LAS VEGAS, Aug. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — World Street Intelligence News Commentary – The United States is estimated to be short around five million homes, and the reason is not a mystery. Building a house is still done essentially the way it was a century ago: piece by piece, outdoors, on-site, by skilled labor that is increasingly scarce and expensive, exposed to weather and delays at every step. Nearly every other complex product a modern economy makes, cars, phones, appliances, is built on an assembly line, where standardization and scale drive costs down year after year. Housing never made that leap. A small group of companies is betting that it finally can, and that the factory, not the construction site, is where the affordability crisis gets solved. Companies mentioned in today’s commentary include: BOXABL Inc. (Nasdaq: BXBL), Cavco Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVCO), Champion Homes, Inc. (NYSE: SKY), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI), and Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN).