Over three months on from the Renters’ Rights Act – which scrapped Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions and moved tenancies onto a rolling, periodic basis – it’s worth looking back at what renting looked like just before the change.
Among tenancies that ended in the year before the Act took effect, most renters left by choice: 63% moved because they wanted to, and 17% simply reached the end of a fixed-term agreement. But 14% were asked to leave by their landlord or agent – the kind of ending that’s no longer permitted without a valid ground.
Service matters when a tenancy ends, too: 18% of renters who left because they wanted to move said they were dissatisfied with their landlord or agent’s service after giving notice.
A smaller share left for other reasons – 12% by mutual agreement, and just 3% specifically because of rent increases. With those routes now closed or reshaped, landlords are leaning more than ever on agents to explain what’s changed and manage the process well – good service at the point of a tenancy ending matters more than it ever has. Source: Dataloft by PriceHubble, English Housing Survey 2024-25: private rented sector, pre-Renters’ Rights Act overview, published May 2026.