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  • adjective UK, law Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord

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Examples

  • If the current tenants in a property on the market are on an assured shorthold tenancy, they have no right to lifetime occupation and are also likely to be paying full market rent.

    How does a sitting tenant affect a house purchase? 2011

  • If the current tenants in a property on the market are on an assured shorthold tenancy, they have no right to lifetime occupation and are also likely to be paying full market rent.

    How does a sitting tenant affect a house purchase? 2011

  • However, it is unlikely that a tenant currently renting a property has a protected tenancy if they moved in after 27 February 1997 when assured shorthold tenancies became the norm.

    How does a sitting tenant affect a house purchase? 2011

  • However, it is unlikely that a tenant currently renting a property has a protected tenancy if they moved in after 27 February 1997 when assured shorthold tenancies became the norm.

    How does a sitting tenant affect a house purchase? 2011

  • Having heard rumours that the government is proposing to change the rent level for assured shorthold tenancies, not just in line with inflation, but well above that level, I tabled this question to bring this matter into the open.

    Epolitix News 2010

  • I am also convinced that any increase in the rent level for assured shorthold tenancies should be gradual and not sudden.

    Epolitix News 2010

  • This is an assured shorthold tenancy for three years with fixed rent.

    News round-up 2010

  • Having heard rumours that the government is proposing to change the rent level for assured shorthold tenancies, not just in line with inflation, but well above that level, I tabled this question to bring this matter into the open.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • This is an assured shorthold tenancy for three years with fixed rent.

    News round-up 2010

  • Baroness Gardner of Parkes writes for ePolitix. com ahead of her question on government plans to alter the annual rent limit for assured shorthold tenancies.

    Epolitix News 2010

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