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 ...

If you've ever considered going down the prefabricated cottage home kit road, you may have found yourself overwhelmed by a mountain of information. What's a prefab home, after all? Is it the same ...

The prefabricated pods, designed and built by Melbourne startup Elsewhere Pods, can be assembled in a matter of days and without the need for a building permit.

If you want a tiny home you can actually click to buy today and move into next month, the fastest options are prefab shells ...

A prefabricated home is assembled on-site from prebuilt parts, as opposed to a stick-built home, which is constructed from the ground up in the traditional way. Prefabricated houses are often thought ...

This minimalist off-grid prefab is designed to not look like a prefab. For all their advantages when it comes to quality and sustainability, prefabs still get unfairly characterized as being ugly, ...

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 ...

Adding two income-producing rentals or self-contained guest homes next to an existing house on a city lot continues to get easier in Oregon. Factory-made compact dwellings, complete with windows and ...

PERRYVILLE, MO. - A pastoral setting just west of Perryville, Mo., features an ultramodern house that the designer-in-residence hopes will become a big part of the future of prefabricated housing. The ...

The bottom-line is that California has a housing shortage. An all-of-the-above approach to bringing supply is key, which means liberalizing our housing markets and better prioritizing public funding ...