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 media would just published that press release ‘as is.’ Sure enough, that’s happened. Without the context from fact checks and news analysis provided by MHProNews, how trustworthy is the ‘straight’ information from TRERC and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association’s (TMHA) monthly report? This article will explore that in Part II, following what TRERC and the TMHA provided information provided in Part I. One day after mainstream stocks rallied to a new high, on Friday, most manufactured housing industry connected equities fell. That’s covered in the graphical highlights that can be grasped either in seconds or mere minutes of reading in Part III.
Part III also sheds light on Parts I and II, which is among the reasons why the evolution of reporting and analysis on MHProNews is what it is today. Affordable housing is demonstrably in crisis. Companies like Cavco Industries (CVCO) are quite right about that point.
It is readers like you and others up and down the chain of command at for- or non-profit operations of all sizes in the manufactured home profession, along side public officials, investors, researchers and others that makes us the apparently largest and most read trade media in all of manufactured housing. As the holiday season is here, let’s simply take a moment to say ‘thank you’ for making and keeping us the runaway #1. Bing AI thinks it could be because of our expertise. We think it is because of team work and the core motivations. That said, let’s dive into the TRERC/TMHA report.
Part I
Texas housing manufacturers preparing to ramp up activity in 2024
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (Texas Real Estate Research Center) – The state’s housing manufacturers expressed optimism heading into 2024, prompting a stretch of payroll expansions and capital expenditures, according to the November edition of the Texas Manufactured Housing Survey (TMHS).
“Housing manufacturers have increased hiring activity for eight consecutive months,” said Wes Miller, senior research associate at the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) at Texas A&M University. “Payroll expansions accelerated in November, probably as plant managers attempt to onboard and train new employees before the spring selling season. There’s also been an uptick in labor supply that has moderated wage growth across the industry.”
Additional manpower is necessary for production to keep pace with steady sales activity.
“Manufacturers have been slowly building up their output of homes, starting from 2014 production levels in January to now running in line with where they were before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Rob Ripperda, vice president of operations for the Texas Manufactured Housing Association. “The TMHS indicates that new orders were a little softer in November, but a majority of respondents are expecting increases over the next six months, and retailer inventories are dramatically lower than they were one year ago.”
However, idiosyncratic supply disruptions may limit capacity usage as demand strengthens.
“Housing manufacturers’ supply chain volatility is a bit of a puzzle,” said TRERC Research Economist Harold Hunt, Ph.D. “This is the second survey increase in disruptions in the past three months. Diesel fuel prices have dropped 29 percent from their June 2022 peak. Container shipping rates have decreased even more dramatically from their September 2021 high.”
While the TMHS supply chain disruptions index has fluctuated widely since September, manufacturers reiterated their expectations of stability heading into 2024.
“The major barrier to goods shipments has been a 40 to 50 percent reduction in ships passing through the Panama Canal,” said Hunt. “It is unknown, however, how much this bottleneck is affecting manufactured housing production.”
ABOUT TRERC
The Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University (TRERC) is the nation’s largest publicly funded organization devoted to real estate research. Created by the state legislature in 1971 to meet the data and knowledge sharing needs of many audiences, including the real estate industry, instructors, researchers, legislators, and the public, the Center creates public content, including digital and print documents, publications, and multiple format videos which are available at the Center’s website…
ABOUT THE SURVEY
This monthly sentiment survey gauges current conditions and expectations surrounding Texas’ manufactured housing industry. All members of the Texas Manufactured Housing Association with manufacturing facilities in the state are invited to participate, and the survey panel represents 89 percent of HUD-code homes produced in Texas. The survey was created by the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University, who administers it and calculates the responses. ##
Part II – Additional Information with More MHProNews Analysis and Commentary
There is a case to be made that the public has become somewhat wiser when it comes to what is called mainstream ‘news’ or what Gallup called “mass media.” To better understand the macro-trends regarding trust in media before diving into sifting the wheat from the chaff at TRERC and TMHA’s monthly survey is the following from Gallup.
According to the Gallup survey organization on 10.19.2023: “Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low.” Their snapshot said the following.
