After 13 months of consecutive growth, the manufactured housing industry produced fewer homes in Sept. 2012 than the previous Sept., according to the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). Data compiled for the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicates HUD Code homes produced this past Sept. numbered 4,393 as compared to 5,055 for Sept. 2011, a drop of 13 percent. However, production for the year totals 41,909 homes, up from 37,070 for the same period 2011, an increase of 13 percent. AS MHProNews has learned, Texas continues to be far and away the largest shipment state for the period Aug. 2011 to Sept. 2012, with 11,914 homes, about 25 percent of all MH shipped.

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