The Fair Share Report

31 Ruby Ln

East Hanover, NJ 07936

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

≈ $734,334

Likely range $524,187 – $873,648, from 12 comparable East Hanover sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

51.41%

The state's official measure of how far East Hanover assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $734,334 home should be assessed near $377,521.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$254,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $122,821 below what the ratio math suggests (32.5%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every East Hanover home

$2.651 per $100 assessed

$1.391 Schools · 52% $0.398 County · 15% $0.863 Town · 33%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,755/yr
Public schools$3,543
Morris County$1,014
Town of East Hanover$2,198
East Hanover average$9,467

This home vs. every recent East Hanover sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 42.6%
This home · 34.7%

24%65%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside East Hanover'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
60 PRESTON AVE2025-07$870,0002,04441.1%
40 GRANT AVE2025-12$808,0001,72839.7%
12 ROOSEVELT AVE2025-10$570,0001,99654.3%
175 CASTLE RIDGE DR2026-04$610,0002,13243.8%
137 CASTLE RIDGE DR2026-01$550,0002,13248.6%
3 QUEENS BRIDGE DR2025-01$610,5062,13244.9%
125 MT PLEASANT AVE2026-04$843,0002,31343.5%
16 WINDSOR WAY2025-01$650,0002,15959.6%
21 SMITHFIELD RD2025-05$1,310,0002,11230.8%
7 ANITA DR2025-06$999,9002,18437.9%
16 FOX RUN DR2025-02$870,0002,15944.5%
9 DIXON PL2025-09$600,0002,12854.5%

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