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The purpose of analytical journalism is to ‘connect the dots’ that a typical news report may not provide. When the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) released its latest monthly report on 12.13.2023, MHProNews made the decision to hang back a bit and see if any others in MHVille trade …
Facts-Evidence-Manufactured Home Industry Expert News Analysis. There is no single factor that explains why the manufactured housing industry is underperforming during an affordable housing crisis. There are several factors, which researchers and manufactured housing industry pros alike agree include the challenges of barriers in zoning and inequalities in finance. That …
The affordable housing industry obviously operates within the larger macro-U.S. economic, business, and political environment. To better understand what is occurring in our profession, it is therefore useful to take the periodic look around at the bigger picture that includes, but goes beyond, our affordable home profession. With that brief …
According to the Department of Energy (DOE) press release provided herein in Part I of this report: “DOE Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment Pertaining to Enforcement of Manufactured Housing Energy Standards.” Also included in this report is media release from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), which is …
The latest research by Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member and publicly traded Marcus & Millichap Inc. (MMI) is shown further below. MMI curiously opened their introductory paragraph with the words: “Manufactured home shipments to communities on the rise.” That seems to contradict what some manufactured home producers have told analysts, investors, …
“I am proud to lead the fight to save Americans’ precious constitutional rights from Joe Biden’s tyrannical federal government,” said Texas Attorney General [AG] Paxton in a statement provided below. “The [U.S.] State Department’s mission to obliterate the First Amendment [in a conspiracy with government funded private tech censors] is …
Business Insider and MSN on 12.9.2023 said the following. “Large majorities [of the public] say they support policies that would facilitate more — and denser — housing, according to a Pew Research survey conducted in September and published last week. The survey asked respondents about 10 different pro-housing policies. The most popular …
The concentration of wealth and power is a real issue which no less a figure involved in manufactured housing than Warren Buffett has spoken about. Regardless of whether or not someone agrees or disagrees with certain thinkers, it can be useful to probe what they said to see what may …
Perhaps someday public officials and/or plaintiffs’ attorneys peering into the woes hobbling the manufactured housing industry will consider if emails like the one below from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) violated RICO. The Jeffrey Grell law firm says under the heading: “Mail and Wire Fraud. The extensive use of RICO in the …
In an interesting news article on startup factory-builders from Crunchbase was the following keen insight. “In an interview last year, Veev CEO Amit Haller told Crunchbase News that the goal of more affordable housing will require building at scale. In a more ideal world, he envisioned that building homes would …
Money Made, Celebrity Net Worth and The Street each provided an estimate of Kevin O’Leary’s net worth as about $400 million dollars in 2023 reports. According to the first source: “Kevin O’Leary is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality with a net worth of $400 million from ventures like SoftKey …
The previously steeper rate of decline in U.S. HUD Code manufactured housing production has slowed. But the decline in manufactured home production has continued, said the Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). That ongoing year of decline has somehow occurred despite the fact that a U.S. …
Business-financial news and views site Barron’s in a recent report ran a headline that said in part that: “…Suit Against Berkshire Challenges Buffett’s Good Guy Image.” Per Bing AI, the late Charlie Munger – Buffett’s longtime vice chairman at Berkshire who died on 11.28.2023 – said about Greg Abel, “Munger …
In the course of preparing a new article on Mobile and Manufactured Home Living News (MHLivingNews) linked among the headlines in review below, the topic of homelessness as a result of inflationary trends sparked the connection with Thomas Jefferson attributed remarks in addressing the concerns of a couple asking …
The Daily Signal has thoughtfully made available to MHProNews the following exclusive report on regulations and what that publication says is the “hidden tax” and impact of regulations on the average American family caused by Biden era federal policies. The title to their exclusive is: “Here’s How Much Regulations Cost …
Legal and illegal immigration has become a hot button topic in nations other than the United States of America (USA). The ‘exploitation narrative’ is also a transnational topic, as this reply from Bing AI indicates. “The concept of exploitation is a prominent topic in political discourse and policy debates…The concept …
“Legacy’s consumer finance business closed more loans in October of 2023 than any other month in the company’s history,” said Duncan Bates, President and CEO of Legacy Housing. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jeff Fiedelman said: “Legacy delivered an 18.6% return on shareholders’ equity over the last 12 months.” As MHProNews …
There is a mix of good news and troubling news that has emerged from Skyline Champion’s (SKY) earnings call and related ‘official’ corporate information. Several remarks in the following earnings call transcript for Skyline Champion’s most recent quarterly results ought to be a good reason to look more carefully at …
After years of fact checks and reviews by MHProNews, it has become apparent that all publicly traded “investor relations” presentations (a.k.a. “pitch decks”) can provide information potentially useful for a variety of insights and purposes. That will be demonstrated in this report on Cavco Industries (CVCO). Cavco is currently led …
Oddly missing from the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email to industry members and others dated 11.22.2023 are manufactured housing industry statistics. Those details are not given freely to the public by MHI, nor are they provided to manufactured housing industry members by MHI without cost on their new or prior …
