With housing prices still much higher than pre-pandemic levels, home affordability can feel out of reach for many Americans. Creative options, such as buying a different type of house than a standard ...

As traditional home prices climb and mortgage rates remain high, more buyers are turning to factory-built housing as a realistic path to homeownership. Modular and manufactured homes are both built ...

Built in sections but designed to live like a traditional home, modular construction offers a faster way to build.

Buying a modular or manufactured home could make homeownership more affordable. Some people use the two terms interchangeably, but they're not one and the same. Here's how a modular home compares to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mobile home park seen in Oceano, Calif., on March 27, 2023. Last year, 102,700 manufactured homes were built in the U.S. That's ...

Federal rules designed to improve affordability can unintentionally raise housing costs, especially for manufactured homes. The Affordable HOMES Act aims to address these regulatory contradictions. AI ...

An obscure federal rule requires manufactured homes to be built on a chassis, making them more costly. A bill in Congress would remove the mandate, enacted five decades ago. By Matthew Goldstein ...