The Fair Share Report

22 Cedar St

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $1,357,999

Likely range $1,034,046 – $1,539,214, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,357,999 home should be assessed near $1,291,729.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,223,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $68,029 below what the ratio math suggests (5.3%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.582 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$19,365/yr
Public schools$12,562
Somerset County$3,533
Town of Bernards$3,270
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 90.1%

74%124%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
40 RANKIN AVE2026-06$1,500,0003,16991.3%
27 WOODSTONE RD2026-03$1,370,0002,53281.3%
25 WELLINGTON DR2025-06$1,580,0002,92995.5%
79 DYCKMAN PL2026-05$1,600,0003,03582.9%
55 WASHINGTON AVE2025-01$999,9992,65297.7%
18 HADLEY CT2025-06$1,100,0003,15394.9%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
10 HAMILTON RD2026-04$1,451,0003,14286.1%
12 BEACON CREST DR2026-04$1,665,0003,38589.3%
2 PRINCETON CT2025-06$1,100,0002,73194.7%
14 PHEASANT RUN DR2025-06$1,750,0003,02485.0%
173 W OAK ST2026-03$1,200,0003,68088.5%

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