Will people 'rent to buy' to avoid losing money if prices fall?

[tinyterrace]

Just wondering....if people have to move and would lose more money than they would save, might they just hold onto their houses and rent them out instead? Asking because a relative said people might start doing this which wasn't so much of an option in the nineties when interest rates went mad (few buy to let mortgages).

I have heard of a few people doing this and moving to campervans/ boats etc.
People who are totally priced out of the local rental market by airbnbs etc, but need to stay local for work / school.

That’s certainly our plan, we’re going to upsize, so it all could work out nicely. If there is a bit of a drop in house prices less deposit to save because I always like to put down a minimum of 25% and then will just hold onto the houses that we have until the optimum time to sell.