US New Home Sales Rise For First Time In 3 Months As Prices Near 5-Year Lows

Building Codes For Energy Conservation Can Increase US Home Costs By $14,000: DOE Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, States that adopt the updated 2024 International Energy Conservation Code could see building costs for a typical single-family home go up by $14,000, the Department of Energy (DOE) warned on June 26. The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a model code developed by the Washington-based International Code Council (ICC) for setting minimum energy efficiency requirements for commercial and residential buildings. While the ICC doesn’t mandate its code, states and local jurisdictions...

'Wright Is Wrong': Trump Rejects Energy Secretary's Comment That Gas Prices May Not Drop Under $3 Until 2027 Pain at the pump might not ease up for American consumers until 2027, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who said on April 19 that the price of a regular gallon of gas could stay above $3 for the rest of the year. Wright said a price of $3 per gallon of gas “could happen later this ​year, [but] that might not happen until next year” in an interview that aired on CNN’s...

Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, said on Monday that a Saudi airstrike hit a prison in northern Yemen’s al-Jawf province, killing at least seven people, including a child, as the war in the country continues to escalate. Footage from Yemen’s Al Masirah TV shows the aftermath of the strike on the Central […]