Manufactured Home Producer Price Index August 2025 - Wholesale Pricing Trends
Rob Ripperda
There was no change to the Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured housing in August after the previous month was revised upward from last month’s release.
Wholesale prices nationally are up +1% above August of 2024.
On the costs of materials to manufacturers the PPI for input goods to residential construction moved up slightly by +0.1% in August and is up +2.6% over last year pushing to a new all-time high.
Wholesale prices for manufactured homes are still -4% below their July 2022 peak.
This interactive 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)
Producer Price Index (PPI) Data
The index tracks the change over time of selling prices received by participating producers, with the index value of 100 representing the prices received in June of 1981.
TMHS: Prices Received for Finished Homes
The regional Texas Manufactured Housing Survey (TMHS) results had prices received for finished homes beginning to move higher for in August, and expectations for future increases spread wider.
Average Retail Selling Price Forecasts
A regression model on the price index puts the forecasted average sales price for new homes in the south census region at approximately $153,800 (+/- $8,800) for multi-sections and $84,700 (+/- $6,200) 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.