The Fair Share Report

24 Symphony Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $676,364

Likely range $580,394 – $990,064, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,808 sq ft.

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 $676,364 home should be assessed near $358,135.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$277,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $81,035 below what the ratio math suggests (22.6%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $2.410 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$6,677/yr
Public schools$3,127
Ocean County$1,500
Town of Berkeley$2,049
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 41.0%

23%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
26 BOWSPRIT DR2025-12$1,090,0002,80654.4%
17 JIBSAIL DR2025-10$939,0002,77856.4%
27 BOWSPRIT DR2025-01$995,0002,82260.3%
55 BUTLER AVE2025-03$475,0002,53254.0%
361 EASTERN BLVD2025-05$620,0002,57456.5%
102 SYLVAN LAKE BLVD2025-07$525,0002,54051.1%
5 OVERLOOK CT2025-10$760,0003,00348.1%
38 SYMPHONY AVE2026-03$485,0002,53253.1%
163 SYLVAN LAKE BLVD2025-01$485,0002,53251.6%
48 TIMBERLINE RD2025-04$595,0002,86766.2%
142 BUTLER BLVD2025-04$555,0002,40843.4%
267 CYPRESS DR2025-08$1,151,5002,41848.4%

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