New analysis suggests Aberdeen is the least expensive city in Britain to get on the property ladder – but it’s a different story entirely for those looking to buy their first home in Edinburgh. Rightmove found that the average asking price for a first-time buyer-type property with two bedrooms or fewer in Aberdeen is £102,601. Assuming a 20% deposit, a typical first-time buyer in Aberdeen could pay around £406 per month in mortgage costs, Rightmove calculated. The research looked at more than 50...
Some council members are still concerned the committee takes away from the power voters gave them. An unofficial draft of rules was available for the public to see during the first committee meeting.
Iowa City City Council unanimously approved first considerations on Tuesday to make the Pagliai’s Pizza building a historic landmark. The building’s owner has contested the decision because he said the distinction would make it harder to sell the property. Gary Skarda, who is the owner, listed the property at $5 million, however, the property is
Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s idea to hand policy control to the mayor and fine houseless people up to $1K was shot down in a 3-2 vote. by Courtney Vaughn After a series of proposed changes and late-stage amendments, Portland City Council is on track to relax its city codes regulating houselessness. The Council took an initial vote Wednesday to approve amendments to a revamped public camping ordinance put forward by Mayor Ted...
The New Orleans City Council has announced its preparations for a “back-up plan” if summer EBT is not administered by the state.
The Utrecht city council has agreed to apply paid parking throughout the city. This will happen neighborhood by neighborhood and will take 12 years. Before this, it was only in busy areas where you had to pay for parking. Now, there is a plan to have the whole city paid for parking starting in 2034. alderperson of mobility Lot van Hooijdonk called it “A milestone” while she is also aware of the unpopularity of the decision. However, it is essential for the city to prevent “tens of thousands of...
A revised full planning application and a listed building consent application have been lodged for the former Royal High School building, to form new premises for the National Centre for Music. The plans include music rehearsal and performance spaces, licensed café/restaurant and bar facilities, offices, internal and external alterations and landscaping, at 5-7 Regent Road, Edinburgh. The main change to the original approved plans for the category A-listed site are that there will no longer be...
The former Macy's had sat empty since 2019.
The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines’ Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) in Vietnam. Nicole Midori Woodford’s Singapore-Japan collaboration, Last Shadow At First Light, won multiple awards in the festival’s Southeast […]
Erie City Council makes a push to get more people involved in changes they want to see throughout the city. A big part of their efforts to do so will be taking their council meetings to the road this summer calling it the City Council Neighborhoods Tour. Council will function the same way it would []
The Citizens, who will begin the new campaign in Scottish football's fourth tier following their confirmed relegation last month, face Stirling Albion at Meadowbank tomorrow before a trip to Cove Rangers next weekend brings down the curtain on a turbulent 2023/24. City were were deducted six points in January for failing to pay their players on time and also faced a winding up order over an unpaid tax bill. Only two from a squad of 22 remained while the rest departed for pastures new. And...
Council checked off several outstanding items at the end of a lengthy meeting Wednesday with unanimous approval of the latest consent agenda.