The Fair Share Report

1 High St

Helmetta, NJ 08512

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

≈ $347,796

Likely range $325,079 – $387,068, from 12 comparable Helmetta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

55.50%

The state's official measure of how far Helmetta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $347,796 home should be assessed near $193,027.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$254,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $61,273 above what the ratio math suggests (31.7%).

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

$3.558 per $100 assessed

$2.120 Schools · 60% $0.601 County · 17% $0.836 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,048/yr
Public schools$5,393
Middlesex County$1,529
Town of Helmetta$2,127
Helmetta average$7,440

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

Town median 46.6%
This home · 73.1%

36%84%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (63.82%) — roughly $2,180/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
45 LAKE AVE2025-09$400,0001,65658.6%
117 MAIN ST2025-05$250,0001,36895.7%
908 MEADOW CT.2026-01$338,0001,19842.4%
23 OLD FORGE ROAD2026-03$311,2501,29666.1%
26 NORTH SHORE BLVD2025-12$367,00089660.2%
1 WASHINGTON AVE.2025-11$427,0001,05646.6%
42 JOHN STREET2026-06$485,0001,46040.1%
38 JOHN ST2025-08$280,0001,07258.3%
1305 STONERIDGE CIR.2026-05$360,0001,19839.8%
312 RAINTREE CT.2026-04$332,0001,19843.2%
1109 STONERIDGE CIR.2025-11$315,0001,19845.5%
303 RAINTREE CT.2025-09$356,0001,19842.4%

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