- 32% have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in media’s news reporting
- New high of 39% have no confidence at all [in mainstream news], compared with 27% in 2016
- Democrats’ trust is down 12 points since last year; lowest since 2016
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Despite the data above, some media outlets earn public trust over time by consistently being accurate and telling the truth without favor to powerful interest groups.
To illustrate that point, Bing AI was asked the following.
> “Gallup reported that trust in media is down per an Oct 2023 survey report. But there has been some research that reveals that individual media that has a good track record for accuracy and correct details does better in earning public trust, correct?”
It is important to note that trust in media is a complex issue and can be influenced by a variety of factors, including political affiliation, age, and education level 1. Therefore, it is difficult to make generalizations about the public’s trust in media as a whole.
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Indeed, an entire profession as well as ‘alternative media’ have grown up in response to these issues. As Bing AI said, pointing to a report on the often more centrist “The Hill” for insight: “…it is also true that research has shown that individual media outlets that have a good track record for accuracy and correct details tend to earn more public trust 2.”
As a relevant segue, MHProNews/MHLivingNews have always aimed for accuracy in reports. But when we realized that some information that we were being spoon fed turned out to be less than reliable, we began to report that in the best possible ways. That has evolved over time to the format we have today, where Part I (or Parts I, II, etc.) are the source information. Then the next section(s) of a report examines those claims in the light of known information. That process used here takes a heck of a lot more time for the authentic journalist to do than just cutting and pasting whatever a source said and leaving it up to readers to figure out the truth from fiction or falsehood on their own. More work, but a more useful result for readers like you.
With that brief tee up, let’s pivot more specifically to the monthly TRERC reports. In fairness, the people at TRERC are apparently being given information. When they say that some 89 percent of TMHA member producers respond to their survey, that could well mean that the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) “Big Three” producers have an obvious outsized influence on what is being ‘reported.’
That information being given to TRERC may or may not be reliable. If it is unreliable, of course, there is arguably a level of responsibility that TRERC should exercise. TRERC ought to be skeptical, asking for clarifications or added information, when necessary, just as the public should be skeptical, given years of problematic reports from far too many in mainstream media.
The TRERC-TMHA report above is arguably a mixed bag. But to understand why that is so, let’s look at their history with examples from roughly the last year or two.
1) Their CrossMod® homes report (shown below) had some truth in it, but the report overall was arguably fluff. Through our fact checks and analysis, we pointed that out at the time.
As the deep dive into what Clayton Homes and Kevin Clayton said earlier this week revealed, our analysis of the CrossMods issue has been fair, balanced and accurate for years. Meanwhile, others who publish or blog simply pass along the fawning praise of the product which sources to this day still indicates has ‘no traction’ in the marketplace.
Details – lots and lots of details from an array of sources inside and outside of manufactured housing are found on that topic in the report linked below. Who else in MHVille trade media besides MHProNews/MHLivingNews has the intestinal fortitude to call into question what Kevin Clayton and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) owned Clayton Homes says publicly?
Bottom line, the evidence indicates that TRERC either didn’t do their homework on their CrossMods report and/or they failed to report the concerns that were readily available online had they done a good Google search and looked for skeptics as well as cheerleaders. Our analysis of TRERC’s report has stood the test of time. For evidence, see the report linked above.
2) In “Ready for a Rebound” TRERC once again published information that proved to be misleading if not outright incorrect, as MHProNews explored on February 17, 2023.
Not only was MHProNews apparently correct in our fact check and analysis on the above, but later on 7.14.2023, William “Bill” Boor made remarks to Congress that largely confirmed several of the concerns raised by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform and MHProNews/MHLivingNews months earlier.
TRERC’s “Ready for a Rebound” turned out in some respects to be foul ball play, to borrow from their basketball analogy. Who says? Some 10 months later, the hard data. Score more points for MHProNews fact checks and analysis. But that is a score for readers like YOU who come here looking for accurate information, not fluff or empty rah rah. For most of us, junior high and high school are long into the rear-view mirror.
3) A bit more credit goes to TRERC-TMHA on this report that follows. Note that this was three months after their “Rebound” report, and they admitted that production was at the lowest levels in a decade. So, once more, MHProNews proved correct and reliable, and TRERC demonstrated in that instance that sometimes they could get it right.
