Texas Manufactured Housing Market Report April 2025 - Sales Data & Analysis

Rob Ripperda
June 17, 2025
Market Data

April Preliminary Data

New manufactured home sales in April titled to date moved up a seasonally-adjusted +2% from the previous month’s sales and are down just -0.1% from April of 2024.

The forecast for total new homes sold in April based on sales titled to date starts at 1,433 (+/- 96). The forecast is well below the 1,670 home shipment total for the month, so April should see aggregate inventory growing.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for April: 426 595 1,021
Change from March (Raw %): -3.6% -3.1% -3.3%
Change from March (Raw Units): -16 -19 -35
Change from March (SA %): 1.3% -0.2% 2%
Change from April of 2024 (%): -7.6% 6.1% -0.1%
Change from April of 2024 (Units): -35 34 -1
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for April: 146 58 204
Change from March (Raw %): 11.5% 34.9% 17.2%
Change from March (Raw Units): 15 15 30
Change from March (SA %): 25.6% 29.7% 35.9%
Change from April of 2024 (%): 15% -1.7% 9.7%
Change from April of 2024 (Units): 19 -1 18

March Data

New home sales for March titled to date are up a seasonally adjusted +3.4% from the previous month and are up +2.5% on the raw total from March of 2024. That’s an improvement from the early look one month ago when titles were trailing both sequentially and year-over-year.

The updated forecast for total new homes sold in March moved up with the additional titling data and is now at 1,564 (+/- 96). The bottom of the forecast range is below the shipment total of 1,498, so it looks like March is more likely than not to be the first month of aggregate inventory decline in Texas since December of 2023.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for March: 537 801 1,338
Change from February (Raw %): 31% 38.6% 35.4%
Change from February (Raw Units): 127 223 350
Change from February (SA %): 0.5% 1.1% 3.4%
Change from March of 2024 (%): -7.7% 10.8% 2.5%
Change from March of 2024 (Units): -45 78 33
New Home Characteristics for March Singles Multis Total
Median Age of Home (Days): 128 99 115
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,620 1,475
Top 10 Counties for New Installs Total Change (MoM%)
Liberty 65 170.8%
Bexar 58 176.2%
Harris 54 42.1%
Montgomery 45 32.4%
Bastrop 41 46.4%
Ector 37 42.3%
Tarrant 26 23.8%
Smith 25 25%
Caldwell 24 300%
Van Zandt 24 200%
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for March: 188 63 251
Change from February (Raw %): 69.4% -3.1% 42.6%
Change from February (Raw Units): 77 -2 75
Change from February (SA %): 20% -19% 16.8%
Change from March of 2024 (%): 10.6% -12.5% 3.7%
Change from March of 2024 (Units): 18 -9 9

Annual Totals

New home sales for 2025 are now down just -1.2% from 2024 for all retail sales titled through this point in the calendar. Multi-section sales are now up +3.8% while single-section sales continue to trail last year currently by -7.4%.

The forecast for new home sales on the year moved up to 16,291 (+/- 1,302).

Install counties with the most additional new home placements over 2024 are Bastrop, Tarrant, Caldwell, Lubbock, and Hunt.

Install counties with the biggest decline in new home placements from 2024 are Harris, Montgomery, Collin, Taylor, and Brazos.

Mailing address cities with the most new home placements over 2024 are Dale, Wills Point, Greenville, Odessa, and San Marcos.

Mailing address cities with the largest decline in new home placements from 2024 are Conroe, Houston, Fritch, Weslaco, and Mineral Wells.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for 2025 titled to date: 1,984 2,790 4,774
Change from 2024 (%): -7.4% 3.8% -1.2%
Change from 2024 (Units): -159 103 -56
New Home Characteristics for 2025 Singles Multis Total
Median Age of Home (Days): 132 94 112
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,679 1,472
Top 10 Counties for New Installs Total Change (YoY%)
Harris 203 -20.1%
Liberty 183 -5.7%
Montgomery 164 -18%
Bastrop 157 48.1%
Ector 144 25.2%
Bexar 143 -2.7%
Midland 110 7.8%
Hidalgo 105 4%
Tarrant 104 82.5%
Smith 84 33.3%
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for 2025 titled to date: 677 284 961
Change from 2024 (%): 8.8% 4.8% 7.6%
Change from 2024 (Units): 55 13 68

Revised Monthly Totals

Because titles continue to come in for past sales months, here are all prior months for the year and what their current sales totals are at this report release.

New Sales Month Singles Multis Total (YoY%)
January 426 558 984 1.5
February 444 625 1,069 -5.2
Used Sales Month Singles Multis Total (YoY%)
January 157 71 228 31.0
February 129 72 201 -12.2

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Charts

The first chart shows monthly sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 6-16.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16.

Here are the cumulative sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 6-16.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16.

This chart is all sales data in the series to date with single-section and multi-section home totals plotted.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

This chart tracks the difference between shipments and sales each month. Because late title work pushes recent sales totals up, I’m including data through the previous officially released sales month.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Here are the 12-month moving averages for shipments and retail sales through February. Because late title work pushes recent sales totals up, I’m including data through the previous officially released sales month, but the last several months will move up as title work continues to be processed.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

This chart displays the annual median for the number of days between a home’s date of sale and it’s date of manufacture. Prior to 2/22/21 this chart included sales from manufacturers to communities, it now only includes sales from licensed retailers.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

The final chart is for all used monthly retail sales data. The outliers are typically the result of community purchases were titles move from the previous to the new MHC owner.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-06-16. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.