Manufactured Home Producer Price Index May 2025 - Wholesale Pricing Trends
Rob Ripperda
The producer price index for manufactured housing moved sideways in May up just +0.02% over the previous month which had seen the largest monthly increase in wholesale prices in the past 12 months. The previous month was revised down slightly with this release, but remained +0.8% above March.
Wholesale prices nationally are up +1.1% above May of 2024. The input goods to residential construction moved up just +0.1% in May. Materials costs are still very near their June 2022 peak. 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 moving higher again for most manufacturers in May, while continued increase expectations moved down from last month’s unanimous view of prices headed up, but at a value of 80 remains quite high.
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 $154,800 (+/- $8,700) for multi-sections and $85,000 (+/- $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.