The Fair Share Report

124 Demarest Ave

Closter, NJ 07624

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

≈ $1,207,267

Likely range $931,605 – $1,365,447, from 12 comparable Closter sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

86.08%

The state's official measure of how far Closter assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,207,267 home should be assessed near $1,039,215.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,003,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $36,215 below what the ratio math suggests (3.5%).

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

$2.071 per $100 assessed

$1.285 Schools · 62% $0.239 County · 12% $0.547 Town · 26%

This home's own bill implies $1.814 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$18,194/yr
Public schools$11,289
Bergen County$2,100
Town of Closter$4,806
Closter average$19,587

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

Town median 88.4%
This home · 83.1%

66%113%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Closter'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
19 KINKAID2025-03$1,310,0002,41472.0%
62 DEMAREST AVE2026-05$1,100,0002,29173.5%
384 BLANCH AVE2026-03$1,149,0002,90276.5%
418 HIGH ST2025-02$740,0002,470106.2%
31 MAYCOCK CT2026-05$1,370,0002,65070.4%
15 FOURTH ST2025-01$1,558,0003,18584.3%
8 ALPINE DR2026-05$1,599,0003,25986.6%
343 DEMAREST AVE2026-01$1,071,0002,64190.6%
32 RUTGERS ST2026-04$1,780,0002,88477.0%
47 SUSAN DR2026-05$1,460,0002,76276.9%
325 HIGH ST2026-05$999,0003,48896.9%
55 CARLSON CT2026-01$925,0001,92083.0%

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