In 2020, US manufactured housing shipments are expected to reach 85,000 units, declining as a share of total single-family housing starts and manufactured housing placements.
Manufactured housing’s share of all single-family housing units was elevated in the 1990s due to very accessible credit, but declined through 2005 as the industry became more wary of its former easy credit policies, while lower interest rates and new financial instruments for subprime borrowers made conventional housing a more attractive option for many home buyers,
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