The Fair Share Report

2 E Middlesex Ave

Harvey Cedars, NJ 07974

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

≈ $3,003,631

Likely range $2,515,699 – $3,173,204, from 12 comparable Harvey Cedars sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.42%

The state's official measure of how far Harvey Cedars assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $3,003,631 home should be assessed near $1,574,503.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,066,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $508,403 below what the ratio math suggests (32.3%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Harvey Cedars home

$1.112 per $100 assessed

$0.253 Schools · 23% $0.541 County · 49% $0.317 Town · 29%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,855/yr
Public schools$2,700
Ocean County$5,773
Town of Harvey Cedars$3,383
Harvey Cedars average$12,503

This home vs. every recent Harvey Cedars sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 46.1%
This home · 35.5%

28%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Harvey Cedars'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 E BURLINGTON AVE2025-08$3,000,0002,55541.1%
9B W BERGEN AVE2025-05$2,615,0002,58057.4%
8312 BAY TERRACE2025-07$3,225,0002,76847.0%
73 CEDARS AVE2025-12$3,400,0002,79247.0%
6501 HOLLY AVE2025-04$2,300,0002,26739.3%
8 E 72ND ST2025-04$2,900,0003,17558.6%
9 WILLIAM ST2026-05$2,680,0002,14434.2%
12-A E ESSEX AVE2025-09$2,700,0001,87075.4%
8302 BAY TERRACE2026-05$2,146,0002,52064.9%
1 E MIDDLESEX AVE2025-12$1,975,0003,20237.9%
7-A E 70TH ST2026-03$3,800,0002,77850.0%
44 W 80TH ST2025-01$2,870,00046.1%

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