Global super-rich agreeing to rent luxury London homes without visiting

Global super-rich agreeing to rent luxury London homes without visiting

Wealthy foreigners are prepared to shell out as much as £25,000 a week renting luxury homes in London without bothering to set foot inside before opening their wallets.

High-end estate agents report that overseas demand for super-prime London homes is so strong that the global super-rich are agreeing to rent properties after only viewing them on FaceTime or WhatsApp.

In one of the latest examples of the growing trend an unnamed person, described by the agent only as “a global superstar”, agreed to rent a seven-bedroom, Grade II-listed terraced house overlooking Regent’s Park after watching a live video tour on an iPhone.

“I was livestreaming for the best part of 45 minutes,” said Henry Pryor, a luxury buying agent who let the John Nash-designed regency property, which came complete with a mews house for staff quarters. “I had done the same exercise at three other properties, and then he picked this one.”
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