Daniel Radcliffe buys £4 million home in New York

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has purchased a new home in New York - a townhouse in Manhattan's West Village worth almost £4 million.

The 21-year-old actor also owns a £3 million loft in fashionable Mercer Street and a £3.5-million flat on Morton Street in the TriBeCa area, reports the Daily Express.

The Britain's wealthiest young star, owning a net worth of £45.6million, had already rented out the Mercer Street loft and according to friends, intends to do the same with his latest acquisition.

According to Sotheby's Inter­national Realty, which brokered the West Village sale, the property is on "one of New York's most picturesque tree-lined, landmark cobblestone blocks".

The five-bedroom, 3,000 sq ft town house, built in 1847 and listed as a conservation building, could be rented out for £5,000 a week when fully furnished, said experts.

Radcliffe already lets the Mercer Street loft for £3,000 a week and may also rent out his TriBeCa home on a short lease when he breaks off from his Broadway production to promote Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which premieres in London on July 7, a week before its worldwide release.

"Daniel's property portfolio shows wise investment sense," said Media analyst Mike Raia.