The Fair Share Report

12 Margate Ave

Upper, NJ 08302

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

≈ $471,040

Likely range $328,597 – $613,724, from 12 comparable Upper sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.65%

The state's official measure of how far Upper assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $471,040 home should be assessed near $266,844.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$207,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,844 below what the ratio math suggests (22.4%).

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

$2.303 per $100 assessed

$1.649 Schools · 72% $0.331 County · 14% $0.323 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,001/yr
Public schools$3,581
Cape May County$719
Town of Upper$701
Upper average$6,686

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

Town median 55.3%
This home · 43.9%

28%79%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Upper'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
14 TOWNSEND RD2026-02$275,0001,70669.7%
31 SEAVIEW AVE2025-04$535,0001,66451.5%
30 E WILLARD AVE2026-01$2,500,0001,50732.0%
15 SEAVIEW AVE2025-07$540,0001,88243.1%
29 STANHOPE RD2025-08$330,0001,57867.7%
2090 RT 502025-10$270,0001,74469.2%
14 ROBERTS AVE2025-02$350,0001,77653.6%
17 E GOLDEN OAK LA2026-02$842,5002,20252.2%
14 LYNDHURST RD2026-04$515,0001,99244.2%
1731 RT US 9 SO #952025-01$515,0001,84854.0%
151 READING AVE2025-05$305,0001,72857.8%
727 RT 502025-06$470,0002,03953.0%

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