4) In response to an inquiry from MHProNews, TRERC admitted that their reports were “sentiments” and that “sentiments” could be different than the facts.
5) Those examples are sufficient to demonstrate that it requires a patient, detail focused professional in manufactured housing to discern what is real/authentic and what is misleading and/or incorrect from TRERC-TMHA. It would be going too far to say that TRERC is never reliable. It is going too far to say that they are routinely reliable. Even this brief survey reveals a spotty track record. That is reason enough for others in MHVille trade media who publish their reports without any comments or analysis to be duly charged with doing their readers a disservice at best or being a participant in shoveling out misleading information at worst.
6) With that backdrop, an oddity in the current report is this: “The major barrier to goods shipments has been a 40 to 50 percent reduction in ships passing through the Panama Canal,” said Hunt. “It is unknown, however, how much this bottleneck is affecting manufactured housing production.” Why doesn’t TRERC simply ask Texas producers and/or the TMHA if products from China or elsewhere are going through the Panama Canal? Given that Texas is a rather independent-minded and often more conservative state, why not do a report on how products from China are problematic for the U.S. economy – and Texas – and ought to be domestically sourced instead?
7) The TRERC-TMHA ought to incorporate HARD DATA. If ‘sentiments’ and HARD DATA were joined together, their research could be much more interesting and useful. Case in point, the latest data reflects that manufactured housing’s year-over-year production downturn has turned a year old now. The data further shows that this downturn impacted Texas too. Where are those facts in their latest monthly survey? For those facts – the HARD DATA – see the report linked below. If the professionals at TRERC and TMHA want to have a new year’s resolution that they stick with, they should add in the monthly data provided by MHARR. MHARR provides their reports at no cost so long as proper attribution is given.
8) With respect to fact checks, MHProNews – which has a good working relationship with MHARR, a sponsor of this site, nevertheless asked for clarifications in their recent remarks on the steadily advancing DOE manufactured housing energy rule. With the added information from MHARR, we were ready to do a report and analysis. Without that added clarity, it would not have been as strong as it otherwise proves to be.
Added Points, Summary and Conclusion
Readers should bring a healthy dose of skepticism about reports and sources, especially when a source has proven time and again to be less than regularly reliable. Mistakes occur, which if significant (more than a mere typo) the Society of Professional Journalism (SPJ) says merits an update that issues a clear correction. That is odd, given that mainstream media all too often fails to do what their SPJ Code of Conduct says is expected.
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An example of the above on MHProNews is shown below. At times, we ‘trusted’ figures issued by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and/or by MHI linked sources. When those proved to be wrong or where questionable, we ran through the details and began providing the corrected insights. That is what the SPJ’s Code of Ethical Conduct calls for and that is what we did and do. If we can do it, TRERC and others can and should do so too.
Speaking of land lease manufactured home communities (the topic of the report above), ICYMI, the report linked below provides an array of current facts and insights.
In 2024, we would modestly recommend that TRERC take a fresh look at their survey and start asking the harder questions and giving more accurate data mixed with ‘sentiments’ if they think them relevant. Since MHARR provides the hard data monthly to the public for free, there is NO good reason for TRERC and TMHA not to do so.
Meanwhile, all media plug themselves, we do too. But the case can be made that not all media merits plugging themselves. MHProNews has earned a reputation of being willing to tackle controversies without favor by following the facts, evidence, and giving expert analysis that others simply can’t, don’t, or won’t give as we do. If you already have the MHProNews habit, thanks for investing time here. You are joining a positive aspect of the Warren Buffett and Donald Trump readership/understanding club. If you don’t yet have the MHProNews/MHLivingNews habit yet, please make it a current and new year’s resolution that you keep. You can be the beneficiary. Almost everyone reading this can benefit from greater understanding, for pragmatic insights on why, see the report linked below.
Part III – is our Daily Business News on MHProNews stock market recap which features our business-daily at-a-glance update of over 2 dozen manufactured housing industry stocks.
This segment of the Daily Business News on MHProNews is the recap of yesterday evening’s market report, so that investors can see at glance the type of topics may have influenced other investors. Thus, our format includes our signature left (CNN Business) and right (Newsmax) ‘market moving’ headlines.
