The Fair Share Report

202 Third Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08731

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

≈ $433,559

Likely range $358,817 – $538,735, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,504 sq ft.

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 $433,559 home should be assessed near $229,569.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$205,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $23,869 below what the ratio math suggests (10.4%).

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

$5,328/yr
Public schools$2,495
Ocean County$1,197
Town of Berkeley$1,635
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 47.4%

30%68%

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
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
7 BRANCHWOOD PL2026-06$610,0001,57845.4%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
14 WINTERTON DR2025-11$435,0001,50936.0%
12 BLUE HERON LANE2025-08$582,9001,56542.7%
18 BLUE HERON LANE2025-05$585,0001,57944.0%
24 BLUE HERON LANE2025-03$565,6001,57945.0%
62 PINTAIL TRACE2025-05$355,0001,48856.3%
106 NARBERTH WAY2025-08$320,0001,50968.3%
10 COLWYN WAY2025-11$495,0001,50938.2%
27 FREDERICK DR2025-10$480,0001,66856.0%
41 WINTERTON DR2026-02$450,0001,50934.2%

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