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Living above commercial units can command a price premium, claims Mayfair estate agent Wetherell, as long as the brand downstairs is right.

How do you reposition a sleepy backwater into one of the world's top luxury destinations?

The average house price across England and Wales nudged up by 0.6% in December to take the annual rate growth to 6%, according to the latest batch of data from the Land Registry.

Lord Mandelson has come out swinging against Labour's proposed mansion tax on homes worth over £2m, arguing that it's "crude" and throwing his dark powers behind the idea of overhauling council tax as…

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.

A preponderance of luxury resi developments has made central London the most expensive place to build in the world, according to a new report, as the capital's high-end homes market is "reaching a capacity…

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.

Regal Homes' take on the Hampstead family home - a £16m eight bedroom affair - checks an awful lot of boxes.

One week in and we're already seeing some absolute stonkers hitting the market. Here's ten of the best... 1. Chesterfield Street, Mayfair £14,000,000

Savills has summed up 2014 as "a year of two halves" in the capital's prime resi market, with prices rising by +4.9% in the first six months before dropping off by -2.2%.

The number of residential lots offered and sold at auction didn't move by a huge amount last year, but the value raised by the gavel soared by over 14%. The quantity of lots nudged up by 1.

A sluggish global economy kept a lid on prime rents around the world last year, but New York and London should see values rise in 2015, according to Knight Frank's latest check.