The Fair Share Report

28 Second St

Highlands, NJ 07732

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

≈ $944,072

Likely range $799,145 – $1,023,504, from 12 comparable Highlands sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,083 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

98.82%

The state's official measure of how far Highlands assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $944,072 home should be assessed near $932,932.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$983,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $50,368 above what the ratio math suggests (5.4%).

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

$1.709 per $100 assessed

$0.700 Schools · 41% $0.196 County · 11% $0.813 Town · 48%

This home's own bill implies $1.518 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$14,925/yr
Public schools$6,113
Monmouth County$1,712
Town of Highlands$7,100
Highlands average$8,981

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

Town median 99.8%
This home · 104.2%

76%128%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Highlands'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
72 FOURTH STREET2026-01$1,100,0002,31068.8%
14 LIGHTHOUSE POINT ROAD2026-06$1,637,0002,28086.2%
1 SEA BIRD LANE2025-01$990,0002,394100.0%
121 MARINA BAY COURT2025-06$695,0001,92099.9%
3 HALF MOON COURT2025-06$1,250,0002,758100.9%
207 MARINA DR UNIT 42026-04$765,0001,99467.4%
14 SEADRIFT AVENUE2026-04$920,0001,56081.5%
10 CENTRAL AVENUE2025-05$910,0001,85299.3%
25 MILLER STREET2025-04$793,0001,42289.1%
103 SHORE DRIVE2026-03$901,0002,34679.4%
24 LIGHTHOUSE POINT ROAD2026-04$1,200,0003,17696.8%
85 SEADRIFT AVENUE2025-02$604,9991,79697.6%

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