The Fair Share Report

11 Cedar St

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

≈ $654,485

Likely range $552,654 – $876,214, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,805 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 $654,485 home should be assessed near $622,546.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,295,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $673,254 above what the ratio math suggests (108.1%).

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 $1.597 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$20,688/yr
Public schools$13,420
Somerset County$3,775
Town of Bernards$3,493
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 198.0%

80%240%

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 $11,358/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%
436 MT AIRY RD2026-02$790,0001,41691.8%
77 WOODSTONE RD2026-04$850,0001,61888.4%
333 PENNS WAY2026-06$545,0001,78094.1%
333 PENNS WAY2025-02$535,0001,78095.8%
60 WOODWARD LN2026-06$535,0001,76489.5%
229 ENGLISH PL2025-01$531,0001,76493.9%

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