Amazon is selling houses for less than $20,000, with free shipping

What can’t Amazon do?

For just $40,000 this modern-looking structure made of northern spruce was “designed as a lounge” that “can be used as a house with a lot of flexibility in terms of interior layout.” The company notes that an “experienced architect can turn this into a permanent facility.”

What We Know:

  • Prefabricated and modular housing — homes that are built in factories — is having its moment. From 2013 to 2018, industry revenue grew by an annualized 8.6% to nearly $10.5 billion, including growth of 4.1% in 2018 alone, according to research firm IBISWorld.
  • Multiple news outlets like real estate sites Curbed and The Real Deal reported that this 172-sq-ft $7,250 prefab cabin, which the manufacturer claims can be built in eight hours, on Amazon sold out. The house comes with free shipping.
  • There are multiple homes available for purchase, all with different styles and shapes, based on your interest.
  • Read more about these homes at Microsoft News.

Alex Haynes/Urban Newsroom contributed to this compiled report.