NOW A FIGHT OVER THEIR LUXURY HOMES
A BATTLE over their £3million property portfolio is looming for Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler.
A source claimed yesterday that Miss Wheeler, who is a senior human rights lawyer and qualified as a QC in 2016, has had their houses professionally valued.
They include a townhouse in Islington, north London, for which they paid £2,300,000 in May 2009.
They are joint owners according to the Land Registry and have a mortgage with Barclays.
Houses in the same street command prices well over £3million today.
But values are falling at their fastest pace in six years due to subdued demand, according to recent figures from the Nationwide building society.
The couple also own a four-bedroom detached house in Oxfordshire. They bought the country retreat for £6 0,000 in February 2003 and, again, are jointly listed as its owners. On this property, they have a mortgage with Lloyds.
Property website Zoopla estimates its value at £1,156,000. They are also rumoured to have a house in Kent.
As MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Mr Johnson receives a basic annual salary of £77,379. While foreign secretary, his salary was £1 1, 05 a year – which he reportedly told friends was not enough to live on.
Mr Johnson is also a prolific author whose titles include The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.
And he has returned to his weekly column in the Daily Telegraph, which earnt him £266,667 in 2015.