Market Analysis

  • Houston Manufactured Home Community Market Report

    By Casey Thom - Sunstone Real Estate Advisors

    Lot rent growth in Houston continues to trail growth in similar markets.  The market boasts an overall occupancy rate of 97%.  The population is … more

  • August 2018 Shipment Report

    Manufactured home shipments for August moved up 28.6% over July, but because most factories close for the week of Independence Day, the month-to-preceding-month comparison is not particularly … more

  • June 2018 Reports and July Preliminary Data

    New titles for June came down -10.3% from May, with declines in both single-section (-12.4%) and multi-section homes (-8.1%). Year-over-year the 1,241 new home titles for the month beat June of 2017 … more

  • July 2018 Shipment Report

    Manufactured home shipments for July fell 20% from June, but with most plants closing the week of Independence Day lowered production is always expected. There were a total of 1,238 homes shipped … more

  • May 2018 Reports and June Preliminary Data

    New titles for May came in at the highest total for a month in 2018 at 1,393 homes. May’s total beat both March and April’s, even after their upward revisions and should beat last year’s peak of 1,4 … more

  • June 2018 Shipment Report

    MH shipments continued to move sideways in June with a 2.3% increase in multi-section units partially offset by a -1.5% decrease in single-section homes compared to May. The 1,547 total homes … more

  • April 2018 Reports and May Preliminary Data

    April new titles were up 0.4% from March with a 4% increase in multi-section titles.

    New titles were up 39.3% over April of 2017 with single-section titles up 48% and multi-section titles up 30.5%. … more

  • May 2018 Shipment Report

    Shipments in May were up 0.3% over April with multi-section units rising by 12.1%, and single-section units falling 8.7% from their April totals.

    The total of 1,542 homes shipped for the month was … more

  • March 2018 Reports and April Preliminary Data

    New titles for March saw the Spring bump coming in 45.3% over February at 1,238 homes. There was a large 53.5% increase in single-section home sales and 36.5% more multi-section homes titled. … more

  • April 2018 Shipment Report

    April shipments moved down 10% from March with both single-section and multi-section home shipments moving down 10.3% and 9.6% respectively. Shipments from out of state manufacturers into Texas … more