The Fair Share Report

2 Grant Ct

Alpine, NJ 07620

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Alpine's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $5,286,005

Likely range $3,907,640 – $7,505,219, from 12 comparable Alpine sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 8,381 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

96.24%

The state's official measure of how far Alpine assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $5,286,005 home should be assessed near $5,087,251.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$4,390,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $697,251 below what the ratio math suggests (13.7%).

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

$0.837 per $100 assessed

$0.382 Schools · 46% $0.246 County · 29% $0.209 Town · 25%

Step 5 · The bill

$36,744/yr
Public schools$16,770
Bergen County$10,799
Town of Alpine$9,175
Alpine average$23,291

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

Town median 80.1%
This home · 83.0%

47%125%

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
35 TIMBERLINE DRIVE2025-04$4,400,0009,437119.1%
11 MARGO WAY2025-07$4,860,0009,027107.8%
16 DOGWOOD LANE2025-02$7,250,0008,09655.9%
20 SCHAFFER ROAD2025-08$5,000,00012,06195.8%
48 RIO VISTA DRIVE2025-09$17,700,00011,56152.6%
4 DUCK POND ROAD2026-06$7,300,0007,74873.4%
24 TULIP TREE LANE2026-06$4,250,0006,61274.5%
19 ALLISON ROAD2025-11$1,600,0006,988335.9%
11 SHERWOOD COURT2026-03$4,000,0005,36668.1%
9 MARIE MAJOR DRIVE2025-03$3,675,0005,24780.0%
497 HILLSIDE AVENUE2025-04$3,450,0005,47080.1%
11 AUTUMN TERRACE2025-03$8,000,00012,68695.0%

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