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Texas Manufactured Home Shipments Market Analysis
January Shipments
Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in January moved down a seasonally-adjusted -4.5% from the previous month as deliveries slowed per production day to the lowest … more
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Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) continued to move higher in February with a +6.7% increase over the previous month. Earnings announcements continued to beat analyst expectations pushing … more
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HUD Code Changes Summary and Reference Guide
There has been a lot of talk over the past few months about the sweeping and significant HUD Code changes released back in September 2024. The rule changes comprise of 74 incorporated references … more
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Texas Manufactured Housing Sales Market Analysis
December Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in December titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -8.4% from the previous month’s sales, and are down -8.8% from December of 2023. … more
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Average Sales Price of New Manufactured Homes in the South
The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region according to the Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS) for September moved down -4.0% from the previous month to $151,900. The … more
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Producer Price Index for Manufactured Homes
The producer price index for manufactured housing moved up +0.2% in January over the previous month coming in at the highest mark since May of 2023. There were no revisions to the previous months … more
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Google Search Interest in Mobile Homes for Sale
Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” started the year down a seasonally-adjusted -4% from the previous month and opened at the lowest seasonally-adjusted total for January since before 20 … more
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Industry in the News
January 14, 2025
Texas lawmakers will have $194.6 billion to spend for the next budget, comptroller projects
What To Expect For Mortgage Rates In 2025
The Income Needed in Each State To Afford a … more
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TMHA Retailer and Two-Time Former Chairman, Karl Radde, Receives National Award
We would like to join in on all the well-deserved congratulations to Texas retailer and two-time TMHA Chairman of the Board, Karl Radde’s, recent national award from MHI. MHI Chairman and president … more
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Cost Comparison of Manufactured Housing and Site-built Construction
According to the most recent annual data from the US Census Bureau manufactured housing continues to provide homeowners with considerable costs savings when compared to site-built construction.
The … more
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DOE Announces Delay in MH Energy Standards
TMHA is pleased to announce that the Department of Energy released Friday, May 29th, a revised final rule pushing back the effective date of the new manufactured housing energy construction standards. … more
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From the 89th – County Zoning and Land Use Bills
HB 878 by Vasut
Bill grants all Texas counties with a population of less than one million, that have more than two houses per acre, essentially complete land use and zoning equivalency controls … more
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From the 89th - Bills Targeting Manufactured Home Communities
HB 2904 by Simmons
This is rent control
This is effectively a 5% max rent control and targeted directly at MH communities
The 5% maximum is triggered when the house is “affordable housing” … more
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From the 89th – Landlord/Tenant Bills TMHA Opposes
HB 577 by Bucy
Increases notice to vacate on evictions from 3 to 14 days
HB 798 by Walle & SB 882 by Cook
Massive landlord/tenant law reform, includes nearly every pro-tenant provisions … more
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Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Housing Service Final Rule Expanding Opportunities to Manufactured Housing in the USDA Program
On January 3, 2025, USDA published a final rule with the, “intent…to allow the Agency to give borrowers increased purchase options within a competitive market and increase adequate housing along with … more
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FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline & CFPB Annually Adjusted Thresholds for 2025
FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline on Hold Pending Recent Litigation and Injunction
This isn’t really TMHA’s field of expertise, so please check with your accounting … more
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From the 89th – Prefiled Edition
For those members like us here at TMHA thinking that January 14th can’t come fast enough, I have great news for you, filing of bills as already started.
We already have 1,791 and counting bills … more
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New Proposed and Pre-Proposed Rules for TX Modulars and Some MLO's Registered with OCCC
This is a general “around the horn” post about two recent Texas regulatory actions from TDLR (residential modular regulator) and OCCC (manufactured housing chattel lending regulator).
The TDLR … more
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CFPB Nonbank Registration Rule – Begins Oct 16, 2024
June 3, 2024, the CFPB finalized its federal rules for the creation of a new nonbank registry. This nonbank registry collects information about certain publicly available agency and court orders. … more
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Quick Review of the FTC Holder Rule
In a recent post by the Federal Trade Commission titled, “The FTC’s Holder Rule: still holding strong,” the federal regulator draws special and renewed attention to the “Holder Rule.” So, since the … more
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HUD Publishes Report – Eliminating Zoning Barriers to Affordable Housing
HUD was commissioned and funded through a federal award to the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders and working with Smart Growth America, to create a “guidebook” after looking at … more
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Build, Build, and Build – Need for Housing Supply Takes Center Stage in Top Political Discussions
On Tuesday, August 27, Texas Comptroller Glen Hegar’s office issued a 26-page report titled “The Housing Affordability Challenge.”
The report is the latest in a growing trend of top-level political … more
