Nearly two-thirds of homes are empty in London's millionaire playgrounds, analysis suggests.
In Mayfair's exclusive Curzon Street neighbourhood – littered with plush apartments and mansions that sell for north of £10million – just 696 dwellings were occupied out of 1,980, according to the most up-to-date Government estimate.
Similarly high rates of empty homes were seen in streets within a stone's throw from Wembley Stadium and Marble Arch, as well as in the coastal towns of Salcombe and St Ives, the Daily Mail found.
Because of the way officials collect the occupancy statistics, many vacant dwellings will actually be short-term lets or second homes. Others will classed as 'truly vacant'.
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