Modular home sales increased 11% last year, Hallahan reported, compared to an 8% increase in the pace of new home sales overall.
Single-family and townhome modular production set a record last year, surpassing the 36,000-unit mark, up from the 32,000-unit range during the previous four or five years, Hallahan said.
Regionally, Hallahan’s findings showed that the south Atlantic states accounted for 28% of all modular home sales in 2002, followed by the Great Lake states (22%), the mid-Atlantic (18%), New England (12%) and the Midwest (10%).
North Carolina was the most popular state for modular homes sales for the fifth consecutive year, according to Hallahan, followed by New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Sales increases were especially brisk in New England, said Hallahan, rising by as much as 20% in some states.
“Maine, in particular, is seeing some very strong increases,” he said. “Virginia is up 19% and South Carolina is up 12%.”
The full results of Hallahan’s study were reported in the July/August issue of Building Systems Magazine.
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