The Fair Share Report

116 Spencer Rd

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

≈ $1,471,143

Likely range $1,316,271 – $1,766,502, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $1,471,143 home should be assessed near $1,399,351.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,547,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $147,849 above what the ratio math suggests (10.6%).

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 $1.622 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$25,090/yr
Public schools$16,276
Somerset County$4,578
Town of Bernards$4,236
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 105.2%

80%123%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
12 WAYNE TER2026-05$1,375,0004,023104.0%
173 W OAK ST2026-03$1,200,0003,68088.5%
28 LAFAYETTE LN2026-04$1,360,0003,62291.5%
19 CREST DR2025-05$1,505,0004,17694.6%
36 DEBRA LN2026-05$1,302,0003,24177.8%
59 MANOR DR2026-05$1,550,9993,52785.5%
209 LAKE RD2026-05$1,350,0003,61783.3%
39 MELBOURNE WAY2025-01$1,285,0004,607104.3%
24 TALMADGE LN2025-06$1,921,0003,51584.2%
10 LAFAYETTE LN2025-02$999,0003,39099.6%
21 BRENTWOOD CT2026-01$1,650,0003,816100.8%
32 INDEPENDENCE DR2026-06$1,850,0004,01191.2%

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