The cost to build a modular home is between $180,000 to $360,000, with a national average cost of $270,000. Factors that affect the total cost of a modular home include the home size, style, and brand ...

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 ...

Although prefab construction is still growing slowing in the United States (currently at about 5% of all new homes built), it is gaining traction here and is a major form of construction in other ...

Sheri Koones is the author of six “Prefabulous” books, including “Prefabulous Small Houses” (Taunton Press, 2016; $21.95), which features 32 gorgeously livable, inspiringly sustainable prefabricated ...

When many people hear “prefabricated” or “modular” in relation to houses, they picture trailers or hastily built tract homes. But as Angie’s List reports, today’s prefab housing embraces flexible and ...

Fast to build, eco-friendly and affordable, modular and pre-fabricated homes have been touted as a possible solution to Australia's housing crisis. Manufacturers and suppliers say changes to planning, ...

So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made — toasters, furniture, toys — but not the homes themselves. Most are still built on-site, as opposed to being prefabricated and trucked in.

Rise in urbanization and industrialization in developing countries, increase in pace of construction, and high efficiency of prefabricated home construction, drive the growth of the prefabricated ...

SHERI KOONES is the author of six “Prefabulous” books, including “Prefabulous Small Houses” (Taunton Press, 2016; $21.95), which features 32 gorgeously livable, inspiringly sustainable prefabricated ...