Berkshire Doubles Down on Home Building

The famed investment firm, headed by Warren Buffett until his retirement earlier this year, has increased its stake in Lennar. The home-building business may be going through a tough time right now, but one of the savviest investors out there believes it’s a good long-term bet. And it’s putting its money where its mouth is. […]

Will Canada Become the Housing Factory to the World?

The nation’s new prime minister is pushing to make it so with a focus on expanding its manufactured housing industry. Shortages in housing – especially residential housing – seem to be a fact of life throughout the modern world, but it’s especially true in North America where high building costs have resulted in equally as […]

Boxable Latest to Push for Manufactured Housing

Long an element of new home construction, this start-up says its technology-based manufacturing is different from previous systems. If manufactured housing has long been the Holy Grail – or perhaps white whale – of the construction industry it remains a relatively small factor in the building business. But Boxable says it is out to change […]