The Fair Share Report

149 Douglas Rd

Bernards, NJ 07931

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

≈ $627,093

Likely range $567,020 – $757,574, 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 $627,093 home should be assessed near $596,491.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$917,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $321,009 above what the ratio math suggests (53.8%).

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 $1.555 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$14,267/yr
Public schools$9,255
Somerset County$2,603
Town of Bernards$2,409
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 146.3%

80%167%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $5,415/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
40 MAPLE RUN2025-02$606,0001,89298.2%
5 VILLAGE DR2025-04$609,5001,86695.4%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%
1 BRADFORD LN2026-04$900,0001,99482.0%
35 ROBERTS CIR2026-04$727,0002,02286.0%
333 PENNS WAY2026-06$545,0001,78094.1%
333 PENNS WAY2025-02$535,0001,78095.8%
60 WOODWARD LN2026-06$535,0001,76489.5%
229 ENGLISH PL2025-01$531,0001,76493.9%
3 FAIRBANKS LN2025-02$695,0002,09690.3%
14 BRADFORD LN2026-04$935,0002,10888.5%

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