December Preliminary Data
New manufactured home sales in December titled to date are down a seasonally-adjusted -8.4% from the previous month’s sales, and are down -8.8% from December of 2023. … more
The average sales price for multi-section homes in the South Census Region according to the Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS) for September moved down -4.0% from the previous month to $151,900. The … more
The producer price index for manufactured housing moved up +0.2% in January over the previous month coming in at the highest mark since May of 2023. There were no revisions to the previous months … more
Texans search interest in “mobile homes for sale” started the year down a seasonally-adjusted -4% from the previous month and opened at the lowest seasonally-adjusted total for January since before 20 … more
December Shipments
Manufactured home shipments to Texas retailers in December moved down a seasonally-adjusted -3.1% from the previous month to land at 1,333 total homes, but were up +10.6% over … more
The Manufactured Home Builders Index (MHBI) started off the year with an 8.2% increase in January as earnings beat analyst expectations and pushed the index up over the broader ITB residential … more
January 14, 2025
Texas lawmakers will have $194.6 billion to spend for the next budget, comptroller projects
What To Expect For Mortgage Rates In 2025
The Income Needed in Each State To Afford a … 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
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
There has been a lot of talk over the past few months about the sweeping and significant HUD Code changes released back in September 2024. The rule changes comprise of 74 incorporated references … more
On January 3, 2025, USDA published a final rule with the, “intent…to allow the Agency to give borrowers increased purchase options within a competitive market and increase adequate housing along with … more
FinCen’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure – Jan 1, 2025 Deadline on Hold Pending Recent Litigation and Injunction
This isn’t really TMHA’s field of expertise, so please check with your accounting … more
For those members like us here at TMHA thinking that January 14th can’t come fast enough, I have great news for you, filing of bills as already started.
We already have 1,791 and counting bills … more
This is a general “around the horn” post about two recent Texas regulatory actions from TDLR (residential modular regulator) and OCCC (manufactured housing chattel lending regulator).
The TDLR … 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