Manufactured Housing REITs: Analyzing MH Valuation Regimes

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Manufactured Housing REITs: Analyzing MH Valuation Regimes

Equity Research

14 July 2026

Manufactured Housing REITs

Analyzing MH Valuation Regimes

MH REITs have transitioned from an external-growth

valuation regime to an organic-growth valuation regime.

Before and during COVID, external growth drove multiple U.S. REITs NEUTRAL

Unchangedexpansion. Post-UK sale, SUI should offer a similar growth

profile to ELS. Downgrade ELS to E/W. U.S. REITs

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Inside, we analyze the drivers of MH REIT valuation regime shifts in the past to assess what

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has caused MH REIT valuations to de-rate this year. MH REIT P/FFO multiples now sit around

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18x, their lowest levels since before COVID. We came away from this exercise with the belief that richard.hightower@barclays.com

the MH REITs have entered a new valuation regime, and they are unlikely to return to peak-cycle BCI, US

valuations any time soon.

We find that MH REITs re-rated positively versus other Residential REITs and the broader

REIT sector before the pandemic, when more external growth opportunities were

available (Figure 1). At that time, MH REITs were valued as consolidators, with large portfolio

acquisitions supporting accretive growth and multiple expansion (Figure 7-8). However, higher

interest rates and cap rate compression in MH/RV have largely eliminated those acquisition

spreads (Figure 9). As a result, a key pillar of the sector's historical valuation premium has

weakened. With acquisitions now dilutive to our estimates and the development opportunity

set relatively small, investors are valuing MH REITs on the durability of organic growth instead.