// lafayette · contra costa county
State law only: 8.8% for Aug 1, 2026 to Jul 31, 2027 (AB 1482). AB 1482 covers most units older than 15 years. Individually owned single-family homes and condos are exempt with the statutory notice in the lease; homes owned by an LLC with a corporate member, a REIT or a corporation are not.
// the rulebook
Lafayette is state law only: no local cap, no local just cause, no registry, and no city business license for rentals. The ceiling this year is the state 8.8% through July 31, 2027, and a house you own in your own name sits outside it once the lease carries the AB 1482 exemption notice. Two things are on the horizon. Lafayette BART is a transit-oriented-communities station, so expect local tenant rules to arrive by July 2027, and 41 acres of the city sit in a Very High fire zone on the 2025 state map. The cost of ownership here is vacancy. The median rent is $3,441 and a house leases at $5,200, so every week empty is real money, and the tenants are executives and relocation families who expect a finished house and a fast, clean process. Local listing data puts Lafayette days-to-lease at 14 to 21 when a house is priced and presented right. We stage, photograph and list within days of a move-out, screen to a written standard, write the exemption notice into every eligible lease, and keep defensible-space and insurance paperwork current on hillside lots in Burton Valley, Happy Valley and Reliez Valley.
// what owners run into
With 74 to 77% of Lafayette owner-occupied, rentals are scarce and expensive. At $5,200 a month, a house that sits six weeks instead of the 14 to 21 days the market supports has given back most of a year of management fees.
41 acres of Lafayette are in a Very High fire zone on the 2025 state map. Hillside houses in Burton Valley, Happy Valley and Reliez Valley need defensible-space work and an insurance policy that will renew, and tenants cannot be left to handle either.
Lafayette BART is a transit-oriented-communities station, which means the city is expected to adopt tenant rules by Jul 2027. Leases written today should be ready to carry whatever notice the city adopts.
// start here
What your Lafayette 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
There is no local cap. On an AB 1482-covered unit the limit is 8.8% through Jul 31, 2027. On an exempt house there is no cap, but any increase over 10% requires 90 days' notice under AB 1110.
Not if you own the house as an individual and the lease carries the AB 1482 exemption notice. Without the notice, the 8.8% cap and state just cause apply after 12 months. A home held by an LLC with a corporate member, a REIT or a corporation is covered either way.
No. Lafayette does not require a city business license for rentals, and there is no registry or rent review fee. Watch for new local tenant rules tied to the BART transit-oriented-communities designation by Jul 2027.
Typical East Bay management runs 6 to 10% of collected rent plus half to one month's rent for leasing. On a $5,200 Lafayette house, filling it two weeks faster pays for most of a year of that. 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.