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 ...

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 ...

With affordable housing increasingly hard to find, many people are turning to manufactured homes as an alternative to rising ...

A crane is used to piece together a modular home on a plot in the Capital Region by Farrell Homes, a modular home builder based in Grafton. Janine Smith had a plot of land and big plans to build a new ...

Developers and New York City are building modular homes in factories and propping them up on vacant lots in the outer ...

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 ...

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 ...

The increased attention to housing affordability has elevated the cause of manufactured homes, which account for 6 percent of the nation’s housing stock and a far higher share of its low-cost housing, ...

New affordable modular homes at reasonable prices are being built in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. The new homes are meant to help families who are unable to afford a home as home prices reach ...

Samara, cofounded by Airbnb's Joe Gebbia, is selling modular accessory dwelling units. In late February, the startup acquired a 150,000-square-foot factory in Mexico. See inside its most expensive ...

A manufactured home is transported along Western Drive in Santa Cruz for its installation.

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, ...