The Fair Share Report

24 Handler Ct

Montgomery, NJ 08502

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

≈ $1,465,324

Likely range $1,368,723 – $1,607,241, from 12 comparable Montgomery sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.24%

The state's official measure of how far Montgomery assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,465,324 home should be assessed near $824,098.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$765,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $58,798 below what the ratio math suggests (7.1%).

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

$3.437 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 68% $0.583 County · 17% $0.519 Town · 15%

Step 5 · The bill

$26,928/yr
Public schools$18,294
Somerset County$4,568
Town of Montgomery$4,066
Montgomery average$17,440

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

Town median 50.5%
This home · 52.2%

38%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montgomery'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
36 CONCORD LANE2025-09$1,520,0004,39053.3%
28 HANDLER CT2025-07$1,760,0004,74244.7%
144 BELLE GLADES LANE2025-09$1,420,0004,36949.1%
43 ROSEWOOD COURT2026-05$1,450,0004,56248.0%
40 GAITWAY DRIVE2025-01$1,650,0004,41152.5%
87 MEADOW LARK LANE2025-12$1,500,0004,58546.4%
236 BERKLEY AVENUE2025-07$1,530,0004,54242.1%
24 MONTFORT DRIVE2025-08$1,439,0004,14251.5%
161 GRAYSON DRIVE2025-12$1,670,0004,57846.4%
33 WELLINGTON COURT2025-05$1,555,8884,29644.0%
149 BERKLEY AVENUE2025-01$1,138,0004,37658.4%
21 SOUTHERN HILLS DRIVE2025-08$1,737,0004,35942.6%

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