Location: South East

The number of Londoners leaving the big smoke to set up home leapt by 50% in 2014, says Hamptons, as buyers look to cash-in on the price gap that's become more of a chasm.

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.

A survey of 2014's key business moves, company acquisitions, launches, partnerships and appointments in the high-value homes industry. Top Three Business Stories of the Year Chesterton Humberts

Hamptons International has ramped up its Country Residential Development & Investment, Land & New Homes offering, with the appointment of James Turpin as Senior Land Negotiator.

Joint Winner - Restoration of a Georgian Country House: St Giles, Dorset Two historic estates have shared the big prize at the twelfth Georgian Group Architectural Awards.

Belgravia's Grosvenor Crescent has been named The Most Expensive Street in England & Wales by Lloyds Bank, with an average house price of £16,918,000. Grosvenor Crescent

Plans have been submitted to Westminster Council for the conversion of three properties on Cornwall Terrace into one 33,000 square foot uber-pile.

It looks like London's super-rich are opting for to wait and see for the next 12 months, as the very top-end of the rentals market - with six and seven figure annual rents - booms.

London-based buying agency Black Brick is tipping Maida Vale as the investment hotspot to watch next year, although Marylebone should remain the go-to option for discerning owner-occupiers...

Just a few weeks after strengthening its estate agency business by snapping up Barnes-based Boileaus, Carter Jonas has seriously bolstered its planning offering in the capital with the acquisition of…

After George Osborne gave top-end buyers a window of exactly 11 hours and 29 minutes between SDLT reforms being announced and kicking in, there's been reports of estate agencies and law firms turning…