International

An 11,000 square foot apartment on the 89th and 90th floors of the One57 development on 57th Street has been crowned "Manhattan's Most Expensive Condo" after officially closing for $100.5m.

Who'd pay Knightsbridge prices for Elephant & Castle living? That's exactly what buyers in Hong Kong are doing, says an incredulous Alan Page from over yonder.

Hong Kong is the world's least affordable place to buy a home - with median house prices coming in at 17 times the median income - while the UK's overall multiple is a - relatively - benign 4.7.

Last week's surprise removal of the EURCHF floor and another cut in the deposit rate has already driven a surge of enquiries from Switzerland's wealthocracy looking to shift assets to Blighty, say property…

Savills has announced a tie-up with top-end Parisian firm Agence Varenne.

Chestertons has amped up its Middle Eastern presence with a joint venture with Saudi-based MEDAD Valuation International (part of the Najeeb Abdullatif Alissa Holding Company).

The Executive Plaza has been labelled "The Emptiest Skyscraper in New York City" after official figures showed that 74% of the owners actually live elsewhere.

It might be no bad thing that last year's stamp duty overhaul puts paid to the era of gazumping, sealed bids and garages being sold for millions, says Will Hollest, but what message about London does…

It's been confirmed that an apartment in the world's tallest tower was the biggest sale to go down in Dubai last year. According to data compiled by Reidin.

Glitzy international agency Engel & Völkers has been looking into the biggest deals of the year and reckons it's come up with a rundown of the most exclusive addresses on the planet right now.

Some of the most favoured addresses, from Kensington Palace Gardens to The Knightsbridge

The world's luxury residential markets "face a diverse range of challenges and opportunities in 2015" says Knight Frank in it's Prime Global Cities Forecast, with New York likely to have the best of the…