“CFPB Launches New Initiative” proclaimed part of a headline on JD Supra on 3.18.2022. As has been previously noted by MHProNews, JD Supra is a “News and Insights” website used by attorneys to highlight legal issues and developments. By doing so, attorneys get media exposure and perhaps pick up clients …
There are some things you simply can’t make up, but which others voluntarily provide. The headline above is based upon the article found herein via the affable Kurt Kelley’s most recent quarterly issue of Manufactured Housing Review (MHR) (Q1.2022). When doing something as important as “Announcing!” a purportedly new national …
It is not without reason that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) website has had COVID19 info featured on their home page for approaching two years. It is a simple reality that the housing market, including manufactured housing, have been significantly impacted by COVID19 and the various government policies that have …
Energy costs impact literally every American. When energy costs go up, so do the costs of virtually everything else. Manufactured housing is impacted again when the time comes to transport a home from the factory to a retail center, land-lease community or manufactured home development. In the instance of ‘street …
WFMZ carried a PRNewswire/PRWeb media release issued by Datacomp that presented some interesting data that will be unpacked below on the rise of ‘rent growth’ in a recently studied market. But as this MHProNews report, analysis, and commentary will demonstrate, their press release arguably buried or ignored their own lead. …
F.R. Jayar Daily has served as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of American Homestar Corporation for years. The testimony he’s given to Congress referenced in the headline has certain common points to others from Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) corporate leaders that have previously included Kevin Clayton and Thomas “Tom” Hodges, …
The Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS) collects information on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the production and shipments of HUD Code manufactured homes. Per the IBTS data are the following data-points for January 2022. Institute for Building Technology & …
The Robeson County website says that “Business Matters on The Main Street of The East Coast.” It notes that “The State of North Carolina maintains a searchable database of available buildings and sites.” Beyond the deal that is attracting manufactured housing industry professional’s attention is one that says will bring …
Danielle Hale is the chief economist for Realtor.com. On 3.11.2022 she joined CNBC’s Steve Liesman to discuss what’s ahead in 2022 for the U.S. housing market. Hale describes ‘the one-two punch’ of rising interest rates and rising housing costs making home buying more costly. She also said there was about …
Words matter. But words matter more when they are backed by matching action. Words without matching action can be misleading. Those truisms noted, a 3.7.2022 report has been issued by the U.S. Department of Treasury, which antitrust experts and authors like Matt Stoller have been pouring over, commenting on, and …
“’We don’t want lower prices for gas,” proclaims the headline that cites Joe Biden’s own words and an Obama-era official among their sources in their report provided to MHProNews below. “They are not on your side,” quips former CNN Washington, D.C. reporter and WMAL’s star, Chris Plante. Plante says he’s …
Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) in distinct statements joined numbers of Republican lawmakers and other leaders in calling on the Biden Administration to boost domestic crude oil production. Those individual statements via left-leaning CNN and MSNBC will be shown further below. Meanwhile, on 3.9.2022 …
A sobering challenge exists for Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) state association affiliates, such as the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA). That challenge is apparently how not to step on the various Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) talking points when a state affiliate is making a statement to a third-party, even a …
For balance and accuracy, there is talk on the left and the right about more antitrust action. As MHProNews previously reported, and has since reminded readers, White House Resident Joe Biden1, 2 made some potent and at least superficially accurate anti-competitive antitrust comments last year, linked here and here. That …
On 3.2.2022 a report by Shalom Baer Gee stated that “Operations catch attention of ND Manufactured Housing Association.” According to the newspaper’s website, on 1.6.2022 an announcement was posted that Shalom Baer Gee had joined the Minot Daily News (MDN) as a “Staff Writer.” Gee’s MND subheading said, “Mobile home …
Manufactured housing production data for January 2022 will precede what WFTV News, among others in the mainstream media, reported on “Congress exploring new solutions for affordable housing shortage.” While the data and discussion from the Congressional hearing on 3.1.2022 is relevant, interesting, and offers more evidence why manufactured housing should …
Rising energy, fuel, housing, and other costs. Unrest and organized protests, like the Truckers Peoples Convoy are spreading. To set the context for the reports on energy, oil, truckers and more headline topics, some facts and context are useful. Washington D.C. is about a four to six hour drive from …
MHProNews notes from the outset on this controversial topic that quoting someone is not to be construed as endorsing all that they’ve ever said or done. That said, one should set the stage for the video interview and briefing that follows below on the topic of ‘Understanding Today’s Hybrid War’ …
There are several headlines in mainstream media focusing on Cavco Industries announced deal with Volumetric Building Companies (“VBC”) for their 184,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Hamlet, North Carolina. This report, analysis, and commentary will focus on two March 2022 reports from Seeking Alpha. As regular MHProNews readers know, Seeking Alpha …
A special report on the State of the Union (SOTU) is being planned which will feature Democratic and Republican talks and takes on the topic. That noted, among the issues that often arises in the political and public polling arenas relates to COVID19. Coronavirus mandates and protocols have been political …
