What the king & queen of buy-to-let can tell us about UK house prices

John Stepek MoneyWeek 03/09/2010 12:49

Buy to let: 'absolutely dead'

Buy to let: 'absolutely dead'

Fergus and Judith Wilson, a couple of maths teachers from Kent, became the unlikely pin-ups of the buy-to-let industry during the property boom years.

In an interview at the weekend with The Guardian, the pair discussed their decision to retire. Retiring seems a bit of a premature description. They still have to offload their properties – all 700-odd – before they're free of the landlord business.

We'll ignore that for the moment. The Wilsons' story is fascinating for all sorts of reasons. But what's most useful to us is what their tale tells us about the crash of 2008, and about how the property market managed to rebound so strongly last year.

Most importantly, it shows why any respite for the market can only be temporary...

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