The Fair Share Report

10 Clark Ct

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

≈ $944,279

Likely range $896,091 – $1,111,228, 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 $944,279 home should be assessed near $898,198.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$776,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $122,098 below what the ratio math suggests (13.6%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $1.418 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,004/yr
Public schools$7,138
Somerset County$2,008
Town of Bernards$1,858
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 82.2%

64%105%

Keep quiet and enjoy it

This home's assessment ratio sits below the Bernards pack — the frozen assessment is treating it kindly. It pays less than a fresh look would charge.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
32 HANSOM RD2026-05$1,081,0002,31496.9%
25 LIBERTY RIDGE RD2025-03$1,118,0002,34694.1%
34 GEORGETOWN CT2025-05$993,0002,50595.7%
18 VANDERVEER DR2025-05$1,405,0002,61692.2%
50 PATRIOT HILL DR2025-02$863,6522,49997.4%
9 HARTLEY LN2026-05$925,0002,10797.4%
7 VANDERVEER DR2025-04$1,366,0002,66090.4%
23 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,035,0002,648101.5%
12 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,075,0002,64893.3%
266 PATRIOT HILL DR2026-05$915,0002,11294.0%
16 RIGGS CT2026-05$850,0002,18982.5%
31 ROBERTS CIR2025-04$725,0002,18992.5%

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