News from the Beverley Property Guide

 
  • Solid Advice For Purchasing Your First Home

    Solid Advice For Purchasing Your First Home

    There are so many challenging aspects about buying a home: searching, searching, and buying a home, so the whole process can be overwhelming and complex. Knowing something about all the various tricks for purchasing a […]

     
  • Local Government Provisional Funding Settlement for 2014/15

    Hull City Council has now received some of the information relating to its Provisional Funding settlement for the financial year 2014/15. Deputy Leader of Hull City Council and Portfolio Holder for Finance, Councillor Daren Hale […]

     
  • Proven Real Estate Tips For Home Buyers

    Proven Real Estate Tips For Home Buyers

    There are so many challenging aspects about buying a home: searching, searching, understanding the regulations, and more! It can really drive you crazy! Knowing all of these aspects is critical. When purchasing expensive commercial properties […]

     
  • Survey Shows How Prices Fell Again In June 2012

    The Knight Frank/Markit’s House Price Sentiment Index signals that average house prices fell again in June. Around 17% of households said the price of their home declined, while 8% said the value of their property […]

     
  • Halifax Announces British Are Optimistic About Prospects for the UK Housing Market

    The Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker monitors public sentiment towards the housing market. The June survey was conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of Halifax. Interviewing took place between 22nd and 28th June 2012 More […]

     
  • Success For East Riding At Building Control Awards

    The Local Authority Building Control North and East Yorkshire Building Excellence awards for 2012 were recently announced at a ceremony in York. This was the third awards event for the area and an opportunity to […]

     
  • AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS REGULATIONS

    East Riding of Yorkshire Council has written to landlords and letting agents in the area as part of an ongoing programme of informing and advising, following recent presentations by the council at landlord forums. The […]

     
  • How can a developer develop when the Banks say NO?

    Many developers are increasingly finding it difficult to raise the cash they need to develop their businesses. Whether it be funds for refurbishment or developments, there is a decreasing lack of options for progress. With […]

     
  • Imperial Purple Is The Colour On Trend

    Imperial Purple Is The Colour On Trend

    Be bold with mosaic colour this season, says Italian glass tiles specialist Trend, suggesting that purple is now becoming chic in interior design. Having talked to architects, designers and tiling retailers across the country, UK sales director Tom Anderson finds renewed enthusiasm for the purple spectrum, inspired perhaps by recent, dramatic glass mosaic designs like [...]

     
  • INNOVATIVE COASTAL PROJECT HAS HELPED THOSE AT MOST RISK

    INNOVATIVE COASTAL PROJECT HAS HELPED THOSE AT MOST RISK

    More than 35 households in the East Riding most at risk to coastal erosion have benefited from funding secured by the council to help them adapt to the impact of coastal change. In December 2009, the council was awarded £1.2 million by Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to undertake a Coastal [...]

     
  • BUILDING REGULATIONS PROSECUTION

    BUILDING REGULATIONS PROSECUTION

    On Tuesday 17th Jan 2012, Mark Adams from Hull was prosecuted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and was found guilty by Beverley Magistrates Court of three breaches of the Building Regulations relating to electrical work. He was fined a total of £1000 and ordered to pay £600 costs. During a routine inspection by an [...]

     
  • RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO GOOLE FLOODING

    RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION INTO GOOLE FLOODING

    Following an extensive investigation into the flooding which took place in Goole on 3 August 2011, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made a number of recommendations to mitigate future rainfall events in the town. As the lead local flood authority (LLFA), the council used powers under the Flood & Water Management Act 2010 to [...]

     
  • Company Make Renewable Heat Incentive History With Ground Source Energy In Beverley Holiday Homes

    Company Make Renewable Heat Incentive History With Ground Source Energy In Beverley Holiday Homes

    Umbrella company and holiday cottages are first two successful applicants to low carbon heating incentive Umbrella supplier Booth Brothers in Sheffield entered the history books today by becoming one of the first places in the UK to get the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive. Its offices, housed in an 18th century former corn mill in Penistone, [...]

     
  • House Prices Set To Fall In 2012

    House Prices Set To Fall In 2012

      The number of properties listed for sale in Beverley fell by 10% in December 2011 compared to November 2011. Of the 625 listings registered with the UK’s leading property web site, Rightmove for property sales within the HU17 postal code 571 were houses with flats making up the remaining 54. The figures dod show [...]

     
  • BT Ready To Roll Out Fibre Optic In Nearby Towns

    BT Ready To Roll Out Fibre Optic In Nearby Towns

    Tens of thousands of homes in East Yorkshire are to benefit from new super-fast broadband. According to consumer website www.uswitch.com, BT are ready to roll out its fibre optic broadband to Driffield, Hornsea and Withernsea, among other more rural locations. Householders and businesses will soon be able to access download speeds of up to 20Mb [...]