and Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway’s ability to influence the …
Late last March, the Department of Housing and Urban Development notified MHProNews that there would be a special “Innovative Housing Showcase.” That initial release is now more useful to spotlight, for reasons that will become obvious. Let’s start with the guts of their statement. “WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of …
Days before the drama that culminates with Easter, Legacy Housing announced a $10 million-dollar stock repurchase agreement. There are times when as trade media it makes sense to hang back a bit to see how an announcement like that plays out. This evening, we’ll survey the Legacy (NASDAQ:LEGH) announcement, and look …
HSH, HowMuch, and Visual Capitalist have pulled together data that yielded the following information presented. It’s arguably useful data for those savvy manufactured home industry professionals who happen to be near the various markets that are spotlighted. Before diving into the data, let’s note the tragically obvious. There is …
Infographic – Mapping How Much A Buyer Must Earn to Buy Median Priced House Read More
Spoiler alerts. First, this isn’t a tiny container house. The second spoiler alert is that this video doesn’t give the cost of the completed project. What we know from other container housing projects is that they are significantly higher than a HUD Code manufactured home. But what makes this one …
The specific piece of legislation that will be the focus of this report is just part of a pattern that is arguably spreading from the coasts into the heartland states. In the wake of the hue and cry from the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver viral “Mobile Homes” …
Jealousy. Lunacy. Hypocrisy. Once was, award-winning, former community-investor George F. Allen bemoans MHARR, begs them and NAMHCO for unity with MHI, all while assailing this platform. Will someone in his circle please show him how to use the GPS app on his phone? Or is Allen still navigating by using …
Here’s the number that industry professionals and investors need to consider every morning, during the day, and before going to bed at night. $330 billion a year in prefab housing market potential here in the U.S. When you consider that factoid, per Amazon Alexa Funds estimate, and consider the notion …
The Daily Business News on MHProNews will take step back in time to January 19, 2019, when Andrea Riquier with MarketWatch reported on a noteworthy trend. This will tee up the first of a periodic series of reports on what Harvard’s Eric Belsky called the ‘life blood’ of housing, financing. …
Wells, Chase, Citi Mortgage Lending Plunges, Plus Manufactured Home Stock Updates Read More
The timing of our reports at times may seem prescient to those who follow them closely. Sometimes, that is due to news tips. But the truth is that there are other times that the small, quiet, inner voice often whispers which topic to pick when – and that voice turns …
EXCLUSIVE REPORT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS REPORT: SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 MHCC DELIVERS STRONG REBUKE TO HUD MHARR COMMENTS FURTHER OPPOSE DOE ENERGY RULE MHCC REJECTS HUD ACTION ON MULTIPLE ISSUES The statutory Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC), meeting in Washington, D.C. from September 11-13, 2018, tackled a lengthy agenda of …
Washington Update – MHARR September 19, 2018 – an Exclusive Report and Analysis Read More
