The Fair Share Report

2 Cherry Ln

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

≈ $678,655

Likely range $599,452 – $947,973, 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 $678,655 home should be assessed near $645,537.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$866,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $220,663 above what the ratio math suggests (34.2%).

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 $1.604 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$13,892/yr
Public schools$9,012
Somerset County$2,535
Town of Bernards$2,346
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 127.6%

80%150%

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
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
5 VILLAGE DR2025-04$609,5001,86695.4%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%
40 MAPLE RUN2025-02$606,0001,89298.2%
436 MT AIRY RD2026-02$790,0001,41691.8%
77 WOODSTONE RD2026-04$850,0001,61888.4%
4 VAN DORN RD2025-01$920,0002,18496.2%
333 PENNS WAY2026-06$545,0001,78094.1%

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