I wish my flat in London was mine, but I will get there eventually,” says Katie Wilson, 37. She’s one of a new breed of London “rentlords” who rent in the capital while letting out a property elsewhere in the country. The two-bedroom flat Wilson owns is in her hometown of Nottingham, while she lives in Victoria Park, Hackney. “It’s worked for me because it’s an investment for my future.”
Before buying in Mapperley, Nottingham, Wilson had been looking at moving to Margate or shared ownership options in London.
