A modular home being assembled on a building site. A modular house can be finished in about half the time of a home built onsite from scratch. (Shutterstock) Location may be the most important word in ...

Admiring the sleek, contemporary home down the block, complete with quartz countertops, glass-front fireplace and fiber-cement exterior? It might surprise you to learn that it’s a modular home.

As examined in Andrew Brinker’s recent story (”Building housing is costly. But what about an assembly line?” Business, June 27), modular housing presents an intriguing opportunity for Massachusetts.

PTSB has agreed a deal with Irish modular building company BuildWright to provide mortgages for their new modular homes, which offer customers a near turnkey home constructed in about just six months.

Fast to build, eco-friendly and affordable: modular and pre-fabricated homes have been touted as a possible solution to ...