The Fair Share Report

261 Latimer 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

≈ $413,004

Likely range $330,895 – $510,046, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $413,004 home should be assessed near $218,686.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$235,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $17,014 above what the ratio math suggests (7.8%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,105/yr
Public schools$2,859
Ocean County$1,372
Town of Berkeley$1,874
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 57.1%

30%77%

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
24 RUTLAND DR2026-04$339,0001,49439.2%
10 SEVILLE PL2026-05$245,0001,53153.0%
253 WESTBROOK DR2025-02$382,4001,51434.1%
12 NELSON CT2026-01$420,0001,58044.4%
145 PORT ROYAL DR2025-04$335,0001,44041.0%
12 LONGPORT AVE2025-11$715,0001,45249.0%
356 RAILROAD AVE2025-10$535,0001,63650.8%
5 KILLINGTON RD2025-11$425,0001,49443.7%
351 WESTERN BLVD2026-04$519,5001,54846.5%
5 RODHOS ST2026-03$425,0001,44049.1%
4 AUBURN RD2025-04$325,0001,5145.5%
29 PHEASANT DR2025-12$515,0001,58853.3%

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