The Fair Share Report

28 William St

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,344,905

Likely range $655,633 – $1,648,099, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,344,905 home should be assessed near $414,365.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$229,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $185,365 below what the ratio math suggests (44.7%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,239/yr
Public schools$5,348
Union County$2,501
Town of Summit$2,389
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 17.0%

8%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
40 ORCHARD STREET2025-02$618,0001.1%
51 TULIP ST2025-07$1,460,0001,64823.6%
71 BROAD ST2025-10$821,0001,84921.2%
16 FAIRVIEW AVE2026-05$1,415,0001,53624.3%
42 PARKVIEW TERR2025-05$1,650,0001,72224.4%
4 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$871,5001,85026.3%
133 MORRIS AVE2026-05$615,0001,56423.9%
16 EDISON DR2025-11$1,368,0001,78730.6%
147 CANOE BROOK PKWY2025-11$1,700,0002,02121.5%
8 JOHN ST2025-04$470,0001,59736.1%
77 TULIP ST2025-11$875,0001,49633.3%
47 PARKVIEW TERR2025-09$1,925,0001,98027.9%

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