The Fair Share Report

20 Plain St

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,301,172

Likely range $1,040,606 – $1,689,093, 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 $1,301,172 home should be assessed near $400,891.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$263,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $137,391 below what the ratio math suggests (34.3%).

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

$11,781/yr
Public schools$6,154
Union County$2,878
Town of Summit$2,749
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 20.3%

10%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
9 FAITOUTE COURT2025-07$1,330,0002,03021.9%
24 GATES AVE UNIT A2025-10$1,250,0001,98727.8%
37 PLAIN STREET2026-01$1,715,5552,27921.6%
21 PEARL ST2025-05$700,0002,01230.8%
38 MIELE PL2025-09$1,800,0002,18531.0%
14 EUCLID AVENUE UNIT 1022026-06$1,600,0001,66224.0%
142 MORRIS AVE2025-06$699,0002,07628.9%
149 ASHLAND RD2025-12$999,9991,94535.3%
7 WEBSTER AVE2025-07$1,160,0002,10730.3%
709 SPRINGFIELD AVE UNIT12026-04$1,300,0002,23030.1%
71 BROAD ST2025-10$821,0001,84921.2%
62 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-03$1,325,0001,97823.5%

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