Market Analysis

  • January 2017 Shipment Report

    The factories appear to have started the year at a frenzied pace posting 16% gains in multi-section shipments and almost 49% gains in single-section shipments inside the state over December’s … more

  • November 2016 Reports and December Preliminary Data

    New single-section home sales had a strong November coming in 10% above October and 42.9% over November of 2015. November was the worst month for new home sales last year, so the year-over-year … more

  • December 2016 Shipment Report

    Another surge in out of state shipments from Texas MH factories put downward pressure on shipments inside the state for the month of December and to close out 2016. The out of state surge was … more

  • October 2016 Reports and November Preliminary Data

    New home sales were down roughly three and a third percent for October from the preceding month of September. Both the single-section and multi-section markets moved down in the same 3.25% to 3.5% … more

  • November 2016 Shipment Report

    Texas shipments had a better November than October as multi-sections shipped rebounded with a 21% increase over the preceding month. Year-over-year was a different story however, with single and … more

  • September 2016 Reports and October Preliminary Data

    New single-section home sales were down in September from August and from September of 2015. New multi-section sales declined in September over August as well but were up over September of last … more

  • October 2016 Shipment Report

    Shipments in the state took quite a hit in October coming in at 908 total homes, the second lowest total for a month this year. The decline was accompanied by a 15.8% increase in homes shipped out … more

  • August 2016 Reports and September Preliminary Data

    New titles for August finished stronger than the preliminary data suggested in last month’s report. Multi-section titles came in slightly up, and single-section titles were up a healthy 10.61% over … more

  • HMDA Analysis for Texas 2015

    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

  • September 2016 Shipment Report

    Total shipments for September were down -2.01% from the previous month due to a decline in single-section homes. Despite the decline, total shipments were up just slightly above September of 2015. … more