The Fair Share Report

138 Atlantic Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08758

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

≈ $685,164

Likely range $545,749 – $738,640, 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 $685,164 home should be assessed near $362,794.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$352,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $10,594 below what the ratio math suggests (2.9%).

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

$9,122/yr
Public schools$4,272
Ocean County$2,050
Town of Berkeley$2,800
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 51.4%

30%70%

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
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
256 ELIZABETH AVE2025-09$759,9002,19049.3%
4 CONOR CT2026-03$670,0002,16647.1%
1071 BAYVIEW AVE2025-06$1,100,0001,84453.8%
13 SKIMMER LANE2026-03$490,0002,00453.1%
14 OSPREY LANE2025-07$540,0002,00455.3%
6 OSPREY LANE2025-06$520,0002,00449.6%
1 OSPREY LANE2025-04$660,0002,00445.2%
96 BEACH DR2025-10$810,0002,09743.8%
421 PRINCETON AVE2025-05$675,0002,30449.4%
369 HAYES AVE2026-01$775,0002,38147.7%
365 HOPEDALE DR SE2026-04$740,0002,22344.8%

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