E-commerce giant Amazon is evidently entering into America’s multi-billion dollar real estate business with a recent listing of shipping container houses. Everybody's gotta start somewhere ...

Shipping container construction for family homes is an idea that’s been around since at least 1987, but some see a growing acceptance and demographic change that may propel the market.

To help you figure out which one is the perfect design for you, here are five shipping container homes you can order right this second. Alternative Living Spaces Courtesy of Alternative Living Spaces.

Shipping container homes are durable and come with benefits, the company says. The steel structures are impervious to water, insects, rodents, mildew and fire.

Burton told the outlet that the shipping container homes will add to a limited inventory of homes for sale “and they’re going to look better than an old vintage house that got fixed up.” ...

Few homebuyers would notice an old shipping container for sale and think: “That’s it! That’s our new home.” But Seattle architect Kai Schwarz may change that. Since 2011 ...

Shipping container homes are durable and come with benefits, the company says. The steel structures are impervious to water, insects, rodents, mildew and fire.