Types of Home Construction

Learn about all of your construction options when you’re looking to build a new home. Understand the difference between custom and production homes, discover the rustic charm of log homes and the benefits of modular homes.

Multifamily

From young families just starting out to empty-nesters looking to downsize, multifamily homes are an increasingly popula...

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Custom Homes

Custom builders create homes designed for each owner individually or from their own, private stock of designs.

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Timber Frame Homes

If you have thought about buying and/or building a timber frame home, you are not alone. These beautiful custom homes pr...

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Concrete Building Systems

Concrete has been an essential home building material for the past century. Learn more about the benefits of this popula...

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Modular Building Systems

A modular home is built in one or more sections in a factory, then transported and installed on a permanent foundation a...

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Log Homes

If you’re dreaming of buying and building a log home, you are not alone. More people live in these modern, rustic reside...

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Panelized Building Systems

Today's builders and buyers recognize that building a new home stick by stick on a residential lot is often not the most...

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55+ Housing

The 55+ niche is vitally important to help ease the transitions between life stages. Builders are redefining what it mea...

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