The Fair Share Report

106 Applegate Ave

Monroe, NJ 08831

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

≈ $434,068

Likely range $325,453 – $588,192, from 12 comparable Monroe sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,436 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

53.87%

The state's official measure of how far Monroe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $434,068 home should be assessed near $233,832.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$296,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $62,668 above what the ratio math suggests (26.8%).

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

$2.740 per $100 assessed

$1.535 Schools · 56% $0.608 County · 22% $0.596 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,521/yr
Public schools$4,776
Middlesex County$1,892
Town of Monroe$1,854
Monroe average$9,247

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

Town median 45.0%
This home · 68.3%

22%97%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Monroe'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
201A OLD NASSAU RD2025-02$349,9001,43626.3%
2 NORWOOD AVE2025-09$629,0001,44847.6%
108 APPLEGATE AVENUE2025-06$590,0001,39252.1%
3 NORWOOD AVENUE2025-04$580,0001,41252.7%
56 EVERGREEN TERRACE2026-04$565,0001,44447.2%
231A MARBLEHEAD LA2025-03$350,0001,44623.1%
45 TENTH AVENUE2026-02$580,0001,41651.7%
239A MAYFLOWER WAY2025-12$325,0001,44833.0%
305A STURBRIDGE LANE2025-03$350,0001,44834.3%
172A WARREN ROAD2025-05$325,0001,43437.5%
355C NEW HAVEN WAY2025-12$310,0001,44024.4%
17B CELTIS PLAZA2025-09$425,0001,40634.9%

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