The Fair Share Report

119 Surf Dr

Berkeley, NJ 08752

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

≈ $943,056

Likely range $661,838 – $1,243,323, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $943,056 home should be assessed near $499,348.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$627,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $128,052 above what the ratio math suggests (25.6%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$16,250/yr
Public schools$7,610
Ocean County$3,651
Town of Berkeley$4,988
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 66.5%

30%100%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
1533 BAY VIEW AVE2025-11$1,365,0002,43642.4%
240 FERNWOOD DR2025-09$1,049,0002,42050.3%
5 OVERLOOK CT2025-10$760,0003,00348.1%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
206 ROANOKE AVE2026-02$995,0002,31942.3%
361 EASTERN BLVD2025-05$620,0002,57456.5%
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
414 THIRD AVE2026-06$620,0002,41440.2%
419 SECOND AVE2026-06$600,0002,37441.1%
24 SYMPHONY AVE2026-01$440,0002,80863.0%
27 BOWSPRIT DR2025-01$995,0002,82260.3%
17 JIBSAIL DR2025-10$939,0002,77856.4%

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