The Fair Share Report

10 Lee Pl

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

≈ $419,565

Likely range $383,988 – $444,695, 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 $419,565 home should be assessed near $399,090.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$469,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $70,310 above what the ratio math suggests (17.6%).

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 $1.641 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$7,702/yr
Public schools$4,996
Somerset County$1,405
Town of Bernards$1,300
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 111.9%

80%128%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $1,186/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
16 LEE PL2025-05$555,00096091.1%
81 STONEHOUSE RD2025-05$370,0001,02498.1%
49 ALEXANDRIA WAY2026-03$403,5001,00090.7%
23 ALEXANDRIA WAY2025-05$375,0001,00096.8%
195 ALEXANDRIA WAY2026-05$415,0001,00089.1%
27 POTOMAC DR2026-05$420,0001,00090.3%
7 POTOMAC DR2026-03$415,0001,00095.2%
103 POTOMAC DR2026-01$450,0001,00086.6%
284 POTOMAC DR2025-06$426,0001,00091.4%
106 JAMESTOWN RD2025-05$385,0001,00099.1%
37 POTOMAC DR2025-01$375,0001,000101.2%
63 COMMONWEALTH DR2025-01$409,0001,00089.5%

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