market rent

British

noun

(in Britain) the rent chargeable for accommodation, allowing for the scarcity of that kind of property and the willingness of tenants to pay

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Related: ‘I will soon turn 65’: My son wants to live in my investment property for less than market rent.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

The couple, who moved in this autumn, are described as paying an "open market rent" using levels agreed by independent valuers.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

That’s still lower than current market rent of about $2,000 a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024

They found that hurricanes corresponded to higher eviction filings and eviction threats by inflating market rent the year of and one year after the hurricane.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2023

My tenant pays the market rent of houses to me, and so both parties are benefited.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John

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