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Will homebuilding finally evolve? Lessons from the American experience with factory-built housing

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  • Scott Ganz

    (American Enterprise Institute)

  • Lynn M. Fisher

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The history of homebuilding demonstrates that rapid adoption of prefabrication or more efficient production processes by homebuilders are more likely to be driven by market competition than by economies of scale within consolidated firms or by government intervention.

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  • Scott Ganz & Lynn M. Fisher, 2019. "Will homebuilding finally evolve? Lessons from the American experience with factory-built housing," AEI Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:aei:journl:y:2019:id:1015136
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    Housing finance; US Housing Market; affordable housing;
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