Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've taken a look at recent studies, you'll know that homeowners are focused on wellness as a key purchase motivator. This ...

In some areas of the U.S., people who own homes deemed “historic” are fighting local preservationists for their right to install solar panels. The reason? Panels are too ugly, according to a recent ...

When it was completed in 2004, the Dwell Home, which goes up for auction in Chatham County on Tuesday, was an early, high-profile example of a modern-design house made from components built in a ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...

Although there are a multitude of reasons to build prefab and in particular modular construction, there are some circumstances that make it extremely difficult. Setting a house on the edge of a cliff ...

Last week, prefab housing builder Blu Homes announced the purchase of Modern Cabana. The San Francisco-based modular home provider is well known for its backyard accessory dwelling and workshop ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Gleaming bamboo floors, triple-pane windows and zero electric or heating bills forever — a ZEM Home, or Zero Emissions Modular Home, is a dwelling made by Wilder-based Vermod that made its debut in ...

The Kasita modular tiny house is a modern, minimalist home inspired by a converted dumpster, designed by co-founder Jeff Wilson, also known as Professor Dumpster. Originally focused on consumer sales, ...

Interest in prefab homes in Spain has grown steadily over the past few years, driven by rising construction costs, labour ...