The Fair Share Report

2 Surrey Rd

Summit, NJ 07901

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

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

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $3,476,486

Likely range $3,014,611 – $4,325,006, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $3,476,486 home should be assessed near $1,071,105.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,085,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $14,795 above what the ratio math suggests (1.4%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$48,551/yr
Public schools$25,361
Union County$11,861
Town of Summit$11,328
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 31.2%

16%41%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
10 TEMPLAR WAY2025-08$2,700,0004,92427.5%
115 BEECHWOOD RD2025-11$3,175,0004,79826.2%
115 BEECHWOOD RD2025-06$3,200,0004,79826.0%
74 WHITTREDGE RD2025-08$4,000,0004,51324.6%
121 WHITTREDGE RD2025-03$4,350,0005,06329.6%
12 CEDRIC RD2026-01$2,800,0004,56725.2%
231 OAK RIDGE AVE2025-07$3,150,0004,86627.5%
58 PROSPECT HILL AVE2025-11$3,780,0004,27528.4%
30 WILDWOOD LANE2026-01$3,250,0004,39134.5%
60 LENOX RD2025-07$3,400,0004,20726.6%
57 PROSPECT HILL AVE2025-09$4,600,0004,88526.5%
100 LARNED RD2025-11$3,200,0003,82121.5%

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