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Renters' Rights Act: 79% of Landlords Now Run Rolling Tenancies Only, 90% Skip Solicitor Review

Lendlord.io platform data show 79% of sampled landlords with a current tenant now run rolling tenancies only. Another 5.7% run both types, so 84.7% hold at least one rolling agreement. Fixed-term agreements were the default before the Renters' Rights Act. A separate Lendlord.io survey found 90% of surveyed landlords used their most recent tenancy agreement without a solicitor reviewing it.

Lendlord data insights · Renters' Rights Act tenancy paperwork

Platform dataThe live book, today

Rolling is already the default, not just the trend

This analysis covers a sample of Lendlord's live UK book: 5,235 landlords who had at least one current tenant at the snapshot. Between them they hold 15,622 tenancies, about three each. Every share, split and chart below is a percentage of that sample.

79%
run rolling tenancies onlyGroup 1 · share of sampled landlords
5.7%
run both rolling and fixed tenanciesGroup 2 · share of sampled landlords
14.5%
run fixed tenancies onlyGroup 3 · share of sampled landlords

Every sampled landlord sits in one of three groups.

The live book, split three ways

79% run rolling tenancies only14.5% run fixed tenancies only
5.7% run both rolling and fixed tenancies
84.7% run at least one rolling tenancy (groups 1 + 2)
  • 79% run rolling tenancies only
  • 5.7% run both rolling and fixed tenancies
  • 14.5% run fixed tenancies only
  • 0.8% no tenancy type recorded

79% + 5.7% + 14.5% = 99.2% of the sample, and the last 0.8% have no tenancy type recorded. The bracket under the bar is groups 1 and 2 added together: 84.7% run at least one rolling tenancy. Add groups 2 and 3 instead and 20.2% run at least one fixed tenancy.

Tenancies in the sample
15,622
Rolling
86.1%
Fixed
12.3%
Not recorded
1.6%

Platform snapshot 6 Sep 2026 · Sample: 5,235 landlords with a current tenant · 15,622 tenancies in that sample · Survey fielded 8 to 14 Sep 2026 · Source: Lendlord.io production records + Lendlord.io landlord survey

Key findings, platform data

  1. Platform data

    Lendlord.io platform data: 79% of sampled landlords with a current tenant run rolling tenancies only, and another 5.7% run both types

  2. Platform data

    Lendlord.io platform data: 86.1% of the tenancies in that sample are already rolling

  3. Platform data

    Lendlord.io platform data: only 14.5% of sampled landlords still run a fixed-only book

Key shares
Sample of 5,235 landlords with a current tenant, drawn from active UK landlords on the platform. Rolling only 79%, both types 5.7%, fixed only 14.5%, not recorded 0.8%.
Caveat, source
A sample of the live book, not the full UK market. Shares can overlap for "at least one" metrics. Source: Lendlord.io production, snapshot 6 Sep 2026.

Two datasets, one story

What changed, and what didn't

Lendlord.io platform data show the law change worked exactly as intended: landlords stopped issuing fixed-term tenancies almost as soon as the rules required it. A Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords shows the paperwork underneath that shift didn't keep pace. Read together, the two datasets say the same thing from different angles: the format changed fast, the legal certainty behind it did not.

79%
of sampled landlords with a current tenant now run rolling tenancies only, with another 5.7% running both typesLendlord.io platform data
90%
of surveyed landlords used their most recent tenancy agreement without a solicitor reviewing itLendlord.io survey of UK landlords

Platform dataThe fixed-term cliff

Fixed-term share, indexed to the October 2025 peak

Lendlord.io platform data: October 2025 fixed-term share (31.3%) is set to 100. By August 2026 the index sits at 2.9, an absolute share of 0.9%. The shaded band marks the period after the Renters' Rights Act commenced.

Fixed-term share of starts, index (Oct 2025 = 100), Jan 2025 onward

  • Jan 25: 44.4
  • Feb 25: 63.3
  • Mar 25: 45
  • Apr 25: 44.7
  • May 25: 66.8
  • Jun 25: 60.7
  • Jul 25: 73.8
  • Aug 25: 88.5
  • Sep 25: 72.5
  • Oct 25: 100
  • Nov 25: 71.2
  • Dec 25: 68.7
  • Jan 26: 46
  • Feb 26: 37.4
  • Mar 26: 35.5
  • Apr 26: 26.2
  • May 26: 9.3
  • Jun 26: 3.5
  • Jul 26: 12.5
  • Aug 26: 2.9
  • Sep 26: 6.4
  • Shaded: after 1 May 2026.

Index = month fixed share / Oct 2025 fixed share x 100.

Key findings, platform data

  1. Platform data

    Lendlord.io platform data: fixed-term share of new lets fell from an index of 100 in Oct 2025 to 2.9 by Aug 2026

  2. Platform data

    Lendlord.io platform data: from 31.3% to 0.9%, the fixed-term cliff on the platform

Key numbers
Peak 31.3% in Oct 2025 (index 100). Latest full month 0.9% in Aug 2026 (index 2.9). Act commencement 1 May 2026.
Caveat, source
Fixed share = fixed / (rolling + fixed) among live tenancies by start month. Cohort proxy, not a longitudinal flip series. Source: Lendlord.io production, snapshot 6 Sep 2026.

