Does Malfoy own the Riddle House?

[kmcbears1]

No: HPFGUIDX 112207

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steven Spencer" 
<terpnurse at q...> wrote:
> womanofdunedain wrote:
> > <i>The wealthy man who owned the Riddle House these days neither
> > lived there nor put it to any use; they said in the village that 
he
> > kept it for 'tax reasons', though nobody was very clear what these
> > might be.</i>
> >
> > I just thought I would throw it up here and see if anyone else
> > agrees.
> >
> >
> 
> Terpnurse:
> It had always been my assumption that The Wealthy Man was Malfoy. 
That 
> would be consistent with his having his financial finger in almost 
> every major pie in the UK WW. Certainly, if he were close enough to 
LV 
> to have possession of his school belongings, why not hold the 
Riddle 
> House in trust for him as well?

Karen adds:
It would also explain why Voldemort treats Malfoy a little 
differently from the rest of the DE's in the circle. 

I wonder if Malfoy's basement/hiding place is where Peter has stored 
all those missing wands.