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The weird and wonderful world of London's super-prime rentals

London's most expensive rentals in areas like Mayfair command prices comparable to mortgage payments, according to Yahoo News UK's investigation into the ultra-luxury market.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on Best of BBN
Published 5:59 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: Mayfair — Photo: Millennium Hotel London Mayfair · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by Yahoo News UK: “The weird and wonderful world of London’s super-prime rentals”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 5:59 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
Topics: London.

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Yahoo News UKThe weird and wonderful world of London’s super-prime rentals

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYahoo News UK looks at London's super-prime rentals, the very top of the market, where tenants pay rents most people would call a mortgage.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSpiritually Florida. I'm certain of it.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is Mayfair, Chip. Not Miami.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBig homes, odd rules, people paying a fortune to sit near water. That's a retirement community with better doormen.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe water is a fountain. In a courtyard.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA fountain! So, a retention pond.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNo gators, no Florida, no rating. One alligator, for the postcode.