The Fair Share Report

19 Georgetown Ct

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $1,140,994

Likely range $1,011,106 – $1,368,181, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,140,994 home should be assessed near $1,085,313.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,016,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $69,313 below what the ratio math suggests (6.4%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.611 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$16,363/yr
Public schools$10,615
Somerset County$2,986
Town of Bernards$2,763
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 89.0%

69%106%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
18 VANDERVEER DR2025-05$1,405,0002,61692.2%
23 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,035,0002,648101.5%
14 HADLEY CT2026-01$950,0002,74692.5%
64 LIBERTY RIDGE RD2026-05$1,220,0002,71091.7%
7 VANDERVEER DR2025-04$1,366,0002,66090.4%
12 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,075,0002,64893.3%
2 PRINCETON CT2025-06$1,100,0002,73194.7%
9 WELLINGTON DR2026-06$1,510,0002,93894.6%
7 WATCHUNG DR2026-06$1,259,0003,02592.8%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
32 HANSOM RD2026-05$1,081,0002,31496.9%
25 LIBERTY RIDGE RD2025-03$1,118,0002,34694.1%

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