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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%.

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…

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.

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.

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.

Annual house price growth dropped to 7.1% in November after a 0.1% drop in October, according to the latest from the Land Registry. London's managed +17.

The evolution of Agents' Mutual's challenger portal has been the big property marketing story of the year, and its controversial "one other portal" rule means that estate agents now need to pick a side…

From rumours to record-breakers, 2014 had it all. Here's our digest of the trophy homes, transactions, tip-offs and thumbs up that made the news this year.

Villefranche-sur-Mer, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France €25m