The Fair Share Report

236 Third Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $649,092

Likely range $554,862 – $953,482, 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 $649,092 home should be assessed near $343,694.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$284,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,094 below what the ratio math suggests (17.2%).

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

$7,371/yr
Public schools$3,452
Ocean County$1,656
Town of Berkeley$2,263
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 43.8%

24%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
234 SECOND AVE2025-12$589,0002,04948.4%
28 DOLPHIN CIRCLE WEST2025-06$580,0002,08448.4%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
419 SECOND AVE2026-06$600,0002,37441.1%
206 ROANOKE AVE2026-02$995,0002,31942.3%
414 THIRD AVE2026-06$620,0002,41440.2%
12 BRIDLE PATH2025-09$715,0002,20148.4%
96 BRIDLE PATH2025-09$700,0002,27649.9%
70 BRIDLE PATH2025-06$689,0002,20145.9%
184 FIFTH AVE2025-08$705,0002,29547.4%
240 FERNWOOD DR2025-09$1,049,0002,42050.3%
100 TWENTIETH AVE2025-04$982,5001,94552.2%

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