The Fair Share Report

1 Hamilton Rd

Bernards, NJ 07920

The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $1,382,967

Likely range $1,212,157 – $1,533,200, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,382,967 home should be assessed near $1,315,478.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,151,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $164,478 below what the ratio math suggests (12.5%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bernards home

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

Step 5 · The bill

$20,167/yr
Public schools$13,082
Somerset County$3,680
Town of Bernards$3,405
Bernards average$14,733

This home vs. every recent Bernards sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 94.1%
This home · 83.2%

70%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
10 HAMILTON RD2026-04$1,451,0003,14286.1%
15 HAMILTON RD2025-05$1,470,0003,35390.0%
25 WELLINGTON DR2025-06$1,580,0002,92995.5%
18 HADLEY CT2025-06$1,100,0003,15394.9%
12 SENTINEL DR2026-04$1,400,0003,408100.7%
9 WELLINGTON DR2026-06$1,510,0002,93894.6%
2 PRINCETON CT2025-06$1,100,0002,73194.7%
7 WATCHUNG DR2026-06$1,259,0003,02592.8%
11 WELLINGTON DR2025-04$1,650,0003,56996.3%
17 BEDFORD DR2026-05$1,650,0003,53991.3%
7 VANDERVEER DR2025-04$1,366,0002,66090.4%
14 HADLEY CT2026-01$950,0002,74692.5%

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