The Fair Share Report

112 Springbrook Tr

Sparta, NJ 07871

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

≈ $635,730

Likely range $537,395 – $1,257,693, from 12 comparable Sparta sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

59.82%

The state's official measure of how far Sparta assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $635,730 home should be assessed near $380,294.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$303,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $76,594 below what the ratio math suggests (20.1%).

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

$3.667 per $100 assessed

$2.362 Schools · 64% $0.624 County · 17% $0.681 Town · 19%

This home's own bill implies $3.586 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,890/yr
Public schools$7,014
Sussex County$1,853
Town of Sparta$2,022
Sparta average$13,693

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

Town median 52.4%
This home · 47.8%

19%74%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sparta'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
97 EAST SHORE TRL2025-07$552,0001,60247.2%
42 MAPLE PKWY2025-07$1,465,0001,94645.1%
82 MAPLE PKWY2025-09$1,380,0001,78939.3%
23 EAST SHORE TRL2025-12$485,0001,53253.5%
10 HILLTOP TRL2026-04$620,0001,66841.8%
4 ARROWHEAD TRL2026-04$1,235,0001,95548.4%
97 SPRINGBROOK TRL2026-03$485,0001,56850.6%
22 MAPLE PKWY2026-06$2,135,0002,28734.6%
35 SUMMIT TRL2025-12$435,0001,92265.3%
137 HILLSIDE RD2025-09$505,0001,68846.9%
88 STANHOPE RD2026-03$480,0001,98847.2%
4 SUMMIT TRL2026-05$405,0001,87163.9%

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