The Fair Share Report

28 Grenada Pl

Montclair, NJ 07042

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Montclair's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $1,011,366

Likely range $691,802 – $1,311,816, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,011,366 home should be assessed near $568,995.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$338,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $230,195 below what the ratio math suggests (40.5%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,912/yr
Public schools$6,840
Essex County$1,948
Town of Montclair$3,124
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 33.5%

20%70%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
6 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-06$755,0001,68044.4%
7 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-07$1,225,0001,65431.4%
31 GRENADA PLACE2025-06$900,0001,65450.9%
110 ESSEX AVENUE2025-07$1,210,0001,69848.1%
10 GRAHAM TERRACE2025-05$970,0001,61836.3%
29 NORWOOD AVENUE2026-05$999,9991,64757.6%
218 GROVE STREET2025-06$990,0001,75855.0%
32 DODD STREET2026-02$1,340,0001,57443.9%
42 CAROLIN ROAD2026-05$1,320,0001,76448.9%
27 NASSAU ROAD2025-06$1,000,0001,79657.2%
5 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-01$610,0001,82957.5%
601 UP. MOUNTAIN AVENUE2025-02$1,110,7991,81251.4%

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