The Fair Share Report

2 Laurel Ln

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $744,654

Likely range $591,403 – $813,382, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $744,654 home should be assessed near $394,294.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$375,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,294 below what the ratio math suggests (4.9%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,713/yr
Public schools$4,549
Ocean County$2,183
Town of Berkeley$2,981
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 50.4%

30%69%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
6 KEY LARGO CT2026-01$675,0002,42548.0%
453 ANDREW AVE2026-04$615,0002,36856.1%
18 FOURTH AVE2026-02$605,0002,55651.0%
10 JEFFERSON AVE2025-05$857,0002,36745.1%
262 GRAND CENTRAL PKWY2025-06$775,0002,28645.5%
126 MANHATTAN AVE2025-10$700,0002,52759.3%
1095 BAYVIEW AVE2025-05$750,0002,47653.5%
452 NORTHERN BLVD2026-01$550,0002,21256.7%
4 SADDLE RIDGE COURT2025-11$700,0002,22650.0%
288 PRINCETON AVE2025-04$720,0002,19246.8%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%

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