SurveyWhat landlords told us

The paperwork behind the switch

A Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords asked how they got their most recent tenancy agreement, whether a solicitor had reviewed it, and what would make them trust an agreement's legal wording. Figures below are rounded shares of respondents. Raw sample and completion counts are not published here; full methodology is available to press on request.

~90%
had their most recent tenancy agreement with no solicitor review at all.
~45%
got that agreement straight from their letting or managing agent.
~1 in 4
said a solicitor reviewing the agreement is what would make them trust it's legally safe, the single most common answer to that question.

Survey: was the agreement reviewed by a solicitor for this tenancy

  • ~91% no review
  • ~9% yes, original template or this tenancy

Survey: where the most recent agreement came from

  • ~45% letting or managing agent
  • ~23% free download or online template
  • ~8% Lendlord.io's own tenancy agreement tool
  • ~24% paid template, reused AST, or other write-in
Trust the agent's paperwork
~47%
Assume a standard template is fine
~32%
What would build confidence: solicitor review
~26%
Not sure what would help
~19%

Key findings, survey

  1. Survey

    A Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords found around nine in ten used their most recent tenancy agreement without a solicitor reviewing it

  2. Survey

    Almost half, around 45%, got that agreement from their letting or managing agent, and around 47% said they simply trust the agent's paperwork

  3. Survey

    Asked what would make an agreement feel legally safe, around a quarter said a solicitor review, more than any other single answer

In their own words
"If it were approved by a legal, insured entity." "A solicitor checking it." "Reviewed by a solicitor or checked online for what is needed."
Caveat, source
Self-reported. Figures are rounded shares of respondents to a Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords, fielded 8 to 14 Sep 2026. Full sample and completion counts available to press on request.

From the CEO

Aviram Shahar, co-founder and CEO of Lendlord, on what the two datasets mean together. Usable in full or in part with attribution.

Landlords have adapted quickly, with 79% of those in our sample now using rolling agreements exclusively. But moving to a rolling structure is only one part of staying compliant. Landlords also need clear agreements and an understanding of their ongoing obligations.

For landlords managing their tenancies through Lendlord, the rolling structure is applied by default, alongside notifications through our Compliance Hub to support ongoing compliance. Our periodic tenancy agreement, with all 17 clauses reviewed by a solicitor, is also free to generate.

The survey highlights a gap between the agreements landlords use and the reassurance they would like. Around nine in ten respondents had no solicitor review of their agreement, yet this was the most commonly cited way to increase confidence in its wording. It points to a wider need for clarity and confidence for landlords and tenants alike.

Aviram Shahar, co-founder and CEO of LendlordAviram ShaharCo-founder and CEO, Lendlord

Post Renters' Rights Act numbers

Data Insights

  1. Platform

    Lendlord.io platform data show fixed-term tenancy starts collapsing from 31.3% of new lets in October 2025 to 0.9% by August 2026, after the Renters' Rights Act commencement on 1 May 2026.

  2. Platform

    Today, 79% of sampled landlords with a current tenant run rolling tenancies only and 5.7% run both types, while 86.1% of the tenancies in that sample are rolling.

  3. Survey

    A Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords found that around nine in ten used their most recent tenancy agreement without a solicitor ever reviewing it.

  4. Survey

    Around a quarter of landlords surveyed said a solicitor's review is exactly what would make them trust an agreement's legal wording today, more than any other answer.

  5. PlatformSurvey

    Landlords complied with the letter of the law almost overnight. Lendlord.io's survey suggests most did it on paperwork the letter of the law was never checked against.

How this was built, and what it cannot tell you

  • Platform data

    • Sample. 5,235 active UK Lendlord.io landlords with at least one current tenant, and the 15,622 live tenancies they hold (status Actual), snapshot 6 September 2026. Every platform figure on this page is a percentage of that sample, not a headcount.
    • No true flip history. Nothing in the underlying records captures the moment a tenancy changed from fixed to rolling, so the charts are cohort proxies built from start date, not a longitudinal series.
    • Self-reported field. Fixed vs rolling is whatever the landlord entered in Lendlord.io, not a legal determination.
    • Partial period. The most recent month in each series is incomplete.

  • Survey data

    • Population. Lendlord.io users shown the survey automatically in the web app, 8 to 14 September 2026.
    • Self-reported. Solicitor review and agreement source reflect what the respondent believes, not a verified legal check.
    • Rounded, not raw. Every figure above is a rounded share of respondents. Sample size and completion counts are not published on this page and are available to press on request.
    • No personal data. No names, emails, or user identifiers were retained or used in this analysis.

Keep the two sources captioned separately in coverage: Lendlord.io platform data for the tenancy-type figures, a Lendlord.io survey of UK landlords for the paperwork figures. They support each other as a narrative. They are not the same measurement and should never be merged into one statistic.

Where Lendlord sits in this

Fixed-term ASTs are no longer the default, and most of the agreements replacing them have not had a solicitor's eyes on them. Lendlord.io's tenancy agreement generator is free to use and solicitor-backed, producing a Renters' Rights Act periodic agreement landlords can customise and download.

Try the free solicitor-backed tenancy agreement generator