{"id":794184,"date":"2026-02-28T06:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/794184\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:26:16","slug":"rayes-property-portfolio-from-south-london-council-estate-to-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/794184\/","title":{"rendered":"Raye’s property portfolio \u2014 from south London council estate to LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Homes<\/p>\n

Brit-school graduate turned multi-award-winning powerhouse Raye<\/a> is rewriting the pop rulebook but her property roots are grounded in south London. <\/p>\n

The Prada singer, who dreamed big in Croydon<\/a>, now divides her time between the capital and Los Angeles<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Currently in the midst of a 40-date headline tour, which includes several nights at The 02, she is getting used to life on the road again. <\/p>\n

However, there is no place like home and her London and Los Angeles residences are cosy sanctuaries for life off the tour bus.<\/p>\n

A south London girl at heart<\/p>\n

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Raye has spoken about hanging out on Croydon High Street as a teen<\/p>\n

Daniel Lynch<\/p>\n

Raye, aka Rachel Keen, lived on a council estate in Pollards Hill, south London until she was around seven when her parents moved from Croydon to Purley. <\/p>\n

In an interview with Time Out<\/a>, she said: \u201cThere\u2019s an unspoken thing about the energy in south [London]…I would spend a lot of time up and down Croydon High Street: Primark at one end, McDonald\u2019s in the middle. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d sneak out at like three in the morning to meet my friends and smoke a cigarette, for no reason at all. I was dreaming while walking on those grey pavements, you know what I mean?\u201d <\/p>\n

Hence why, when it came to buying her own place, she did not stray too far. The Where is my Husband? singer invested in a period home in Streatham<\/a> Hill with two of her three sisters. <\/p>\n

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Houses in Streatham<\/p>\n

Daniel Lynch<\/p>\n

The occasional glimpse of the space shows plenty of vintage posters, including Fellini’s film classic La Dolce Vita and a Louis Armstrong show advert. <\/p>\n

The centre-piece of her living room is unsurprisingly a piano, and the book shelves are lined with records. <\/p>\n

The home also features Herringbone floors, a beautiful original fireplace and rather fabulous pink walls in the dining room. <\/p>\n

Snapping up a home stateside<\/p>\n

As much as she is loyal to her London roots, Raye spends a significant amount of time in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

Her global breakthrough has been matched by a decisive move on the property front, with the Grammy-winning singer reportedly investing in a vast LA mansion in 2024. <\/p>\n

The contemporary home, which is thought to have cost in the region of \u00a32 million, is in one of the city\u2019s most exclusive celebrity enclaves. <\/p>\n

As well as six bedrooms, it has panoramic views, expansive open-plan living spaces and resort-style outdoor areas designed for entertaining, including a huge pool.<\/p>\n

When Raye viewed the property, the interiors were quirky to say the least. Murals of Frankenstein and Gandalf and the wizard from Lord of the Rings lined the walls. <\/p>\n

However, apparently, that was part of the charm and sealed the deal for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brit-school graduate turned multi-award-winning powerhouse Raye is rewriting the pop rulebook but her property roots are grounded in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,15512,393,4884,257,21658,556,26925,24658,16,15],"class_list":["post-794184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-croydon","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-london-property-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-raye","tag-streatham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116146837128658801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}