The Fair Share Report
31 Berta Pl
Bernards, NJ 07920
The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.
This home's payments are about right
It sits inside Bernards's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $1,017,615 – $1,449,401, from 12 comparable Bernards 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 Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,195,538 home should be assessed near $1,137,196.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $197,704 above what the ratio math suggests (17.4%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bernards home
$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%
This home's own bill implies $1.601 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Bernards sale · assessed ÷ market
80%137%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 CROSS RD | 2025-01 | $1,075,000 | 3,072 | 98.0% |
| 180 SOMERVILLE RD | 2025-03 | $449,000 | — | 99.7% |
| 6 DOGWOOD WAY | 2026-01 | $925,000 | 2,950 | 81.6% |
| 134 SPENCER RD | 2026-05 | $1,100,000 | 2,582 | 85.8% |
| 18 VAN DORN RD | 2025-06 | $980,000 | 2,888 | 100.2% |
| 36 DEBRA LN | 2026-05 | $1,302,000 | 3,241 | 77.8% |
| 1273 MT AIRY RD | 2025-04 | $970,000 | 2,756 | 95.8% |
| 40 RANKIN AVE | 2026-06 | $1,500,000 | 3,169 | 91.3% |
| 56 TUXFORD TER | 2026-06 | $1,125,000 | 2,807 | 97.5% |
| 47 FIELDSTONE DR | 2025-04 | $1,355,000 | 2,436 | 85.2% |
| 257 LYONS RD | 2025-02 | $925,000 | 2,600 | 97.8% |
| 20 MANCHESTER DR | 2025-06 | $1,036,033 | 2,790 | 94.3% |
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