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   Building a New Home
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Building a new home can be very different, depending on whether you are rebuilding on a property that has had a house on it or building on a property that has not been built on before. Find more information in these sections:
There are also many options for building, other than building the home entirely on the site. Homes can be factory-built and transported to the site; they can be built on site using pre-fabricated pieces or modules. Explore your options in this section:

Site Built vs. Factory Built
Site-Built or Factory-Built
Portal page for information about the advantages and disadvantages of site-built vs factory built homes or home components.
Factory Built Home
Different Kinds of Factory-Built Homes
"Factory-Built Home” is a generic term that refers to any home that has been predominately designed and constructed in a controlled factory or plant environment. Factory processes are extremely efficient with materials and, thus, are considered more environmentally friendly. In addition, the factory environment can provide a much greater degree of quality control, compared to on-site construction.
Modular home
Modular Homes: Faster and More Energy Efficient
For those who need fast, affordable and reliable solutions for their housing problems, modular homes might be the best solution. In contrast to what many people think, modular homes are quite different than manufactured or trailer homes. In fact, they are very similar to site-built homes.
Manufactured Homes - Mobile Homes, or Trailers
Manufactured Homes are the buildings we have, in the past, referred to as mobile homes or trailers. While other factory-built homes are built to the codes of the area where they will be installed, manufactured homes are built to a special HUD-code and installed in accordance with HUD guidelines. Thus they are sometimes referred to as HUD-Code homes.
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