The Fair Share Report

10 Argyle Rd

Montclair, NJ 07043

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

≈ $1,010,852

Likely range $603,841 – $1,266,341, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,010,852 home should be assessed near $568,705.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$573,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $4,795 above what the ratio math suggests (0.8%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

This home's own bill implies $3.472 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$19,914/yr
Public schools$11,435
Essex County$3,257
Town of Montclair$5,222
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 56.7%

33%100%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
4 STONEHENGE ROAD2025-05$999,0001,91755.9%
43 ALEXANDER AVENUE2025-02$700,0002,04160.5%
38 NISHUANE ROAD2025-06$805,0001,96747.3%
166 LINCOLN STREET2025-09$707,5001,92049.1%
14 WARD PLACE2025-10$685,0002,10051.1%
5 CANTERBURY DRIVE2026-04$1,025,0001,90837.2%
8 AMHERST PLACE2025-07$1,100,0002,18459.2%
20 COLUMBUS AVENUE2026-06$1,200,0001,98552.2%
138 ALEXANDER AVENUE2026-03$1,450,0002,19243.9%
398 GROVE STREET2026-05$1,353,0002,09249.9%
5 KENNETH ROAD2025-07$999,9992,07760.9%
9 EMERSON PLACE2025-04$1,200,0001,91350.5%

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