The Fair Share Report

259 Berkeley Ave

Newark, NJ 07107

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

≈ $582,440

Likely range $395,477 – $675,922, from 12 comparable Newark sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

40.69%

The state's official measure of how far Newark assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $582,440 home should be assessed near $236,995.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$171,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $65,195 below what the ratio math suggests (27.5%).

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

$3.999 per $100 assessed

$1.162 Schools · 29% $0.519 County · 13% $2.318 Town · 58%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,870/yr
Public schools$1,996
Essex County$892
Town of Newark$3,982
Newark average$7,640

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

Town median 33.7%
This home · 29.5%

18%58%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Newark'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
103 SCHLEY ST2025-09$700,0001,96029.7%
624 S 19TH ST2026-06$665,0002,00020.9%
164 N 7TH ST2025-07$345,0001,96149.8%
35 PALM ST2026-01$450,0002,01625.1%
489-491 N 11TH ST2025-02$765,0002,00622.8%
695 CLIFTON AVE2025-10$650,0001,95637.7%
390 N 6TH ST2025-07$660,0001,85818.6%
285 N 6TH ST2026-05$400,0001,89429.1%
57 COMMONWEALTH AVE2025-04$500,0001,99152.5%
108 DAVENPORT AVE2026-01$615,0001,87524.3%
59 ST FRANCIS ST2026-02$675,0002,01634.7%
88-90 N 10TH ST2026-03$517,0001,95735.7%

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