Last week Newport council decided to lease Tredegar House to the National Trust for 50 years.

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Edelman was even being sued for allegedly defaulting on the lease of a Manhattan town house.

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They can lease registered property, or share a house with a fully qualified person.

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Warner has previously been outspoken over Gold's suggestion that a separate, much smaller venue should be built to house future athletics events, allowing West Ham to lease the Olympic Stadium.

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Or perhaps you could engineer a lease option, whereby a renter can choose to purchase the house after a fixed period if he has the wherewithal?

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The fortunes of the building, located near the White House, brightened recently when the Justice Department agreed to sign a new lease and stay on another 15 years after its lease expires next year.

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Rather than forcing a five-year lease on tenants as most commercial landlords do in Hong Kong, Dotcom House signs deals for as short as one year -- "In case the start-ups aren't around longer, " adds Chan ruefully.

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But Enterprise Inns said the tied house model was working for thousands of publicans, offering a "low cost of entry", as buying a lease was far cheaper than having to purchase the building outright.

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