The Fair Share Report

216 Eighth Ave

Belmar, NJ 07302

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only based on the average 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 Belmar's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $3,153,478

Likely range $2,698,323 – $4,173,347, from 12 comparable Belmar sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

55.41%

The state's official measure of how far Belmar assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $3,153,478 home should be assessed near $1,747,342.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,264,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $483,242 below what the ratio math suggests (27.7%).

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

$1.570 per $100 assessed

$0.599 Schools · 38% $0.350 County · 22% $0.620 Town · 40%

Step 5 · The bill

$19,846/yr
Public schools$7,577
Monmouth County$4,427
Town of Belmar$7,842
Belmar average$9,368

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

Town median 48.8%
This home · 40.1%

25%69%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
1403 OCEAN AVE2025-01$3,650,0004,36251.4%
102 SEVENTH AVE2025-12$2,625,0004,02239.2%
304 EIGHTH AVE2025-07$2,865,0004,99047.1%
110 FOURTH AVE2025-05$2,120,0003,46256.1%
301 OCEAN AVE2025-11$3,400,0003,12943.7%
704 FIFTEENTH AVE2026-05$1,525,0002,35843.8%
1225 OAKWOOD RD2025-08$1,200,0002,72949.1%
216 FOURTH AVE2025-10$1,500,00043.3%
612 SIXTEENTH AVE2025-07$1,400,0003,39044.1%
110 FIFTH AVE2025-04$2,049,9992,63962.0%
1803 SURF AVE2025-12$2,399,0002,96436.1%
212 TENTH AVE2025-07$1,410,0002,52050.1%

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