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House prices across the UK went by an average of 10% in the year to November 2014, says the ONS, down a touch from October's +10.4% after just a 0.2% increase between October and November.

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.

A 48-bedroom Jacobean mansion, described by Simon Thurley as "by far the most important country house to have been threatened with major loss through decay since the 1950s", has been bought by a French…

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

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.

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%.

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.

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.

The centre cannot hold, notes CBRE in its annual "Hot 100" report, as a widening price gyre spreads from central London to the greater capital.