The Fair Share Report

157 Scheerer Ave

Newark, NJ 07112

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

≈ $625,496

Likely range $345,562 – $642,199, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $625,496 home should be assessed near $254,514.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$144,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $110,014 below what the ratio math suggests (43.2%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,779/yr
Public schools$1,679
Essex County$750
Town of Newark$3,350
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 23.1%

17%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
601 S 18TH ST2026-03$200,00019.0%
134 LITTLETON AVE2025-10$550,0004.8%
79 S 11TH ST2025-03$573,5001,92351.1%
695 CLIFTON AVE2025-10$650,0001,95637.7%
50 WILLOUGHBY ST2025-07$670,0001,94618.5%
39 BROOKDALE AVE2025-04$400,0001,87242.8%
497 7TH AVE W2026-05$382,0001,91653.1%
108 DAVENPORT AVE2026-01$615,0001,87524.3%
40 PINE GROVE TER2025-09$525,0001,86024.6%
285 N 6TH ST2026-05$400,0001,89429.1%
59 ST FRANCIS ST2026-02$675,0002,01634.7%
267 NEW YORK AVE2026-01$670,0001,86224.9%

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