Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes on housing innovation for sustainability and affordability. In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, more attention is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes on housing innovation for sustainability and affordability. Inside Model/Z’s facility, local labor works to build ...

HIVE MODULAR, an American startup producing sustainable prefabricated homes, is in talks with local residential and hospitality developers to roll out modular units nationwide, citing growing demand ...

With the median price of a single-family home at more than $422,000, relatively high 30-year fixed mortgage rates, and a nationwide shortage of housing, ownership is out of reach for many individuals ...

Start Small. Grow Smart. Own Your Home. Mesocore Modular Homes is redefining homeownership by delivering expandable, energy-efficient homes that let people start small, grow smart, and truly own their ...

Factory-built, modular homes seem assured to have a substantial presence in rebuilding efforts after January’s wildfires. Companies tout modular’s speed and simplicity. But skeptics worry about risk ...

Nearly two years after catastrophic wildfires destroyed more than 2,000 houses and apartment buildings in Lahaina, Hawaii, only 10 homes have been rebuilt. Hundreds of others are under construction, ...

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Mychal Wilson, whose home was destroyed in the Palisades fire, takes a factory tour of modular homebuilder Cover in Gardena in March. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The sense of loss Sue ...

Odell predicts that modular construction in the residential sector will become increasingly accepted and cost-effective. Image courtesy of HED While still met with skepticism in some circles, modular ...

After Jerry Camarillo’s childhood home in Altadena, Calif., burned down, he was determined to rebuild the one-story, midcentury ranch house exactly as it was before the Los Angeles wildfires. That all ...

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 ...