A fee is collected on initial home sales and on the resale of all Ranch homes to fund an important Community Services Organization called RanchLife. RanchLife is unique to Rancho Mission Viejo and each of its Villages in that it funds a full calendar of Ranch-resident recreational and educational programs (e.g., fitness classes, happy hours and personal enrichment classes), community-wide events (e.g., holiday festivities, celebrations, and concerts), Ranch resident-led clubs, a community-wide web portal and mobile app, and program collaboration with various Ranch partners.

In addition, all Rancho Mission Viejo homeowners pay a monthly master homeowners association fee through the Rancho Mission Viejo Master Maintenance Corporation or Rancho MMC. Rancho MMC funds the management and maintenance of Rancho Mission Viejo’s many community recreational amenities and facilities as well as all the community farms, parks, common area landscaping, hardscape, lighting, community trails, and monumentation as well as related staffing and administration.

Based on builder neighborhood, additional fees may be assessed for other purposes including attached-home sub-associations for exterior building maintenance, private streets/parking and common area landscaping or “special benefit areas” which could include the maintenance of slopes, private streets and alley areas, gated neighborhoods, and more.

Yes. Community Facilities Districts (CFDs) or Mello-Roos taxes supplement property taxes to fund new schools and other public facilities, and improvements to meet the needs of the area’s growing population.

Total property taxes including Mello-Roos:

The overall total annual property tax rate paid by new Rienda homeowners within this CFD is approximately 1.8% of the base home prices for owners of homes in the 55+ Gavilán® neighborhoods and approximately 2% of the base home price for most other Rienda homeowners. (Base home prices do not include any home upgrades, lot premiums, and/or view premiums.) This total annual property tax rate will include the 1.0% base per Prop. 13 PLUS any existing government-issued bonds PLUS CFD taxes and all other property tax assessments. The, CFD taxes are a component of the overall annual property tax rate, which is expected not to exceed 1.8% for 55+ neighborhoods or 2% for all other neighborhoods at Rienda. Rancho Mission Viejo will always refer homebuyers to the individual sales offices for more detailed information and quotes based on the purchase price of the home being conserved.

Rienda neighborhood homebuilders are required to disclose to homebuyers their maximum CFD taxes prior to purchase.

HOA fees vary by neighborhood, which range from $250 to $1,000.