Modular construction remains a booming trend across the contracting world. Modular design helps solve housing shortages, speeds up construction, and addresses rebuilding work after natural disasters.

About 15 years ago, Carroll Bryant and his dad, Hoyt, were asked to do the plumbing setup for new homes in a manufactured home community. Their business, Bryant Electric & Plumbing in Lakeland, had ...

Polybutylene plumbing is more commonly called "gray pipe plumbing." The question is, do you have it in your manufactured home? A recent TV program reminded me of the problem this plumbing has caused.

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 ...

Modular homes are prefabricated housing units consisting of sections or modules built in a factory and then transported to the construction site for assembly. At the construction site, they are ...

Modular homes are partially constructed in a factory, then shipped to the site and finished. That can save time and money compared to site-built homes. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on ...

A manufactured home is any home factory-built in the U.S. to the HUD Title 6 construction standards (commonly known as ‘the HUD-code’). The HUD-code took effect June 15, 1976. A HUD-coded home will ...

If you're looking to buy a home, or considering building one, you may have heard that modular homes are an increasingly popular option. But what is a modular home? In a nutshell, it's a house whose ...