The Fair Share Report

259 E Rd

Middletown, NJ 07718

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

≈ $918,106

Likely range $811,920 – $1,042,719, from 12 comparable Middletown sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

98.35%

The state's official measure of how far Middletown assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $918,106 home should be assessed near $902,957.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$873,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $29,157 below what the ratio math suggests (3.2%).

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

$1.614 per $100 assessed

$0.990 Schools · 61% $0.195 County · 12% $0.429 Town · 27%

This home's own bill implies $1.563 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$13,659/yr
Public schools$8,378
Monmouth County$1,650
Town of Middletown$3,631
Middletown average$11,743

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

Town median 98.7%
This home · 95.2%

78%118%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middletown'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
38 JENNIFER DR2025-06$999,9992,184103.0%
8 TODD DR2026-05$1,179,9002,29281.7%
6 HAWTHORNE RD2025-06$975,0002,25099.2%
12 MONTANA AVE2025-01$595,0002,256113.9%
130 LYNCH RD2025-01$875,0002,352101.5%
54 PEARL ST EAST2025-04$925,0002,09696.2%
19 BRIGHTON AVE2026-06$975,0002,11686.9%
33 PENNYBROOK LANE2025-01$565,0002,08098.0%
34 NEVILLE DR2025-04$885,0002,35099.8%
122 UNIVERSITY DR2026-05$999,9992,430122.9%
43 TANGLEWOOD RD2025-05$878,0002,20896.7%
20 ILLINOIS AVE2025-02$680,0002,196104.1%

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