Three distinct housing regions make up Contra Costa County: Richmond's bayshore in the west, the Diablo Valley around Concord and Walnut Creek, and the Delta-edge towns of Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood in the east. Each has its own building era, buyer pool and set of valuation questions.
- Coverage
- Desktop appraisals countywide
- Single-family & condo
- Basic Desktop $299 · Desktop $449
- 2–4 units
- Desktop from $549
- Effective dates
- Current or retrospective
The Contra Costa County housing landscape
On the west side, Richmond, San Pablo and El Cerrito mix older homes, many from the wartime shipyard era, with the hillside houses of Point Richmond and newer townhomes at Marina Bay. Concord, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek are dominated by postwar ranch tracts and condominiums, and Walnut Creek's Rossmoor is a large age-restricted community of co-ops and condominiums. Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood grew through newer subdivisions on former farmland, while Discovery Bay and Bethel Island have waterfront homes on Delta channels. Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda and Danville add larger hillside lots and estate homes.
Cities we frequently appraise
- Antioch
- Concord
- Richmond
Property elsewhere in Contra Costa County? Desktop appraisals cover the entire county — include the address in your request.
Property types
- postwar ranch tracts
- Delta waterfront homes with docks
- newer East County subdivisions
- age-restricted co-ops and condominiums
- Lamorinda hillside homes
- small multifamily buildings in Richmond
Valuation considerations
Richmond's rent control law bears on the value of tenant-occupied units, and Discovery Bay and Bethel Island homes need flood-zone, levee and dock analysis. Lamorinda's hillsides carry landslide and wildfire exposure, and homes near the refineries in Richmond and along the Carquinez Strait can be affected by industrial proximity. Newer East County subdivisions can carry Mello-Roos or other special taxes that need to be weighed against older homes without them.
Is a desktop appraisal the right fit?
Desktop valuation suits estate, trust and divorce work on the central-county ranch homes of Concord and Pleasant Hill and the newer tracts of Antioch, where sales are frequent and records are consistent. Delta waterfront homes, Lamorinda hillside properties with slope or drainage concerns, and Richmond multi-unit buildings of uncertain condition merit an inspection.
Read more about how desktop appraisals work, or compare report types on the pricing page.
Purposes we handle in Contra Costa County
- Date-of-Death Appraisals
- Estate & Trust Appraisals
- Divorce Appraisals
- Bankruptcy Appraisals
- Proposition 19 Appraisals
- Property Tax & Gift Tax Appraisals
- Pre-Purchase Appraisals
- Pre-Sale Appraisals
- Family Transfer Appraisals
- Insurance Dispute Appraisals
- Bail Bond Appraisals
- Expert Witness & Litigation Support
- Appraisal Review & Second Opinions