Rob Ripperda
@robripperda.com
Why not wigs with sabres?
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why not wigs with sabres?
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The rise for first-time homebuyers really gets going around the pandemic which makes me think that everything that came with that event to push up home prices and then interest rates is doing a lot of work here. I'm in Austin, feels like continued price declines would change that number.
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The rise for first-time homebuyers really gets going around the pandemic which makes me think that everything that came with that event to push up home prices and then interest rates is doing a lot of work here. I'm in Austin, feels like continued price declines would change that number.
And to add to the byzantine clarity on codes the state requires that new single-family homes be built to the 2015 IRC energy efficiency chapters with a modified compliance path: comptroller.texas.gov/programs/sec...
Single-Family Construction
Effective Sept. 1, 2016, SECO adopted the energy provisions of the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) as the state’s Building Energy Efficiency Performance Standards for residential constructio...
comptroller.texas.gov
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And to add to the byzantine clarity on codes the state requires that new single-family homes be built to the 2015 IRC energy efficiency chapters with a modified compliance path: comptroller.texas.gov/programs/sec...
It would be interesting to research in which of those jurisdictions the costs of new construction are lowest. Especially where the same labor pool could potentially be working in more than one city.
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It would be interesting to research in which of those jurisdictions the costs of new construction are lowest. Especially where the same labor pool could potentially be working in more than one city.
When in doubt there's always The Simpsons
September 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When in doubt there's always The Simpsons
Apartment construction in Austin, TX.
September 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Apartment construction in Austin, TX.
Watch The Four Falls of Buffalo, then watch the Josh Allen children's hospital video, then watch Hard Knocks and root for the Bills.
September 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Watch The Four Falls of Buffalo, then watch the Josh Allen children's hospital video, then watch Hard Knocks and root for the Bills.
At what point should holders of inflation protected securities start to worry?
August 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
At what point should holders of inflation protected securities start to worry?
Grew up in Austin, TX and I was a huge fan of the WGN Sandberg led Cubs and the TBS Justice led Braves.
July 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Grew up in Austin, TX and I was a huge fan of the WGN Sandberg led Cubs and the TBS Justice led Braves.
Investment property owners?
July 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Investment property owners?
Had fun watching my Longhorns win it this year. It's a great sport, just patch up those interference calls.
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Had fun watching my Longhorns win it this year. It's a great sport, just patch up those interference calls.
I'd also like to thank @kylewalker.bsky.social whose tidycensus R package is my go to for exploring legislative district data.
June 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'd also like to thank @kylewalker.bsky.social whose tidycensus R package is my go to for exploring legislative district data.
Y'all have a great ADU law that we sure would like to bring to Texas!
June 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Y'all have a great ADU law that we sure would like to bring to Texas!
That lack of volume hurts the scale benefit that manufactured home builders are able to achieve in lowering their costs.
June 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
That lack of volume hurts the scale benefit that manufactured home builders are able to achieve in lowering their costs.
They are built to different codes which is one part of the cost difference, but here in Texas there also doesn't seem to be a lot of demand for them. Texas manufactured housing plants will build 1,900 homes in a month here, the highest I've seen residential mods hit was less than 400 for all of 2017
June 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
They are built to different codes which is one part of the cost difference, but here in Texas there also doesn't seem to be a lot of demand for them. Texas manufactured housing plants will build 1,900 homes in a month here, the highest I've seen residential mods hit was less than 400 for all of 2017
The only things I would add would be delivery and installation/anchoring of the home, but those are dealer setup costs that are included in the pricing data that is published by the US Census Bureau's Manufactured Housing Survey. (www.census.gov/programs-sur...)
Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS)
The Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS) is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). MHS produces monthly regional estimates of the aver...
www.census.gov
June 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The only things I would add would be delivery and installation/anchoring of the home, but those are dealer setup costs that are included in the pricing data that is published by the US Census Bureau's Manufactured Housing Survey. (www.census.gov/programs-sur...)
"HUD Code housing is one of the country’s most important sources of housing affordable to low-income people without subsidy. Zoning codes are one factor limiting the use of manufactured housing" - @salimfurth.bsky.social @ebwhamilton.bsky.social www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
Housing Reform in the States: A Menu of Options for 2025
To address the high cost of housing, lawmakers across the country can learn from the experience of states such as Colorado, Tennessee, Connecticut, Arizona, and Montana. Options for reform include rev...
www.mercatus.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"HUD Code housing is one of the country’s most important sources of housing affordable to low-income people without subsidy. Zoning codes are one factor limiting the use of manufactured housing" - @salimfurth.bsky.social @ebwhamilton.bsky.social www.mercatus.org/research/pol...
"Improving access to these modern mobile homes could give millions of people nationwide better access to a kind of unsubsidized and more affordable homeownership." - @pewresearch.org www.pew.org/en/research-...
Additional Manufactured Housing Could Benefit Millions of U.S. Homebuyers
At a time when the U.S. housing shortage has caused home prices to soar, removing the barriers that prevent more manufactured housing from being built is vital. Improving access to these modern mobile...
www.pew.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Improving access to these modern mobile homes could give millions of people nationwide better access to a kind of unsubsidized and more affordable homeownership." - @pewresearch.org www.pew.org/en/research-...