The Fair Share Report

2 Staten Ave

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

≈ $688,199

Likely range $505,925 – $805,145, 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 $688,199 home should be assessed near $364,401.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$341,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $22,801 below what the ratio math suggests (6.3%).

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

$8,847/yr
Public schools$4,144
Ocean County$1,988
Town of Berkeley$2,716
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 49.6%

30%73%

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
40 MORRIS BLVD2025-12$585,0002,37452.0%
254 BUTLER BLVD2025-08$625,0001,96858.4%
99 STATION RD2025-03$2,942,0002,43823.7%
65 NORTH ISLAND RD2025-11$830,0002,28551.4%
68 MALLARD RD2025-03$405,0002,05058.8%
217 NO BAY DR2025-12$635,0001,91057.2%
9 COVE RD W2025-06$699,9002,37653.1%
12 CARLYLE DR2025-07$700,0001,97079.0%
69 MALLARD RD2025-12$470,0001,81457.1%
96 OCEAN AVE2025-02$1,700,0001,60043.0%
26 SWINDON CT2025-05$478,0002,19845.7%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%

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