The Fair Share Report
285 Summit 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.
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Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $3,115,758 – $4,431,419, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $3,562,860 home should be assessed near $1,097,717.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $292,583 above what the ratio math suggests (26.7%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Summit home
$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
This home vs. every recent Summit sale · assessed ÷ market
16%50%
A touch high — worth watching
This home's ratio sits above most of Summit, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (35.43%).
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 HOBART RD | 2025-06 | $4,800,000 | 4,846 | 34.1% |
| 45 WOODMERE DR | 2025-03 | $3,550,000 | 4,970 | 22.5% |
| 101 PROSPECT STREET | 2025-04 | $2,835,000 | 5,370 | 29.6% |
| 125 HILL CREST AVE | 2025-10 | $3,325,000 | 4,481 | 29.1% |
| 35 COLT RD | 2025-08 | $3,850,000 | 5,212 | 26.8% |
| 45 VALLEY VIEW AVE | 2025-03 | $3,000,000 | 4,308 | 22.4% |
| 10 BEACON RD | 2025-01 | $2,500,000 | 4,230 | 36.5% |
| 231 OAK RIDGE AVE | 2025-07 | $3,150,000 | 4,866 | 27.5% |
| 181 OAK RIDGE AVE | 2026-02 | $3,499,999 | 4,129 | 29.2% |
| 57 PROSPECT HILL AVE | 2025-09 | $4,600,000 | 4,885 | 26.5% |
| 10 TEMPLAR WAY | 2025-08 | $2,700,000 | 4,924 | 27.5% |
| 3 BRANTWOOD DR | 2025-10 | $2,850,000 | 3,962 | 32.3% |
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