The Fair Share Report

14 Crest Dr

Bernards, NJ 07869

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

≈ $544,981

Likely range $477,906 – $804,612, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $544,981 home should be assessed near $518,386.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$699,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $180,814 above what the ratio math suggests (34.9%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.510 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,557/yr
Public schools$6,848
Somerset County$1,926
Town of Bernards$1,782
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 128.3%

80%152%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
77 WOODSTONE RD2026-04$850,0001,61888.4%
317 S FINLEY AVE2026-06$740,3171,45291.4%
180 SOMERVILLE RD2025-03$449,00099.7%
10 COUNTRYSIDE DR2025-05$495,0001,53494.2%
436 MT AIRY RD2026-02$790,0001,41691.8%
87 COUNTRYSIDE DR2025-05$505,0001,55696.3%
63 ASPEN DR2025-06$555,5551,44397.7%
62 ASPEN DR2025-04$592,0001,44385.4%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
110 VILLAGE DR2026-05$554,0001,57887.7%
3 VILLAGE DR2026-05$550,0001,57894.4%
128 SUNSET LN2025-06$875,0001,80490.6%

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