The macro market move graphics below provide context and comparisons for those invested in or tracking manufactured housing connected equities. Meaning, you can see ‘at a glance’ how manufactured housing connected firms do compared to other segments of the broader equities market.
In minutes a day readers can get a good sense of significant or major events while keeping up with the trends that are impacting manufactured housing connected investing.
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Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business – from the morning of 12.15.2023
- OpenAI’s technology is upending our everyday lives. It’s overseen exclusively by wealthy, White men
- The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
- Consumer bureau orders debt collection agency to shut down for illegal practices
- Airplanes of the German airline Lufthansa are parked at a terminal of the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, on April 12, 2023. After a three-year break, Lufthansa is again flying an Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft in the world.
- Lufthansa Group to resume flights to Tel Aviv beginning January 2024
- Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, speaks during the WSJ D.Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. WSJ D.Live conference brings together CEOs, founders, investors, and luminaries to discuss the global technology environment and how to move the industry forward. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
- Bill Ackman took a Wall Street tactic to an Ivy League fight in his attempt to oust Harvard’s president
- Lael Brainard, director of the US National Economic Council, during an event on Bidenomics in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.
- Biden’s top economist bets on soft landing as recession fears fade
- Travelers wait in line at the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter at Nashville International Airport after the airline canceled thousands of flights in Nashville, Tennessee, on December 27, 2022. – More than 10,000 flights canceled over the Christmas holiday, chaos at airports across America: Southwest Airlines found itself in the hot seat on December 27, 2022, as the airline behind the lion’s share of the weather-linked travel mayhem.
- Southwest CEO promises not to ruin the holidays with another travel meltdown
- Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court in London, Britain March 27, 2023.
- Prince Harry was victim of ‘extensive’ phone hacking, UK High Court rules
- Vehicles transfering coal at the coal terminal of Lianyungang Port in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on December 5, 2023.
- Global coal demand set to fall as China uses more renewables
- Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a third meeting and gave its clearest signal yet that its aggressive hiking campaign is finished, forecasting a series of cuts next year.
- Wall Street is swept up in Fed euphoria. The rally could have more room to run
- U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a statement urging Congress to pass his national security supplemental from the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Following a virtual meeting with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Biden called on Congress to take action on the security budget supplemental request which includes funding to support Israel, Ukraine and added security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Republicans’ Biden impeachment hearings are a Fox News fever dream come true
- Beijing is trying hard to ward off a slowdown, but data continues to disappoint
- Former Facebook employee pleads guilty to stealing $4 million
- Elon Musk is funding a new school planning to open in Austin, Texas
- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reveals her 2024 US-China gameplan
- Shein sued by rival Temu for alleged ‘mafia-style intimidation’
- WeightWatchers launches a new membership for Ozempic customers
- General Motors to cut 1,300 workers across two factories
- AI is a danger to the financial system, regulators warn for the first time
- The battle for the future of Disney just got serious
- GM self-driving arm Cruise is laying off 24% of its workforce
- Judge tentatively rules Elon Musk must testify again in SEC Twitter probe
- To punish UPenn over antisemitism, Pennsylvania House Republicans block vet school funding
- Mortgage rates drop under 7% for the first time since August
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Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax 12.15.2023
- Mullin: 5 Dems Willing to Convict Biden If Case Is Solid
- The House must send the Senate a solid, airtight case for impeaching President Joe Biden, and even then, the “bar is real high” about whether the charges against him will be impeachable, Sen. Markwayne Mullin said on Newsmax Friday. [Full Story]
- Israel at War
- Israeli Military Mistakenly Kills 3 Israeli Hostages in Gaza
- IDF: Hamas Will Be Dismantled, Tunnels Will Be Hamas Graves
- Pope Laments Child Deaths in ‘Whirlwind of Violence’
- IDF Recovers Bodies of Civilian, Soldiers Taken Hostage Oct. 7
