// fremont · alameda county
No local cap; state 8.8% for Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027. Any increase over 5% in 12 months is subject to city rent review. The Rent Review Ordinance (FMC 9.60) covers all residential rentals including single-family homes. AB 1482 exempts individually owned houses and condos with the notice in the lease, and buildings with a certificate of occupancy within the last 15 years, which includes many of Fremont's newer complexes.
// the rulebook
Fremont has no local rent cap, so the state limit of 8.8% through July 31, 2027 governs, but the city has run a Rent Review Ordinance since January 1, 2018 that reaches every residential rental, single-family homes included. Any increase over 5% in 12 months lets the tenant request review: a consultation first, then a Rent Review Board hearing. You get one increase per year, and a city notice goes to the tenant at move-in and with every increase. Owners of five or more Fremont units pay a $23 per unit rent review fee (FY 2025-26). The business tax certificate is $30 plus $4. Fremont carries the highest rents in the East Bay, a $3,177 median and $4,095 for a house, up 11.5% in a year, which is why the 5% review trigger matters: the market may support more than you can take without a hearing. We price each increase against that line, serve the city notice with every one, and write the AB 1482 exemption notice into every individually owned house and townhome lease. Many of our Fremont owners live out of the area or overseas, and we run the whole property without them in town.
// what owners run into
Fremont rents rose 11.5% in a year, but any increase over 5% in 12 months lets the tenant request a consultation and then a Rent Review Board hearing. One increase per year means the number you pick has to be right the first time.
Fremont has an unusual share of owners who live elsewhere. The city notice at move-in and with every increase, the one-increase-per-year rule and the $30 plus $4 business tax certificate all need someone local to file them on time.
Newer complexes are exempt from AB 1482 until 15 years after their certificate of occupancy. The exemption ends on a date, not a lease renewal, and the lease language has to change when it does. Fremont rent review applies the whole time.
// start here
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// services
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// questions
On an AB 1482-covered unit, up to 8.8% through Jul 31, 2027. On an exempt house or a building under 15 years old there is no cap, but any increase over 10% needs 90 days' notice. In every case, an increase over 5% in 12 months lets the tenant request Fremont rent review, and you get one increase per year.
The state cap does not if you own the house as an individual and the lease carries the AB 1482 exemption notice. Fremont's Rent Review Ordinance does apply: over 5% in 12 months the tenant can request a hearing, and the city notice goes out with every increase.
Fremont issues a business tax certificate at $30 plus $4. Confirm with the city whether a single rental house triggers it. The $23 per unit rent review fee applies only to owners of five or more Fremont units.
Typical East Bay management runs 6 to 10% of collected rent plus half to one month's rent for leasing. On a $4,095 Fremont house, that is a known monthly number against a vacancy that costs the full rent. Our schedule sits in the typical range, and the full fee table is on our fees page.
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