The Fair Share Report

284 Springfield Ave

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

≈ $1,538,662

Likely range $1,254,723 – $2,048,836, 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 $1,538,662 home should be assessed near $474,062.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$362,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $111,662 below what the ratio math suggests (23.6%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $4.402 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

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

$15,953/yr
Public schools$8,333
Union County$3,897
Town of Summit$3,722
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 23.6%

12%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
109 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-12$1,825,0002,42920.3%
28 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-07$1,300,0002,46822.2%
34 OAKLEY AVE2025-06$1,800,0002,42825.9%
9 HAWTHORNE PL2025-09$1,350,0002,08034.8%
88 BEEKMAN RD2026-03$1,999,9992,40821.6%
15 HAWTHORNE PL2025-07$2,400,0002,27624.3%
22 BEDFORD RD2025-12$1,750,0002,32022.2%
50 BELLEVUE AVE2025-12$2,000,0002,42224.3%
14 CHAPEL ST2025-06$1,150,0001,88520.8%
15 CREST ACRE CT2026-04$1,499,0002,56751.5%
25 LOCUST DR2025-08$1,525,0002,73827.8%
69 ASHWOOD AVE2025-05$880,0002,37227.8%

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