英国地产管理公司London Central Portfolio（LCP）最近的一份报告显示，过去12个月，富裕的外国留学生已经赶超专业的金融从业人士，成为英国伦敦市中心黄金地段的最大的新租客来源。中国留学生在这些富豪学生租客中只占很小的比例，但他们的需求正在上升。

LCP最近公布的这份研究报告强调了国际学生在伦敦市中心租赁市场中日益增加的重要性。LCP指出，租房的富裕学生人数一直处于迅速上升的趋势。2006年，学生只占LCP租客中的12％；在过去12个月里，这一比例上升至34％。

报告显示，伦敦的新租客中，金融从业人员的数量在相应减少，下滑至31％，屈居第二；法律和会计专业人士的比例紧随其后，占11％。LCP发现，那些居住在顶级房产的伦敦学生，平均每年支付租金28,886英镑。

LCP指出，该公司的学生租客中有约30％来自西欧；中国学生仅占6％，但是他们的队伍正在扩大。

LCP的首席执行官Naomi Heaton说：“伦敦如同磁铁一般，正吸引着那些追求一流教育和高质量住宿的富裕学生，因为家长都热衷于将自己的孩子安置在最好的、最安全的住处。”

Naomi Heaton又说，在过去的一年里，伦敦富裕学生支付的平均月租金为2,405英镑。在LCP的管理组合中，23％的学生都选择租在马里波恩（Marylebone），因为它靠近摄政商学院（Regent's Business School）、皇家音乐学院（Royal Academy of Music）和伦敦时装学院（London Fashion School）。

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Foreign students outnumber finance workers for Central London rentals

Students are now paying an average of £28,886 a year for some of London's top rental properties.

Wealthy foreign students have surpassed finance professionals as the biggest source of new tenancies in prime districts of Central London over the past 12 months, a property agency says.

Chinese students accounted for only a small proportion of these well heeled students, but demand is on the rise, Britain-based property management firm London Central Portfolio (LCP) said.

In a newly released research report that highlights the increasing importance of international students in the Central London rental market, LCP said the numbers of wealthy student renters had been increasing rapidly.
Students comprised just 12 per cent of LCP's tenancies in 2006; now, they represent 34 per cent of tenancy starts in the past 12 months.

There has been a corresponding decrease in the number of new tenants from the finance sector, slipping to second place at 31 per cent. Legal and accountancy professionals follow at 11 per cent, the report shows.
LCP has found that students are now paying an average of £28,886  a year for some of the British capital's top quality rental properties.

Some 30 per cent of the company's student renters came from Western Europe. Chinese students accounted for 6 per cent of LCP's rental portfolio, but their ranks were increasing, the company said.

LCP chief executive Naomi Heaton said: "London has become a magnet to these privately wealthy young adults looking for top quality accommodation to go with their top drawer education, as parents are keen to install their children in the best, most secure homes."

The average rent paid over the past year by such students was £2,405 a month, Heaton said.
Among the student tenants in LCP's managed portfolio, 23 per cent have opted to rent in Marylebone, with its proximity to Regent's Business School, the Royal Academy of Music and London Fashion School.