- Netanyahu to Red Cross: Pressure Hamas to Release Hostages
- US Leaves Open Possibility of Hamas Retaining Power
- IDF’s Spielman: Whose Side Is ‘Squad’ on in Cease-Fire Call? | video
- Israeli Defense Minister: War on Hamas Will Last Months
- Jewish Group Protests in 8 Cities for Gaza Ceasef-Fre
- WH Hopeful for ‘Elusive’ Two-State Solution
- Israel’s $1M Bounty Targets Hamas Leaders
- US Seeks Israel De-escalation in War With Hamas
- Newsmax TV
- Spartz: GOP ‘Will Hold the Ground on Border Security’
- Matthew Whitaker: DOJ Won’t Try Hunter for Contempt | video
- James Gilmore: US ‘Can’t Dictate Safety and Security to Israel’ | video
- Mullin: 5 Dems Willing to Convict Biden If Case Is Solid | video
- Matthew Whitaker: Feds Don’t Have Right to Speedy Trial | video
- Bill O’Reilly: Garland Will Charge Hunter Biden With Contempt | video
- Waltz: Hunter’s Dealings National Security Issue | video
- Newsfront
- Elon Musk Says DEI ‘Must Die’
- Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) mandates are in and of themselves a form of discrimination and must end, Elon Musk said Friday. “DEI must DIE,” the billionaire wrote in an X post…. [Full Story]
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- Ukraine Gets EU Membership Boost, No New EU Aid
- The European Union failed to agree Thursday on a $54 billion package [Full Story]
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- Zelenskyy Hails ‘Victory’ as EU Opens Accession Talks
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- The United States on Friday returned to Greece 30 ancient artifacts, [Full Story]
- Congressional Black Caucus Asks for DEI Updates
- The Congressional Black Caucus this week issued a letter asking [Full Story]
- MRC Study Finds NewsGuard Continues Left-Wing Bias
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- Haley Commits to Iowa Debate, Asks Trump to Join
- Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Friday agreed to participate in [Full Story]
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- 2 Men Charged In ‘Killing Spree’ of Bald, Golden Eagles
- Two men accused of illegally killing and trafficking approximately [Full Story]
- Buttigieg’s Failures Could Signal Bumpy Holiday Travel Season
- With a record 7.5 million people expected to use air travel during [Full Story] | Platinum Article
- Gorsuch Signed Off on Abortion Draft Opinion Quickly
- Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch signed off on a 98-page draft [Full Story]
- Is China Instigating Venezuela-Guyana Flashpoint?
- Venezuela’s recent aggressive rhetoric aimed at neighboring Guyana [Full Story] | Platinum Article
- Maersk Pauses Red Sea Transit Over Houthi Attacks
- Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause all container [Full Story]
- Biggest Solar Flare in Years Temporarily Disrupts Radio Signals on Earth
- A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which [Full Story]
- CNN: Classified Info Missing Since Trump Presidency
- A binder containing highly classified information concerning Russia [Full Story]
- House Subpoenas BlackRock, State Street in ESG Probe
- House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed BlackRock Inc. and [Full Story]
- NY Times: ‘Financially’ Left Out of Hunter Biden Article
- The New York Times has added a correction to its article about Hunter [Full Story]
- Sinema: ‘Failure Not an Option’ on Border Talks
- Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.,is pushing for passage of border [Full Story]
- Stefanik Requests Ethics Probe of Judge in Jan. 6 Cases
- New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is alleging judicial [Full Story]
- US Homelessness Up 12% to Highest Reported Level
- The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness [Full Story]
- Melania Trump Welcomes New Citizens at a National Archives Ceremony
- In a rare public appearance, former first lady Melania Trump stressed [Full Story]
- Kremlin: Putin Wants ‘More Constructive’ US President
- Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir [Full Story]
- CNN Host: Biden Needs to Stop Saying Economy Is Strong
- CNN host Poppy Harlow says President Joe Biden should stop telling [Full Story]
- Catholic Legal Expert: Satanic Display Not Protected by First Amendment
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- Boost Your Immune System Before the Holidays
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2022 was a tough year for many stocks. Unfortunately, that pattern held true for manufactured home industry (MHVille) connected stocks too. See the facts, linked above.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship along with numerous awards in history. There have been several awards, honors and numerous public recognitions for his achievements in manufactured housing. For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. Kovach is a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com, which is ranked as the runaway most read trade media in modern manufactured housing history. This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s editorial views and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
