Market Analysis
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September 2017 Reports and October Preliminary Data
New titles moved up in September from August by 3.6% and were up 16.5% over new titles in September of 2016.
After falling out of the top five counties for new installs in August, Montgomery … more
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October 2017 Shipment Report
Following a slight decline in the preceding month, October shipments surged on a 55.3% increase in single-section homes. Texas manufacturers shipped 1,000 homes across the state, besting the … more
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August 2017 Reports and September Preliminary Data
New titles were up 9% for August over July, but were down 4.9% from August of last year. The year-over-year decline is not a huge surprise with Hurricane Harvey hitting on the 25th of the month and … more
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September 2017 Shipment Report
Multi-section and single-section shipments moved down a combined -5.3% in September from August. The 1,346 homes shipped however, was 20% higher than September of 2016, so if Harvey had an impact … more
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HMDA Analysis for Texas 2016
Each September the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) publishes the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for the previous year. The following is an analysis of that data … more
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July 2017 Reports and August Preliminary Data
New titles slipped in July from both the previous month (-9.5%) and from July of 2016 (-6.9%). The declines for the state were present in both single and multi-section homes. With July’s numbers … more
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August 2017 Shipment Report
August shipments were up across the board, with single and multi-section shipments posting large gains over July (a month that includes a week shutdown in production for most if not all plants in … more
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June 2017 Reports and July Preliminary Data
New titles for June moved up 2.9% over May with both single-section and multi-section home sales posting gains. Compared to June of 2016, single-section titles were up 3% while multi-section titles … more
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July 2017 Shipment Report
Before we look at July’s shipment data I’d like to take a moment to express my deepest sympathies to all of those effected by Hurricane Harvey. With the counties impacted stretching from Nueces to … more
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May 2017 Reports and June Preliminary Data
New titles for single and multi-section homes in the month of May were up over April by 13.9% and 8.5%. The total of 517 new single-section homes was also up over May of 2016 by 4.7%, and the 486 … more