sitting tenant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It says buy-to-let properties should be eligible for 100% capital gains tax relief if sold to a sitting tenant who has lived there for three years.
From BBC
Buying a property with a sitting tenant and paying them to live there sounds like an odd investment, but the practice has been around in France since the 9th Century - and bizarrely it's getting more popular.
From BBC
For we’ve still got something of a tangle in English law about what makes a sitting tenant.
From Forbes
A sitting tenant being one that you can’t just turf out because you want to have the place back or anything.
From Forbes
After this period the houses will be sold and the sitting tenant will have first right of refusal.
From The Guardian
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