Below is a listing of companies that offer green dwellings in the form of modular, prefab/manufactured, compact and/or mobile structures. These days, there are many such options available that are not ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ty Sharp, a 26-year-old software consultant from Aspen, Colo., is building a 2,876-square-foot vacation home in Ventura, Calif. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom custom home, for which he’s paying ...

Robert Calhoun remembers the days when Sunrise Mobile Home Park was in the country, so much so that a line was strung to Rivers Avenue just for phone service. He bought the park at 1004 Red Bank Road ...

UK-based design studio Koto has recently joined forces with American home-builders Abodu to create a prefabricated tiny house that can be installed onsite in two weeks. Dubbed Koto X Abodu, the 495-sq ...

Unlike traditional building methodologies, modular design offers a degree of flexibility, efficiency, and scalability that is rarely paralleled. The true measure of a modular residence's worth lies in ...

Hive Modular is three architects who dreamt of building affordable pre-fab homes. Affordable prefab, you ask? Isn’t all prefab affordable? Although prefabricated building is meant to be affordable by ...

Amid rising student loan debt and skyrocketing real estate prices, homeownership is the last thing on most young professional's minds. But at Contrarian Thinking, I am always looking for ...

Unitized framing assemblies being manufactured at Findorff’s Madison, Wis., prefabrication facility, which also makes unitized plumbing racks. The shop also sorts and assembles materials and divides ...

Manufactured housing, also known as mobile homes or prefab homes, has proven its strength in the face of deadly viruses and recession threats. In fact, this industry seems to thrive during distressed ...