The Fair Share Report

11 Sears Pl

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $928,723

Likely range $668,650 – $1,202,757, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $928,723 home should be assessed near $522,500.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$323,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $199,100 below what the ratio math suggests (38.1%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,371/yr
Public schools$6,529
Essex County$1,860
Town of Montclair$2,982
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 34.8%

21%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
10 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-05$970,0001,61836.3%
32 DODD STREET2026-02$1,340,0001,57443.9%
7 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-07$1,225,0001,65431.4%
7 FRANKLIN AVENUE2025-12$605,0001,55650.7%
7 FRANKLIN AVENUE2025-05$500,0001,55661.3%
31 GRENADA PLACE2025-06$900,0001,65450.9%
197 GROVE STREET2025-09$901,0001,56055.0%
6 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-06$755,0001,68044.4%
29 NORWOOD AVENUE2026-05$999,9991,64757.6%
379 ORANGE ROAD2025-07$600,0001,62060.6%
110 ESSEX AVENUE2025-07$1,210,0001,69848.1%
10 KENNETH ROAD2025-08$1,050,0001,71653.6%

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