On top of cramming for his U.K. citizenship test, incoming Bank of England Governor Mark Carney faces a hunt for a family home in London, now details of his 250,000 pound ($406,000) housing allowance are known.
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Luckily for Carney, the allowance, which CNBC calculates will be 2,548 pounds per week after tax, will be enough for a 5-bed property for himself, wife and four children in one of the more exclusive districts of England's expensive capital.
Should he wish to rent in prime central London - a retail estate term for the priciest areas in the middle of the city - 2,250 pounds per week could get him a 5-floor period house in Knightsbridge, like the one below: