The March 2000 report from the Manufactured Housing Inst-itute (MHI) noted that wholesale shipments for the month totaled 26,341 homes, a decrease of 23% from March 1999. Each of the previous two months also saw more than 20% drops in shipments.
Cumulative shipments for the first three months of the year stood at 70,327, which is a 21.6% decline compared to the same period in 99.