The Fair Share Report

215 Twenty Second Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08752

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

≈ $375,000

Likely range $318,915 – $431,678, 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 $375,000 home should be assessed near $198,563.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$490,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $291,438 above what the ratio math suggests (146.8%).

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

$12,691/yr
Public schools$5,944
Ocean County$2,852
Town of Berkeley$3,896
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 130.7%

30%159%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (60.89%) — roughly $7,548/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
40 THIRD AVE2025-09$400,0001,25136.4%
119 SHERMAN AVE2025-01$435,0001,20039.2%
117 MILL CREEK RD2025-09$420,0001,28247.9%
273 EVERGREEN DR2026-05$890,0001,26052.6%
23 MALLARD RD2025-04$360,0001,15261.2%
145 SHERMAN AVE2025-08$200,0001,16077.0%
145 SHERMAN AVE2025-04$165,0001,16093.4%
215 LAKEWOOD AVE2026-03$430,0001,22042.7%
43 HARBORAGE AVE2025-09$340,5001,24257.6%
58 PARK AVE2026-06$415,0001,24847.1%
9 FREDERICK DR2025-12$335,0001,30066.3%
31 CEDAR RUN RD2025-01$572,0001,21661.4%

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