Construction on both home types begins in factories, but they’re built to different codes. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this ...

Admiring the sleek, contemporary home down the block, complete with quartz countertops, glass-front fireplace and fiber-cement exterior? It might surprise you to learn that it’s a modular home.

Walking down the assembly line as the bell dings, marking a lunch break, Ken Semler points to a man carefully sealing the frame of a house with foam as evidence that this factory can build houses ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Davidson explains that the modular home market has now reached a middle ground between functionality and ...

If you are in the market for a new home but aren’t loving the latest housing prices, a modular home may be a good alternative. Modular homes, or prefab homes, have become more popular in recent years, ...

The Elsternwick modular house in Melbourne, Australia was built with a steel frame and structural Insulated Panels by Modscape. The house was completed in just 3 weeks from the time the old house on ...

Modular homes are prefabricated housing units consisting of sections or modules built in a factory and then transported to the construction site for assembly. At the construction site, they are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. From the heavy use of raw materials to logistics and ...

When you hear the term modular homes, you probably think of something akin to mobile homes on cinder blocks—temporary solutions for would-be homeowners that are far from the dream homes they hope to ...

Modular homes offer an affordable middle ground between a manufactured or mobile home and a home built completely on-site. But when it comes to insurance, they're typically covered by the same policy ...

The pandemic radically changed how we use our homes and the rise in remote and hybrid work patterns means that the popularity of garden rooms or modular home offices continues to make sense for many ...