Location: International

In its latest regional report, buying agency Garrington has posed a pretty pertinent question for this publication; what does "prime" mean in property price terms across the UK?

One of the last remaining private mansions on Fifth Avenue is up for grabs for an eye-watering $80m. If it goes for anything over $53m, it'll become the priciest townhouse ever sold in NYC.

Global prime residential property prices increased by 3.9% in the year to March 2015, according to Knight Frank's index, with North America and Australia pulling up the rest of the world.

We don't need Jon Snow to tell us which way the property industry's election swingometer is headed;

The starting point for a luxury home in London is $6m (about £3.91m) according to Christie's International Real Estate.

Growth in the UK economy in 2014 stands at 2.8%, the highest rate recorded since 2006.

House prices across England and Wales have dropped by 0.8% since February, according to the latest batch of Land Registry data, taking the annual price change to +5.3%.

The top-end of Manhattan's apartment market is driving prices skyward, with the average new-build condominium expected to reach $5.

Grosvenor Group has just announced record pre-tax profits of £681.8m in 2014, well up from the £506.9m posted in 2013.

RBKC has made a borough-wide article direction to remove permitted development rights in relation to basements.

The forthcoming UK general election matters "not a jot" to Hong Kong buyers of London resi, according to industry titan Mark Collins.

Law firm King & Wood Mallesons has hired a raft of new partners as it continues to develop its high-end real estate capability in London.