The Fair Share Report

159 Normandy Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08087

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

≈ $441,630

Likely range $332,772 – $568,263, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $441,630 home should be assessed near $233,843.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$215,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,143 below what the ratio math suggests (7.8%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,587/yr
Public schools$2,616
Ocean County$1,255
Town of Berkeley$1,715
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 48.8%

30%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
304 JAMAICA BLVD2025-07$352,5001,54543.1%
12 BLUE HERON LANE2025-08$582,9001,56542.7%
18 BLUE HERON LANE2025-05$585,0001,57944.0%
24 BLUE HERON LANE2025-03$565,6001,57945.0%
355 JAMAICA BLVD2026-04$425,0001,50936.1%
28 COHANSEY DR2026-04$477,0001,50931.4%
340 JAMAICA BLVD2026-02$270,0001,50957.6%
41 WINTERTON DR2026-02$450,0001,50934.2%
351 JAMAICA BLVD2025-11$399,5001,50941.3%
14 WINTERTON DR2025-11$435,0001,50936.0%
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
71 WINTERTON DR2026-05$329,9001,50245.0%

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