The Fair Share Report

17 Clairidge Ct

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $1,455,482

Likely range $1,364,174 – $1,617,500, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,455,482 home should be assessed near $818,854.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$688,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $130,354 below what the ratio math suggests (15.9%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$24,208/yr
Public schools$13,901
Essex County$3,959
Town of Montclair$6,348
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 47.3%

33%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
6 HIGHMONT TERRACE2025-01$1,450,0002,35452.7%
58 CAMBRIDGE ROAD2026-01$1,410,0002,35548.3%
35 PORTER PLACE2025-07$1,525,0002,43047.2%
30 WELLESLEY ROAD2026-05$1,500,0002,20048.0%
42 FRANKLIN PLACE2025-11$1,050,0002,38245.2%
153 WILLOWDALE AVENUE2025-07$700,0002,21744.4%
217 PARK STREET2025-03$1,426,3702,29140.1%
9 BELLAIRE DRIVE2025-04$1,302,7502,18844.6%
3 GLENRIDGE PARKWAY2025-05$1,573,9002,51241.2%
17 MENDL TERRACE2026-05$1,581,0002,33042.5%
182 WILDWOOD AVENUE2025-03$1,660,0002,18643.0%
105 MONTCLAIR AVENUE2025-05$2,100,0002,52136.3%

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