Manufactured home shipments up slightly in May

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Manufactured Housing Institute's Flash Report indicates 10,984 HUD-Code manufactured homes were shipped in May 2005, compared with 10,587 in May 2004. Shipments of single-section homes led in May, up 11.0 percent year-over-year; multi-section shipments were up 1.6 percent over the same period. The overall shipment increase was 3.7 percent.

The shipments estimate is based on reports from 153 plants out of an estimated 200 operating plants, representing 77 percent of anticipated production.

1.6% for multi-sections doesn't seem like a lot. I wonder what the modular shipments looked like in May?