Manufactured homes provide an essential path to low-cost homeownership — but a new lawsuit raises concerns about alleged predatory lending. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are ...

Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re looking to buy a new home, you might have heard the term ‘modular home’ being touted around a lot-and honestly, we ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Wittman Estes, an architecture studio based in Seattle, has unveiled the Whidbey Puzzle Prefab, an innovative take on sustainable modular housing. This 600-sq-ft (55.75-sqm) tiny prototype, located on ...

California-based Connect Homes specializes in prefabricated houses. The homes can accommodate families in urban, suburban, and countryside locations. Greg Leung, CEO of Connect Homes and a former ...

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 ...

Prefab Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are revolutionizing the way homeowners are considering their living space. Whether you’re looking to create a rental property, a guesthouse, or a private retreat ...

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 ...

On a building site about 50 miles outside the Philippine capital of Manila, construction is underway on a completely new 346-acre town. But much of the work is taking place elsewhere. In fact, most of ...