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Texas Manufactured Home Shipments Market Analysis
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
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Manufactured Home Builders Stock Index
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) moved up for the third straight month in September finishing +2.3% over last month’s close. The ITB index tracking the broader residential construction … more
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Texas Manufactured Housing Sales Market Analysis
July Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in July titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -2.8% from the previous month and are down -16.4% from July of 2023. Rainfall was very … 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) came in just below the point forecast in April at $151,300, a +7.4% … more
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Producer Price Index for Manufactured Homes
The producer price data for manufactured housing moved lower -0.3% in August and the previous four months were revised down slightly. The Bureau of Labor Statistics subjects the preceding four months … more
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Google Search Interest in Mobile Homes for Sale
Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” moved further down to the lowest seasonally-adjusted total for the last 13 years in August. The seasonally-adjusted value was -2.7% below July’s … 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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Industry in the News
August 28, 2024
Freddie Mac Multifamily Announces Lease Standards - Tenant Protections Announced in July to Take Effect February 2025
HUD Negotiates Agreement with Harris County, Texas, to Ensure … 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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TDHCA Announces New Consumer Notice
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
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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
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TX Supreme Court Emergency Order Extending Deadlines in some JP Courts due to hurricane
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
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US Supreme Court ruling impacting the future of federal regulations
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
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New Final Rules for MH and Modular Homes in Texas
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
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TMHA Comments on Texas Water Development Board 2024 State Flood Plan
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
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TDLR Pushes Back Modular IRC Code Compliance Date
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
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Texas Eviction Update
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
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HUD Action on Alleged Fair Housing Violations
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
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Texas Factory Housing State Admin. Rule Update – TDHCA, TDLR, and DMV
We have two updates on final rules and effective dates that we previously posted about. First, MH TDHCA rule changes are now final and effective. Recall the few rule changes were in response to an … more
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Manufactured Housing Division of TDHCA Board – New 2024 Administrative Rules
Last Friday, January 19, the board for the Manufactured Housing Division of TDCHA met and approved final rule revisions that create a new process when a licensee or prospective licenses is caught … more
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TMHA Supported TRCA In Effect Despite Recent Court Ruling
Before moving too far ahead in 2024, we need to address a lingering issue from 2023 that has carried over into the new year. Recall that during the 2023 regular Texas Legislative Session, the most … more
