Manufactured Home Producer Price Index - Wholesale Pricing Trends
Rob Ripperda
Manufactured Home (PPI)
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured housing showed very little change in September from the previous month, holding at August’s level. Revisions this month went in opposite directions: July was marked up and August marked down, so the 1.0% August jump reported last month now reads as a 0.3% gain.
The PPI national index for manufactured home producer pricing is currently up 3.1% above the September of 2025 value.
The run of six straight monthly gains ended with a flat September, leaving the index about 1.4% below the all-time peak set in July 2022.
This chart is built from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index by Industry: Manufactured home, mobile home, manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted (PCU321991321991)
Inputs to Residential Construction Goods (PPI)
On the costs of materials to manufacturers the PPI for input goods to residential construction rose 1.8% in September from the previous month. The year-over-year change for September was 9.7% above 2025.
September’s rise is the largest monthly jump since May and pushes building materials costs to another all-time high; the 9.7% year-over-year increase is the fastest since the fall of 2022.
The Inputs to Residential Construction Goods PPI is not a perfect proxy for manufactured home builders materials costs as it includes ready-mix concrete prices and does not include the steel used for chassis assembly, nor does it weigh transportation costs as heavily as they would be in a manufactured home index, but it does tend to move directionally in line with what Texas manufactured housing builders report on their costs of materials in the Texas Manufactured Housing Survey.
This chart is built from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index by Commodity: Inputs to residential construction, goods, not seasonally adjusted (WPUIP2311001)
Prices Received for Finished Manufactured Homes (TMHS)
The regional Texas Manufactured Housing Survey (TMHS) results had prices received for finished homes rising almost universally in September, with the index jumping to 91 from August’s 52, its highest reading since March.
TMHA members can view all of the indices on the TMHS report page.
Average Retail Selling Prices with TMHA Forecasts (MHS)
Using the MH PPI in a regression model to predict average selling prices in the South Census region puts the average sales price in September 2026 at $161,700 (+/- $9,100) for multi-section homes and $86,900 (+/- $6,400) for single-section homes*.
*The PPI is not a perfect predictor for the Census’ Manufactured Housing Survey average price results, but it does account for over 90% of the variability when used in a regression model as the explanatory variable.