Texas Manufactured Housing Sales in February 2025 and the March Early Read

Monday, May 19, 2025 9:07:53 AM

March Preliminary Data

New manufactured home sales in March titled to date moved down a seasonally-adjusted -1.8% from the previous month’s sales and are down -4.2% from March of 2024.

The forecast for total new homes sold in March based on sales titled to date starts at 1,496 (+/- 87). The forecast is nearly dead on with the 1,498 shipment total for the month, so March has a 50-50 chance of being the first reduction in aggregate inventory since 2023.

New SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for March: 442 614 1,056
Change from February (Raw %): 30% 38% 34.5%
Change from February (Raw Units): 102 169 271
Change from February (SA %): -0.7% -2.8% -1.8%
Change from March of 2024 (%): -14.8% 5.3% -4.2%
Change from March of 2024 (Units): -77 31 -46
Used SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for March: 131 43 174
Change from February (Raw %): 54.1% 16.2% 42.6%
Change from February (Raw Units): 46 6 52
Change from February (SA %): 5.8% -14.7% -0.6%
Change from March of 2024 (%): -10.3% -23.2% -13.9%
Change from March of 2024 (Units): -15 -13 -28

February Data

New home sales for February titled to date are up a seasonally adjusted +5.2% from the previous month but are down -7.1% on the raw total from February of 2024. Recall that 2024 was a leap year so adjusting for the additional day puts the year-over-year decline closer to -3.8%.

The updated forecast for total new homes sold in February was little changed with the additional titling data and is now at 1,161 (+/- 92).

The 12-month moving average for retail sales is now expected to move lower for February and March of 2025.

New SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for February: 410 578 988
Change from January (Raw %): 8.5% 20.2% 15%
Change from January (Raw Units): 32 97 129
Change from January (SA %): 2% 7.4% 5.2%
Change from February of 2024 (%): -9.9% -5.1% -7.1%
Change from February of 2024 (Units): -45 -31 -76
New Home Characteristics for FebruarySinglesMultisTotal
Median Age of Home (Days): 132 90 112
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,622 1,457
Top 10 Counties for New InstallsTotalChange (MoM%)
Liberty 39 62.5%
Montgomery 33 -2.9%
Harris 31 -18.4%
Bastrop 30 7.1%
Midland 29 16%
Ector 28 7.7%
Bexar 26 23.8%
Tarrant 25 19%
Van Zandt 19 137.5%
Hidalgo 18 -18.2%
Used SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for February: 111 65 176
Change from January (Raw %): -20.1% 6.6% -12%
Change from January (Raw Units): -28 4 -24
Change from January (SA %): -24.8% -3.1% -31%
Change from February of 2024 (%): -11.9% -9.7% -11.1%
Change from February of 2024 (Units): -15 -7 -22

Annual Totals

New home sales for 2025 are currently down -7.8% from 2024 for all retail sales titled through this point in the calendar. Both multi-section sales and single-section sales continue to trail last year’s sales totals.

The forecast for new home sales on the year moved down to 16,001 (+/- 1,544).

Install counties with the most additional new home placements over 2024 are Tarrant, Lubbock, Bastrop, Ector, and Hunt.

Install counties with the biggest decline in new home placements from 2024 are Harris, Montgomery, Collin, Harrison, and Guadelupe.

Mailing address cities with the most new home placements over 2024 are Dale, Odessa, Burleson, Greenville, Wills Point, and San Marcos.

Mailing address cities with the largest decline in new home placements from 2024 are Conroe, Houston, Cleveland, Seguin, and Marshall.

New SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for 2025 titled to date: 1,419 1,912 3,331
Change from 2024 (%): -13.2% -3.3% -7.8%
Change from 2024 (Units): -216 -66 -282
New Home Characteristics for 2025SinglesMultisTotal
Median Age of Home (Days): 133 99 115
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,664 1,421
Top 10 Counties for New InstallsTotalChange (YoY%)
Harris 136 -32.7%
Liberty 129 -12.2%
Ector 109 32.9%
Montgomery 108 -29.4%
Bexar 105 -3.7%
Bastrop 104 36.8%
Midland 81 8%
Hidalgo 80 6.7%
Tarrant 73 82.5%
Smith 54 31.7%
Used SalesSinglesMultisTotal
Total for 2025 titled to date: 451 187 638
Change from 2024 (%): -4% -3.1% -3.8%
Change from 2024 (Units): -19 -6 -25

Revised Monthly Totals

Because titles continue to come in for past sales months, here are all prior months for the year and what their current sales totals are at this report release.

New Sales MonthSinglesMultisTotal(YoY%)
January 413 537 950 1.2
Used Sales MonthSinglesMultisTotal(YoY%)
January 146 68 214 30.5

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Charts

The first chart shows monthly sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 5-16.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16.

Here are the cumulative sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 5-16.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16.

This chart is all sales data in the series to date with single-section and multi-section home totals plotted.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

This chart tracks the difference between shipments and sales each month. Because late title work pushes recent sales totals up, I’m including data through the previous officially released sales month.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Here are the 12-month moving averages for shipments and retail sales through January. Because late title work pushes recent sales totals up, I’m including data through the previous officially released sales month, but the last several months will move up as title work continues to be processed.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

This chart displays the annual median for the number of days between a home’s date of sale and it’s date of manufacture. Prior to 2/22/21 this chart included sales from manufacturers to communities, it now only includes sales from licensed retailers.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

The final chart is for all used monthly retail sales data. The outliers are typically the result of community purchases were titles move from the previous to the new MHC owner.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-05-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.