The Fair Share Report

14 Thistle Dr

Paramus, NJ 07652

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

≈ $874,458

Likely range $757,428 – $960,988, from 12 comparable Paramus sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

93.30%

The state's official measure of how far Paramus assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $874,458 home should be assessed near $815,869.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$823,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,031 above what the ratio math suggests (1.0%).

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

$1.499 per $100 assessed

$0.709 Schools · 47% $0.241 County · 16% $0.549 Town · 37%

This home's own bill implies $1.473 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$12,136/yr
Public schools$5,740
Bergen County$1,951
Town of Paramus$4,445
Paramus average$13,058

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

Town median 89.0%
This home · 94.2%

65%114%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Paramus'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
118 SCARLET OAK LANE2025-02$918,0002,308100.2%
16 MULBERRY COURT2025-02$975,0002,30894.4%
656 SEAGULL DRIVE2025-02$982,0002,20287.7%
828 HIGHLAND AVE2025-01$825,0002,282110.0%
577 FOREST AVENUE2025-05$800,0001,754102.0%
206 COOMBS DRIVE2025-03$1,235,0002,55689.0%
132 WHITEPINE COURT2025-05$980,0002,600102.5%
349 BULLARD AVE.2025-02$1,600,0002,73182.2%
779 DECKER PLACE2026-02$935,0001,88479.3%
276 TAFT CT2025-01$880,0002,11893.3%
S 70 PARAMUS RD.2026-04$790,0002,36487.0%
418 BAILEY ROAD2025-03$1,514,0002,85679.4%

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