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.
Property website Zoopla estimates the average price of houses in the street is £2,288,677.
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.
But this may have proved to be a better investment than their London home because 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.
He 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.