// concord · contra costa county
Flat 5% per year on covered units (CMC 19.40, effective Apr 19, 2024, amended May 22, 2025). State 8.8% elsewhere. The cap covers multifamily with a certificate of occupancy before Feb 1, 1995 plus rented mobilehomes. Single-family homes, condos and post-1995 buildings are outside the local cap.
// the rulebook
Concord caps rent increases at a flat 5% a year on multifamily buildings with a certificate of occupancy before February 1, 1995, and on rented mobilehomes, under the Residential Tenant Protection Program in effect since April 19, 2024 and amended May 22, 2025. Everything else sits under the state 8.8% limit this year. Just cause runs in three tiers: pre-1995 multifamily gets the cap and just cause; a pre-1995 house or condo gets just cause only if you rent three or more units in Concord; post-1995 units, and owners renting two or fewer houses, are registry only. The registry is the part no owner escapes: every rental unit in the city, every year, at $78 per fully covered unit, $50 partial and $33 registry-only (FY 2025-26). Buildings of four or more units also pay $128 per unit per year in the Multi-Family Rental Inspection Program, or $45 with self-certification. The relocation amount was amended in May 2025; confirm the current figure with the city before serving any no-fault notice. We register every unit on time, hold Monument corridor increases to the 5% line, and keep ranch-era houses in the right tier.
// what owners run into
Rent two houses in Concord and a pre-1995 house is registry only. Rent a third unit and every pre-1995 house or condo you own picks up just cause. Owners who buy a duplex without checking land in a different tier.
Even a post-1995 condo owes $33 a year to the Rent Registry, and a pre-1995 apartment owes $78. Miss the filing and you have a problem before you have a tenant dispute.
Monument corridor complexes of four or more units pay $128 per unit per year under CMC 15.50, or $45 per unit with self-certification. On a 20-unit building the difference is $1,660 a year, so the paperwork is worth doing.
// start here
What your Concord place should rent for, what the rules allow next year, and what we would do first. Written, within one business day.
// services
Priced to the market, screened to a written standard, leased with the notices your city requires.
The cap, the registry, the fee and the notice for your unit, each on its own calendar.
A 24-hour line, licensed vendors, your approval threshold, and the vendor's invoice with nothing added.
// questions
On a multifamily unit with a certificate of occupancy before Feb 1, 1995, or a rented mobilehome, the cap is a flat 5% a year. On a house, condo or post-1995 unit the state limit is 8.8% through Jul 31, 2027, unless the lease carries the AB 1482 exemption notice.
Concord's 5% cap does not. If the house was built before 1995 and you rent three or more units in Concord, local just cause applies. If you rent two or fewer houses, the unit is registry only. The state 8.8% cap applies unless you hold the AB 1482 exemption.
What Concord requires of every rental, including one house, is annual registration in the Rent Registry, at $33 per unit for a registry-only property (FY 2025-26). Confirm current business license requirements with the city.
Typical East Bay management runs 6 to 10% of collected rent plus half to one month's rent for leasing. Concord managers advertise from 7%. Our schedule sits in the typical range, and the full fee table is on our fees page.
// neighborhoods
// who else you will find
Listed so you can compare. Most quote fees by phone; ours are on the fees page.
// next step
A written rental analysis for your property, free, within one business day. No obligation and no sales call unless you ask for one.