The Fair Share Report
138 Ames St
Hackensack, NJ 07601
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.
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Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $736,040 – $849,631, from 12 comparable Hackensack sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Hackensack assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $777,743 home should be assessed near $580,041.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $81,741 below what the ratio math suggests (14.1%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Hackensack home
$1.457 Schools · 45% $0.291 County · 9% $1.460 Town · 46%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Hackensack sale · assessed ÷ market
49%91%
Paying about right
This home's ratio lands inside Hackensack's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 TAYLOR AVE | 2025-01 | $720,000 | 2,100 | 51.4% |
| 483 PARKER AVE | 2025-10 | $769,000 | 2,258 | 63.5% |
| 140 HOPPER ST. | 2025-01 | $850,000 | 2,388 | 58.1% |
| 413 ESSEX ST | 2025-01 | $900,000 | 2,504 | 54.8% |
| 137 AMES ST. | 2025-09 | $590,000 | 1,956 | 66.9% |
| 174 CLAY ST | 2025-12 | $830,000 | 2,262 | 50.9% |
| 140 DAVIS AVE. | 2026-02 | $675,000 | 1,965 | 61.9% |
| 54 WILLOW AVE | 2025-02 | $775,000 | 1,864 | 73.4% |
| 232-34 WASHINGTON AVE. | 2025-01 | $770,000 | 2,226 | 56.8% |
| 383 HAYNES ST | 2025-10 | $790,000 | 2,022 | 51.8% |
| 137 BYRNE ST | 2026-04 | $750,000 | 1,961 | 57.0% |
| 90 PROSPECT AVE | 2025-09 | $355,000 | 1,812 | 73.9% |
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