October Shipments
Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers came in on the high side of the forecasted range moving up a seasonally-adjusted +7.7% in October over the previous month and up + … more
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) closed +19.3% higher in November marking the second best month for growth on the year. The index of publicly traded producers of HUD-code manufactured … more
December 2, 2024
President-elect Trump Nominates HUD Secretary
Former Texas lawmaker Scott Turner to lead Housing and Urban Development
Additional Manufactured Housing Could Benefit Millions of … more
September Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in September titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -0.4% from the previous month, and are down -10.6% from September of 2023. … more
The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region according to the Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS) for June moved up +4.7% over the previous month to $154,600. The average … more
The producer price data for manufactured housing continued to move sideways in October coming in +0.02% above the previous month. Wholesale prices have been basically flat since April of 2024, and … more
Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved down a seasonally-adjusted -2.6% in October landing just above the seasonally-adjusted bottom hit in August.
There’s been a steady decline in … more
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
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
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
The MH Division of TDHCA announced on May 16th a revised and consolidated Consumer Notice form. Formerly, the Consumer Notice was 6-pages long and there was a separate Formaldehyde Notice. The new … more
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
FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline
This isn’t really TMHA’s field of expertise, so please check with your accounting professionals, but the federal FinCen Beneficial … more
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
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
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
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
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
The Supreme Court of Texas has issued an emergency order authorizing the modification of deadlines in certain justice courts affected by Hurricane Beryl.
Justice courts in Fort Bend, Galveston, … more
Full disclosure…this post probably isn’t going to be super exciting for most of our members. But for my fellow uber-legal nerds out there dying to discuss the recent Supreme Court of the United … more
MH TDHCA – New 3rd Party Initial Testing
Following unanimous approval by the MH TDHCA Board and posting in the Texas Register on June 14, 2024, the most recent changes to the Manufactured Housing … more
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) accepted public comments this week on its Draft 2024 State Flood Plan. TMHA submitted our public comments, and we know several other real estate trade … more