The Fair Share Report

25 Lee Pl

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

≈ $470,530

Likely range $425,979 – $538,828, 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 $470,530 home should be assessed near $447,568.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$575,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $127,932 above what the ratio math suggests (28.6%).

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 $1.600 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,206/yr
Public schools$5,972
Somerset County$1,680
Town of Bernards$1,554
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 122.3%

80%141%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $2,158/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
506 LYONS RD2026-05$688,3001,64893.1%
117 W OAK ST2025-04$601,0001,29698.8%
81 STONEHOUSE RD2025-05$370,0001,02498.1%
2405 PRIVET WAY2026-02$450,0001,31391.0%
2305 PRIVET WAY2026-01$405,0001,31398.8%
3106 HEMLOCK PL2025-04$405,0001,31399.9%
2206 PRIVET WAY2025-02$465,0001,31396.2%
168 POTOMAC DR2026-06$400,0001,200109.3%
192 POTOMAC DR2026-04$410,0001,200103.9%
48 COMMONWEALTH DR2026-01$457,5001,20099.2%
188 ALEXANDRIA WAY2025-05$446,0001,20098.8%
230 ARROWOOD WAY2026-06$615,0001,35790.1%

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