The Fair Share Report

10 Ocean Ave

Berkeley, NJ 07649

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

≈ $615,751

Likely range $502,326 – $768,650, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $615,751 home should be assessed near $326,040.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$756,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $429,960 above what the ratio math suggests (131.9%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$19,580/yr
Public schools$9,170
Ocean County$4,400
Town of Berkeley$6,010
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 122.8%

30%156%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (60.89%) — roughly $11,136/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
535 EASTERN BLVD2025-12$580,0001,97646.8%
4 BRANCHWOOD PL2026-05$640,0001,89051.8%
13 SKIMMER LANE2026-03$490,0002,00453.1%
14 OSPREY LANE2025-07$540,0002,00455.3%
6 OSPREY LANE2025-06$520,0002,00449.6%
1 OSPREY LANE2025-04$660,0002,00445.2%
25 LAWRENCE AVE2025-04$560,0001,90451.0%
100 TWENTIETH AVE2025-04$982,5001,94552.2%
11 OAKENGATES DR2025-06$419,9001,82648.0%
220 EDWARD AVE2026-02$595,0001,99042.3%
50 YARDARM CT2025-09$750,0001,88252.6%
96 BEACH DR2025-10$810,0002,09743.8%

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