By Paul Harris From the air, it looks little different from any other exclusive development  in one of Britain’s most  affluent areas. Set in tranquil surroundings, the upmarket crescent of multi-million pound houses in Surrey overlooks an historic swathe of private parkland. Little wonder that couples with the means to pay up to £3.5million for a newly built mansion were keen to put their deposits down when they came up for sale. 'Little Persia': How the six houses in upmarket Kingswood Warren in Surrey could be sealed off from neighbouring homes. The identities of the new buyers are protected by a confidentiality contract
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Six houses in exclusive Kingswood Warren, Surrey bought up by mystery buyers - gazumping prospective owners
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The newcomers are thought to be Arabs with royal connections - but are protected by confidentiality agreement
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They are locked in stalemate with locals after they began building huge fences with barbed wire around houses
But shortly before contracts could be exchanged, mystery @placeholder buyers were allowed to gazump the would-be owners by buying four of the houses for cash.