The Top Most Expensive Sales in the UK 2014

So everyone by now has seen my local round up of the top ten most expensive roads in Harpenden, but what were the most pricey Sales nationally in 2014? From the Yahoo Finance article;

"Estate agents were counting the profits last year after a record-breaking 13,400 properties sold for more than £1 million. 

A £50 million penthouse topped the list of biggest sales. The luxury apartment on Princes Gate, in London's swanky Knightsbridge was sold in July of last year - netting the Treasury £3.5 million in stamp duty fees in the process.

A strengthening economy saw house prices in London shoot up by 16.3 per cent, which helped boost the number of million pound-plus deals by a fifth. As a result, the capital made up 96 of the top 100 sales."

You can read more here in the Yahoo Finance article.