Contact: Tom Beers, (703) 558-0400 or tbeers@modularcouncil.org

Arlington, VA, June 4, 2008 — Shipments of modular homes totaled 5,400 in the first quarter of 2008, down 27 percent from the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Modular Housing Council.

Hallahan Associates currently tracks shipments of modular homes in 29 states for the NMHC. In the first quarter, shipments were up in one state and down in 28 states, year-over-year.

The only state experiencing year-over-year shipments growth in the first quarter was Illinois. First quarter shipments were down in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Ohio, Vermont, Iowa, Maine, South Carolina, New Jersey, Massachussetts, Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Delaware, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania.