The Fair Share Report

263 First Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $330,326

Likely range $302,609 – $381,233, 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 $330,326 home should be assessed near $174,908.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$130,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $44,908 below what the ratio math suggests (25.7%).

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

$3,367/yr
Public schools$1,577
Ocean County$757
Town of Berkeley$1,034
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 39.4%

29%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
545 HOPEDALE DR SW2025-08$531,0001,25442.1%
119 SANDPIPER LN2025-04$310,0001,27845.7%
103 SANDPIPER LN2025-04$327,0001,27856.3%
202 THIRD AVE2026-05$435,0001,50447.3%
138 SPOONBILL HOLLOW2025-05$290,0001,22066.2%
257 SANDLEWOOD DR2026-03$740,0001,24848.6%
110 SANDPIPER LN2025-07$340,0001,41858.1%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
72 NARBERTH WAY2026-02$380,0001,356236.6%
72 NARBERTH WAY2025-04$355,0001,356253.2%
24 INNSBRUCK DR2025-08$410,0001,26443.5%
1 ALBONITO DR2025-12$250,0001,32850.0%

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