The Fair Share Report

29 Pine Ave

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $818,865

Likely range $750,549 – $1,049,267, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,624 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $818,865 home should be assessed near $493,121.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$513,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $20,779 above what the ratio math suggests (4.2%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,583/yr
Public schools$7,313
Morris County$1,799
Town of Madison$2,472
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 62.8%

41%77%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
8 PINE TREE TER2025-06$735,0001,65171.4%
210 CENTRAL AVE2026-01$775,0001,61263.9%
59 ALBRIGHT CIR2025-12$675,0001,55281.1%
55 VALLEY RD2025-05$1,110,0001,71850.1%
51 ALBRIGHT CIR2026-05$1,300,0001,73242.2%
2 LEIGH DR2026-05$800,0001,73165.0%
14 SAYRE CT2025-07$730,0001,69065.6%
63 SAMSON AVE2026-05$1,110,0001,44849.0%
25 STATION RD2025-08$900,0001,49260.9%
35 ROSEMONT AVE2025-02$835,0001,65652.1%
27 HOYT ST2025-03$881,0001,38452.5%
8 LORRAINE RD2025-12$775,0001,67471.1%

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