The Fair Share Report
159 Forest St
Kearny, NJ 07032
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.
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Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $640,956 – $848,400, from 12 comparable Kearny 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 Kearny assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $755,571 home should be assessed near $121,496.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $696 below what the ratio math suggests (0.6%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Kearny home
$5.124 Schools · 47% $1.917 County · 18% $3.806 Town · 35%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Kearny sale · assessed ÷ market
7%24%
Paying about right
This home's ratio lands inside Kearny's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323 DEVON STREET | 2025-05 | $750,000 | 2,432 | 11.8% |
| 206 HIGHLAND AVE | 2026-05 | $875,000 | 2,548 | 14.8% |
| 275 HIGHLAND AVE | 2025-02 | $650,000 | 2,420 | 20.6% |
| 133 RUTHERFORD PL | 2025-12 | $815,000 | 2,582 | 15.0% |
| 16 HILLSIDE AVE | 2025-08 | $910,000 | 2,712 | 13.4% |
| 250 HIGHLAND AVENUE | 2025-11 | $785,000 | 2,172 | 11.6% |
| 163 LAUREL AVE | 2025-06 | $655,000 | 2,363 | 15.8% |
| 62 WILSON AVE | 2025-11 | $810,000 | 2,640 | 16.5% |
| 119 DAVIS AVE | 2025-08 | $830,000 | 2,104 | 12.0% |
| 117 DAVIS AVE | 2025-10 | $735,000 | 2,104 | 12.2% |
| 35 WINDSOR ST | 2025-12 | $615,000 | 1,960 | 13.9% |
| 217 BERGEN AVE | 2025-04 | $485,000 | 1,924 | 17.6% |
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