Location: International

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.

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.

Canny online outfit emoov has repurposed the route of this weekend's London Marathon to create a pretty interesting tour of the capital's property market.

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.

A former Head of Resi Sales at Savills has called for multiple home ownership to be made much less attractive, laying significant blame for the current housing crisis at the feet of buy-to-let investors.