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

Rob Ripperda
July 21, 2025
Market Data

May Preliminary Data

New manufactured home sales in May titled to date moved up a seasonally-adjusted +2.8% from the previous month’s sales and are up +9% over May of 2024.

The forecast for total new homes sold in May based on sales titled to date starts at 1,482 (+/- 91).

The 12-month moving average for retail sales is currently expected to mostly move sideways through May in 2025.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for May: 417 567 984
Change from April (Raw %): -1.9% -4.7% -3.5%
Change from April (Raw Units): -8 -28 -36
Change from April (SA %): -4.6% 3.6% 2.8%
Change from May of 2024 (%): 0.5% 16.2% 9%
Change from May of 2024 (Units): 2 79 81
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for May: 131 69 200
Change from April (Raw %): -10.9% 19% -2.4%
Change from April (Raw Units): -16 11 -5
Change from April (SA %): -9.7% 15.3% -4.4%
Change from May of 2024 (%): 7.4% 30.2% 14.3%
Change from May of 2024 (Units): 9 16 25

April Data

New home sales for April titled to date are down a seasonally adjusted -1.8% from the previous month and are down -3.6% on the raw total from April of 2024. That’s lower across both comparisons from the early look one month ago when titles were up sequentially and basically flat year-over-year.

The updated forecast for total new homes sold in April moved up with the additional titling data and is now at 1,521 (+/- 91). The top of the forecast range is below the shipment total of 1,670, so we should see aggregate inventory rise in April after likely declining in March for the first time since December of 2023.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for April: 513 759 1,272
Change from March (Raw %): -4.5% -5.2% -4.9%
Change from March (Raw Units): -24 -42 -66
Change from March (SA %): -1.1% -5.2% -1.8%
Change from April of 2024 (%): -12.8% 3.7% -3.6%
Change from April of 2024 (Units): -75 27 -48
New Home Characteristics for April Singles Multis Total
Median Age of Home (Days): 111 83 90
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,680 1,475
Top 10 Counties for New Installs Total Change (MoM%)
Harris 55 1.9%
Liberty 49 -24.6%
Ector 46 24.3%
Bastrop 42 2.4%
Montgomery 35 -22.2%
Bexar 34 -41.4%
Hidalgo 31 55%
Guadalupe 30 172.7%
Midland 29 26.1%
Lubbock 23 21.1%
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for April: 191 74 265
Change from March (Raw %): 1.6% 17.5% 5.6%
Change from March (Raw Units): 3 11 14
Change from March (SA %): 14.5% 24.1% 22.4%
Change from April of 2024 (%): 29.1% 8.8% 22.7%
Change from April of 2024 (Units): 43 6 49

Annual Totals

New home sales for 2025 are now even with 2024 for all retail sales titled through this point in the calendar. Multi-section sales are currently up +5.7% while single-section sales are down by -7.1%.

The forecast for new home sales on the year moved up to 16,330 (+/- 1,164).

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

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

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

Mailing address cities with the largest decline in new home placements from 2024 are Houston, Conroe, Fritch, Del Valle, and Livingston.

New Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for 2025 titled to date: 2,593 3,679 6,272
Change from 2024 (%): -7.1% 5.7% 0%
Change from 2024 (Units): -198 200 2
New Home Characteristics for 2025 Singles Multis Total
Median Age of Home (Days): 132 94 112
Median Square Footage: 1,080 1,680 1,474
Top 10 Counties for New Installs Total Change (YoY%)
Liberty 256 3.6%
Harris 252 -20%
Montgomery 218 -16.2%
Bastrop 198 51.1%
Bexar 185 -8.9%
Ector 180 22.4%
Tarrant 148 74.1%
Hidalgo 139 3.7%
Midland 137 4.6%
Smith 107 20.2%
Used Sales Singles Multis Total
Total for 2025 titled to date: 953 405 1,358
Change from 2024 (%): 21.1% 14.1% 18.9%
Change from 2024 (Units): 166 50 216

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 431 567 998 1.8
February 456 653 1,109 -5.4
March 570 860 1,430 3.9
Used Sales Month Singles Multis Total (YoY%)
January 162 72 234 28.6
February 134 74 208 -13.0
March 277 78 355 35.5

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-07-18. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Charts

The first chart shows monthly sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 7-18.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-07-18.

Here are the cumulative sales totals for each year with only titles processed through 7-18.

Note: These calculations are based on titles processed by TDHCA through 2025-07-18.

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 2025-07-18. 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 2025-07-18. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.

Here are the 12-month moving averages for shipments and retail sales through March. 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 2025-07-18. 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 2025-07-18. 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 2025-07-18. Late submissions will impact these figures going forward.