The Fair Share Report

298 Eastern Blvd

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $576,761

Likely range $488,800 – $705,885, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $576,761 home should be assessed near $305,395.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$304,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $795 below what the ratio math suggests (0.3%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,889/yr
Public schools$3,695
Ocean County$1,773
Town of Berkeley$2,422
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 52.8%

30%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
1025 BAYVIEW AVE2025-10$751,0001,93175.8%
519 TRENTON AVE SOUTH2025-08$500,0001,92051.5%
371 VETERANS BLVD2025-06$585,0001,82842.5%
220 EDWARD AVE2026-02$595,0001,99042.3%
50 YARDARM CT2025-09$750,0001,88252.6%
4 BLYTH CT2025-06$445,0001,928103.5%
8 LAUREL LN2025-11$680,0001,85962.1%
14 HEMLOCK LN2026-01$643,8001,81541.4%
3 DRAKE DR2025-09$670,0001,88459.9%
25 LAWRENCE AVE2025-04$560,0001,90451.0%
16 SANDHURST CT2025-09$522,0001,92845.9%
13 SKIMMER LANE2026-03$490,0002,00453.1%

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