The Fair Share Report
286 Valley Rd
Wayne, NJ 07470
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.
This home's full record →Check another house →
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $779,087 – $1,043,089, from 12 comparable Wayne 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 Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $886,411 home should be assessed near $317,512.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $24,912 below what the ratio math suggests (7.8%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wayne home
$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Wayne sale · assessed ÷ market
19%47%
Paying about right
This home's ratio lands inside Wayne's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 LOUISA CT | 2026-04 | $999,000 | 2,637 | 30.0% |
| 134 LAAUWE AVE | 2025-02 | $800,000 | 2,662 | 30.5% |
| 90 BIRCHWOOD TERR | 2026-04 | $977,000 | 2,654 | 28.6% |
| 418 PINES LAKE DR E | 2026-03 | $913,000 | 2,747 | 29.6% |
| 27 BRISTOL PLACE | 2025-07 | $990,000 | 2,609 | 29.4% |
| 55 LEWIS ST | 2025-06 | $799,999 | 2,631 | 25.5% |
| 69 NORMANDY DR | 2025-12 | $710,000 | 2,606 | 35.0% |
| 1666 HAMBURG TPKE | 2025-08 | $480,000 | 2,358 | 53.5% |
| 32 SEARS PLACE | 2025-05 | $840,000 | 2,582 | 31.6% |
| 16 LAWRENCE RD | 2026-05 | $1,280,000 | 2,538 | 23.8% |
| 25 FERN TERR | 2025-08 | $800,000 | 2,887 | 37.8% |
| 97 GREEN KNOLLS DR | 2025-09 | $900,000 | 2,336 | 27.1% |
Is this your house?
Run your own report →