Shipments of modular homes totaled 5,900 in the second quarter of 2008, down 33.7 percent from the second quarter of 2007, according to the NMHC. Year-to-date shipments for 2008 totaled 11,300, down 30.7 percent from 2007.

Hallahan Associates currently tracks shipments of modular homes in 29 states for the NMHC. In the second quarter, shipments were flat in Rhode Island and down in 28 states, year-over-year.

Year-over-year, second quarter shipments were down in Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Vermont, Iowa, Maine, South Carolina, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Delaware, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Texas, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.

NMHC and MHI members may 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 two weeks. To subscribe to this report click here or contact Chris Bare at 703-558-0667 or cbare@modularcouncil.org.