The Fair Share Report

17 High St

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,841,560

Likely range $1,429,008 – $2,201,212, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,841,560 home should be assessed near $567,385.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$580,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $13,515 above what the ratio math suggests (2.4%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

This home's own bill implies $3.848 per $100 — well off the general rate. That usually means the town revalued since the last bill.

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$22,355/yr
Public schools$11,678
Union County$5,461
Town of Summit$5,216
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 31.5%

16%46%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
72 COLT RD2025-02$2,250,0002,80736.5%
284 KENT PLACE BLVD2025-06$2,000,0003,07024.8%
238 WOODLAND AVE2025-07$1,150,0002,59832.4%
36 DALE DR2026-03$1,100,0002,52937.8%
29 DRUID HILL RD2025-10$1,999,9992,46029.8%
1 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-03$2,500,0002,73623.8%
8 DUNNDER DR2026-04$2,325,0002,78820.4%
16 LITTLE WOLF RD2026-02$1,900,0002,73123.6%
14 JOANNA WAY2026-03$1,950,0002,61724.7%
25 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-04$1,600,0002,80032.0%
35 BLACKBURN PL2025-05$2,000,0002,65622.6%
50 PORTLAND RD2025-04$2,175,0002,70527.6%

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