159 Forest Ave

Step 1 · Market value

Likely range $819,519 – $985,615, from 12 comparable Paramus sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

The state's official measure of how far Paramus assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $884,091 home should be assessed near $824,857.

Step 3 · Assessed value

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $141,857 below what the ratio math suggests (17.2%).

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

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

This home's own bill implies $1.394 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

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

64%114%

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