The Fair Share Report

152 Berkeley Cir

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $984,734

Likely range $825,360 – $1,071,034, 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 $984,734 home should be assessed near $936,679.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,112,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $175,321 above what the ratio math suggests (18.7%).

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 $1.544 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$17,165/yr
Public schools$11,135
Somerset County$3,132
Town of Bernards$2,898
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 112.9%

80%140%

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 $2,958/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
115 BERKELEY CIR2026-05$1,275,0002,45488.6%
101 WEXFORD WAY2026-06$1,024,0002,51690.8%
9 PALMERSTON PL2025-04$1,100,0002,590107.2%
81 ATLAS RD2026-05$1,230,0002,45590.1%
16 RIGGS CT2026-05$850,0002,18982.5%
31 ROBERTS CIR2025-04$725,0002,18992.5%
29 ROBERTS CIR2025-03$735,0002,18995.0%
4 VAN DORN RD2025-01$920,0002,18496.2%
312 GRIST MILL DR2025-03$1,025,0002,59695.3%
11 N VOORHEES DR2025-06$1,094,4452,31595.7%
257 LYONS RD2025-02$925,0002,60097.8%
3 FAIRBANKS LN2025-02$695,0002,09690.3%

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