The Fair Share Report

32 Hansom Rd

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $917,286

Likely range $784,073 – $987,951, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,314 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $917,286 home should be assessed near $872,522.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,047,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $175,278 above what the ratio math suggests (20.1%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

Step 5 · The bill

$17,472/yr
Public schools$11,334
Somerset County$3,188
Town of Bernards$2,950
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 114.2%

80%139%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $2,957/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
25 LIBERTY RIDGE RD2025-03$1,118,0002,34694.1%
12 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,075,0002,64893.3%
13 CLARK CT2025-06$677,0001,99896.8%
23 HANSOM RD2026-01$1,035,0002,648101.5%
16 RIGGS CT2026-05$850,0002,18982.5%
31 ROBERTS CIR2025-04$725,0002,18992.5%
29 ROBERTS CIR2025-03$735,0002,18995.0%
18 VANDERVEER DR2025-05$1,405,0002,61692.2%
9 HARTLEY LN2026-05$925,0002,10797.4%
34 GEORGETOWN CT2025-05$993,0002,50595.7%
47 DEXTER DR N2026-06$900,0002,10881.8%
54 DEXTER DR N2025-06$880,0002,10896.4%

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