Housing costs have gotten out of hand. Manufactured housing offers high-quality, energy-efficient homes at unparalleled value. The Texas Manufactured Housing Association advocates for the rights to build, buy, and live in factory-built homes.
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September Early Look New manufactured home sales in September titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -8.3% from the previous month. Note that the preceding two months of July and August were the first impacted...
October Shipments Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers continued to slow in October for the third straight month moving down a seasonally-adjusted -1.3% from the previous month and down -19.4% on the raw total from...
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) moved up IN September for the second month in a row. The MHBI closed +4.8% over the previous month and outperformed both the broader ITB residential construction index that...
Manfactured Home Average Selling Prices - May 2025 Multi-section Homes The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region for May moved up +2.2% from the previous month. The average price came...
Manufactured Home (PPI) The Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured housing for September was mostly unchanged, moving up +0.1% over the previous month with no revisions from the August release. Wholesale prices nationally were up...
Texans’ search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved up a seasonally-adjusted +7.7% in September… Figure 1: Monthly search interest patterns by year Note: This interactive chart is built from Google Trends data for the...
August 29, 2025Experts Say These 10 Modular Home Trends Are Going to Be EverywhereNew home inventory is at its highest level since just before the housing market collapseCutting five words from this law could make...
We hope everyone has seen the MH Division of TDHCA’s recent announcementproviding clarification on how to fill out block 4(d) at the bottom of page one for the Statement of Ownership Application. Just in case,...
Background – The effective date of any given bill can vary. Some that get super-majority support have immediate effect, others that require more time to prepare or get into compliance have dates set off in...
It was my honor to attend this year’s MH/RV Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Elkhart, IN. All ten of the RV and MH inductees have distinguished and impressive careers. One couldn’t help but think...
Now that the politically charged redistricting bills have passed or are near passage, this second-called special session can move into the other items listed on Gov. Abbott’s “call.” During the first special session things were...
The Census Bureau releases the previous year’s annual average price data for manufactured homes at the individual state level each summer. For Texas, the average sales price for a new single-section manufactured home in 2024...
With housing affordability reaching crisis levels across America, manufactured housing continues to provide a proven solution. New Census Bureau data reveals the striking cost advantage that makes home ownership accessible to more families. The Census...
The Manufactured Housing Division of TDHCA has recently changed its enforcement policies. The blunt assessment is they have shifted into a more aggressive posture and are cracking down on laws that have been in place...
SB 1341 - Relating to the regulation of manufactured homes.Potentially the most significant change SB 1341 made to Texas’ manufactured housing law seems the most simple, and it is. The bill swapped out our longstanding...
HB 9 - Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income....
SB 38 - Relating to the eviction from real property. This is the massive eviction reform law (23-page bill) impacting all evictions in Texas; and will alleviate the strain in the eviction process by providing...
HB 2559 - Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances. This bill was advocated by Texas Home Builders Association (and additional support from a coalition of...
SB 1940 - Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death This is a small simple bill and deals with transferring MH ownership in...
HB 2960 - Relating to choice of law and venue for certain construction contracts. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, in the case In re MVP Terminalling, LLC, determined that the longstanding laws protecting...
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