Shipments of modular homes totaled 9,700 in the third quarter of 2006, down 15.7 percent from the third quarter of 2005, according to the National Modular Housing Council. In the first nine months of 2006, shipments of modular homes have totaled 29,600, down 10.0 percent from the same period in 2005.

Hallahan Associates currently tracks shipments of modular homes in 29 states for the NMHC. In the third quarter, shipments were up in 2 states and down in 27 states, year-over-year.

States experiencing positive shipments growth in the third quarter were Ohio and North Carolina. Third quarter shipments were down in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, Illinois, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Iowa, Michigan, Delaware, Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Texas, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Florida.

NMHC and MHI members can access more detailed information on the latest modular housing statistics in the forthcoming Quarterly Modular Housing Report, which will be available online at www.modularcouncil.org in the next 10 days. To subscribe to this report click here or contact Chris Bare at 703-558-0667 or cbare@modularcouncil.org.
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Modular housing statistics provided by the National Modular Housing Council are from state and national surveys conducted by Hallahan Associates of Baltimore, MD. The reliability and accuracy of the modular shipments data in this flash report is entirely dependent upon the factual representations made by state agencies, individual manufacturers, DAPIAs, and other sources, and may or may not reflect the entire market. Modular shipments for single-family residential dwellings include detached homes as well as town homes. The data provided refer to shipments of homes as opposed to shipments of sections, and exclude shipments of all types of commercial buildings.

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