5,625 New HUD-Code Homes Shipped in
June 2014 – Up 5.2 Percent from June 2013
MHI’s Monthly Economic Report© for June 2014 is now available.
In June 2014, 5,625 new manufactured homes were shipped, an increase of 5.2 percent from June 2013. Increases were across the board with shipments of both single-section and multisection homes up compared with the same month last year. Total floors shipped in June 2014 were 8,792, an increase of 5.9 percent compared with June 2013.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of shipments was 60,506 in June 2014, down 2.2 percent from the adjusted rate of 61,867 in May 2014. The SAAR corrects for normal seasonal variations and projects annual shipments based on the current monthly total.
The number of plants reporting production in June 2014 was 123 and the number of active corporations was 46, both unchanged from the numbers in May 2014.
