New York Times asks: will prefab "catch on?"

On the New York Times' Freakonomics blog, Annika Mengisen wonders whether prefab will ever catch on. For answers, she questioned two authors of prefab books, Allison Arieff and James Trulove.

Here are the questions posed; read the full post for their answers.

• Where do prefab houses stand in the U.S. real estate market?
• What, if anything, is the housing crisis doing to prefab?
• What would push prefab beyond a niche market?
• If prefab did catch on, what would the economic implications be?
• What does prefab do for the environment?
• What could prefab do for storm-prone areas?