The Fair Share Report

168 First Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $423,592

Likely range $376,468 – $484,852, 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 $423,592 home should be assessed near $224,292.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$183,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $40,892 below what the ratio math suggests (18.2%).

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

$4,750/yr
Public schools$2,225
Ocean County$1,067
Town of Berkeley$1,458
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 43.3%

30%68%

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
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
185 PRINCE CHARLES DR2026-03$419,9001,50945.0%
20 ABERGELE DR2025-07$438,0001,50942.6%
355 JAMAICA BLVD2026-04$425,0001,50936.1%
170 CHESTERFIELD LN2026-01$395,0001,50246.7%
116 CHESTERFIELD LN2025-01$350,0001,50251.9%
60 CANTERBURY LN2025-08$385,0001,50948.4%
71 WINTERTON DR2026-05$329,9001,50245.0%
28 COHANSEY DR2026-04$477,0001,50931.4%
93 SANDPIPER DR2025-03$450,0001,51643.8%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
12 BLUE HERON LANE2025-08$582,9001,56542.7%

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