The Fair Share Report

10 Colonial Dr

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

≈ $1,305,616

Likely range $1,110,800 – $1,550,976, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,250 sq ft.

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 $1,305,616 home should be assessed near $1,241,902.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,459,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $217,198 above what the ratio math suggests (17.5%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $1.598 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$23,318/yr
Public schools$15,126
Somerset County$4,255
Town of Bernards$3,937
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 111.8%

80%137%

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
36 DEBRA LN2026-05$1,302,0003,24177.8%
10 LAFAYETTE LN2025-02$999,0003,39099.6%
18 VAN DORN RD2025-06$980,0002,888100.2%
200 WOODS END2025-05$1,675,0003,29091.2%
33 BRITTANY PL2025-06$1,450,0003,16893.9%
12 WAYNE TER2026-05$1,375,0004,023104.0%
70 SPRING HOUSE LN2025-04$1,540,0003,22793.1%
59 MANOR DR2026-05$1,550,9993,52785.5%
1273 MT AIRY RD2025-04$970,0002,75695.8%
173 W OAK ST2026-03$1,200,0003,68088.5%
56 TUXFORD TER2026-06$1,125,0002,80797.5%
28 LAFAYETTE LN2026-04$1,360,0003,62291.5%

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