The Fair Share Report

29 Second St

Closter, NJ 07624

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

≈ $638,438

Likely range $592,340 – $714,084, from 12 comparable Closter sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,135 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

86.08%

The state's official measure of how far Closter assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $638,438 home should be assessed near $549,567.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$869,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $319,433 above what the ratio math suggests (58.1%).

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

$2.071 per $100 assessed

$1.285 Schools · 62% $0.239 County · 12% $0.547 Town · 26%

This home's own bill implies $1.444 per $100 — well off the general rate. That usually means the town revalued since the last bill.

Step 5 · The bill

$12,546/yr
Public schools$7,784
Bergen County$1,448
Town of Closter$3,314
Closter average$19,587

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

Town median 88.4%
This home · 136.1%

66%152%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (98.99%) — roughly $6,615/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
533 HIGH ST2025-02$865,0001,04381.3%
56 HARVEY ST2026-05$730,0001,18469.1%
14 COLUMBUS AVE2026-03$630,0001,12894.9%
19 PINE ST.2026-03$720,00093688.4%
280 KNICKERBOCKER RD2026-03$730,0001,29391.2%
9 HARING ST2025-02$620,0001,18879.8%
449 CLOSTER DOCK RD2025-01$800,0001,44091.2%
351 DURIE AVE2025-06$740,0001,51988.9%
4 LOCKWOOD LANE2026-03$950,0001,36883.0%
15 WELLINGTON AVE2025-04$591,40094092.2%
61 JULIA ST2026-04$810,0001,44093.9%
5 WILLOW RD2025-03$720,0001,59993.0%

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