London’s renters pay nearly £90,000 in rent since 2010
Someone paying rent for an average two bedroom home in London would have forked out £89,269 to their landlord over the last five years.
New figures from charity Shelter reveal the costs in five boroughs, including Hammersmith, Islington, and Camden, cost spiral to over £100,000.
Breakdown of cost of renting in London by borough.
Kensington and Chelsea £173,595
Westminster £159,367
Camden £121,510
Islington £110,418
Hammersmith and Fulham £104,404
Tower Hamlets £99,933
Hackney £97,187
Southwark £94,364
Wandsworth £94,276
Richmond upon Thames £91,168
Lambeth £88,895
Brent £84,102
Haringey £83,099
Ealing £81,648
Merton £80,920
Hounslow £78,656
Barnet £78,123
Kingston upon Thames £75,332
Greenwich £70,884
Harrow £69,453
Enfield £67,952
Lewisham £67,889
Newham £67,308
Hillingdon £64,853
Waltham Forest £63,967
Bromley £63,350
Redbridge £61,202
Sutton £60,507
Croydon £60,045
Barking and Dagenham £54,133
Havering £53,628
Bexley £52,533