The Fair Share Report

104 Midway Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08701

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

The numbers support an appeal

Even at the cautious end of the range, this home's ratio clears NJ's Chapter 123 line (60.89%) — roughly $5,559/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $326,252

Likely range $311,733 – $384,966, 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 $326,252 home should be assessed near $172,750.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$387,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $214,650 above what the ratio math suggests (124.3%).

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

$10,034/yr
Public schools$4,699
Ocean County$2,255
Town of Berkeley$3,080
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 118.7%

30%130%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
103 SANDPIPER LN2025-04$327,0001,27856.3%
119 SANDPIPER LN2025-04$310,0001,27845.7%
110 SANDPIPER LN2025-07$340,0001,41858.1%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
72 NARBERTH WAY2026-02$380,0001,356236.6%
72 NARBERTH WAY2025-04$355,0001,356253.2%
138 SPOONBILL HOLLOW2025-05$290,0001,22066.2%
77 CHESTERFIELD LN2025-11$307,0001,36449.8%
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
8 MERRILEE LN2026-04$310,0001,32851.1%
25 CANTERBURY LN2025-03$310,0001,32874.2%
326 JAMAICA BLVD2025-02$379,0001,35637.6%

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