The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) closed -6.2% lower in October marking the first monthly decline since June. The index of publicly traded producers of HUD-code manufactured housing had … 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
August Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in August titled to date are up a seasonally-adjusted +8.4% from the previous month’s early release low, but are down -15.6% from August of 202 … more
The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region according to the Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS) came in the low side of the forecast for May at $147,600, a -2.4% … more
Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved up a seasonally-adjusted +4.9% in September from last month’s bottoming. The increase was the first positive move in seasonal search traffic … more
The producer price data for manufactured housing moved sideways in September coming in -0.02% lower than the previous month. The August value was revised upward. The Bureau of Labor Statistics … more
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9.1% of New Texas Single-Family Homes Were Manufactured Homes Last Year
A 6% mortgage rate is ' … more
August Shipments
Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in August moved up a seasonally-adjusted +4.3% over the previous month and were up +13.9% over August of 2023. The 1,567 total of … 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
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
TDLR recently published a rule revision that pushes back to the mid-summer the effective date for the new building code requirements. The requirement that industrialized housing (i.e. modular homes) … more
Our first reminder is a quick one, and one that if you have obtained an eviction judgment from a JP court in the last year you have probably already seen.
Rule 505.1 was amended effective February 1, … more
For HUD to charge a company with a violation, typically they first receive a complaint that is then verified. After they verify the complaint, HUD, on behalf of the aggrieved persons, conducts an … more