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It is April 1, but this is not an April Fools gag. Webalizer reports a surge of thousands of hits from visitors associated with the federal government in March 2021. Sometimes an image, graphic, or picture are worth a 1,000 words. Tonight’s featured-focus will be a series of examples that …
“Advancing racial equity through manufactured housing” by Lesli McCollum Gooch, Ph.D., was published on March 08, 2021, 9:00 a.m. by National Mortgage News (NMN). In several respects Gooch’s “Advancing Racial Equity Through Manufactured Housing” is an impressive thought-piece, op-ed or “opinion” article by the CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute …
Ask many manufactured housing veterans if they think that their industry is misunderstood, and do not be surprised when they casually answer ‘yes.’ So, information accuracy matters to manufactured home professionals, as well as to all other professions. Even that brief predicate sets the stage for new research by Edelman …
“Tony, I applaud the decision by [HUD] Secretary [Marcia] Fudge. Now is not the time to weaken FHA’s capacity to handle the economic situation challenges facing its 30-year book of business. Also reducing the MIP during the strongest seller’s market in history would be a huge mistake, as it would immediately …
Whatever someone might think, hope, dream, believe, or reject about the 2020 election and its presidential outcome, what is obvious is that President Donald J. Trump and his First Lady Melania Trump are not living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500. That said, the digs at Mar-a-Lago are …
The topic or legal category, per the Department of Justice (DOJ) media site, for the first of this series of federal reports is “Mortgage Fraud.” A series of press releases from DOJ and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) will follow in sequence in this …
Anna Bahney’s bio in brief says that she is: “a writer for CNN covering investments and real estate, focusing on investments in traditional, alternative, real estate and cryptocurrency markets.” CNN reported tonight that “Housing is on a tear.” That is demonstrably true for conventional housing, but why not more affordable …
Entirely missing from the ‘debate’ between Doug Ryan and Lesli Gooch via American Banker about Ryan’s charge that Berkshire Hathaway owned Clayton Homes has a monopoly over manufactured housing was any mention of three key pieces of evidence. That evidence? 1) CEO Kevin Clayton of Clayton Homes video interview and …
Attorney turned award-winning journalist Glen Greenwald ripped lawmakers and the tech giants in another news analysis on the topic of censorship. Some Democrats are pushing the tech titans for more censorship, Greenwald observed. Some Republicans alleged in recent hearings with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai …
In what looks like a case of an “over the target” reaction, one or more individuals associated with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) “listening session” on 3.25.2021 took the extraordinary step of cutting off one of the presenters who was pointedly connecting dots and evidence that unmasked what Mark …
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr and others have previously the case, when national tragedies occur, investigations routinely follow. So why is it that a full year after President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency for what he called “the China Virus,” Americans have still not been officially told by …
“Don’t you know, little fool You never can win Use your mentality Wake up to reality…” – Lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra, per Lyric Find. Certain habits and illicit attractions – no matter how appealing – can be prevent needed or healthy changes. What keeps someone from ‘waking up to …
“Softwood lumber prices are now about 112% higher than they were a year ago and have jumped 10% in just the past week, according to Random Lengths. Increased demand for single-family housing, much of it driven by the coronavirus pandemic, has housing starts up 30% year over year, according to …
Lesli Gooch, Ph.D., CEO of the Berkshire Hathaway-Clayton Homes backed Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) said in previously filed comments that “The first 3-year period of the GSEs’ Duty to Serve process has ended, and the Enterprises are still making no progress in actually purchasing chattel loans.” Gooch also said: “…MHI …
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Housing Center provided MHProNews with the news item below earlier today. AEI’s Director Edward Pinto, J.D., report stated the following. Nowcast: 10 metros most threatened by high numbers of FHA delinquencies (February 2021 Update) While Atlanta and Houston are the metros most at risk from …
In a post-COVID19 America where some have been partially locked down for significant periods of time, certain questions should be asked. Among them is this one. Are dangers increasing for management, staff and residents in manufactured home land lease communities? Fox 5 in Atlanta reported on the arrest of “Alberto …
Rush Limbaugh died last month, but the Rush Limbaugh Show will continue airing for the “long term” with rotating guest hosting the Rush Limbaugh Show. Those guest hosts will air audio clips of the popular Limbaugh – a revered conservative broadcaster – mixed in with their own commentary and discussion …
As our industry’s professionals should know, words and their meaning matter. When you challenge special interests and the system, expect the system to push back. A reporter for the left-leaning New York Times discussed the origins and meaning of the term “deep state” in a video interview. The reporter explained …
Topic two in our headline is tonight’s featured focus further below. Regarding the slide reported today in existing housing sales by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), that spells possible opportunities hiding in plain sight. From the National Association of Realtors (NAR) press release earlier today to MHProNews and others …
The Warren Buffett ‘dark money’ supported Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has released a report entitled “Cashing in on Our Homes.” Left-leaning Common Dreams is one of several platforms spotlighting IPS’ “Cashing in on Our Homes” subtitled “Billionaire Landlords Profit While Millions Face Eviction.” IPS ironically – or tactically? …
