The Fair Share Report

336 Briar Patch

Mountainside, NJ 07092

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

≈ $857,282

Likely range $768,797 – $946,037, from 12 comparable Mountainside sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.29%

The state's official measure of how far Mountainside assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $857,282 home should be assessed near $611,156.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$551,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,356 below what the ratio math suggests (9.7%).

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

$2.099 per $100 assessed

$1.023 Schools · 49% $0.482 County · 23% $0.594 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,588/yr
Public schools$5,648
Union County$2,661
Town of Mountainside$3,279
Mountainside average$13,303

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

Town median 68.2%
This home · 64.4%

48%87%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mountainside'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
1458 DEER PATH2025-08$749,0002,05573.1%
1209 WYOMING DRIVE2025-07$910,0002,20070.5%
1104 SYLVAN LANE2026-02$856,0002,00261.8%
1098 SUNNY SLOPE DRIVE2026-05$775,0001,99968.2%
355 ACKERMAN AVENUE2026-02$685,0002,09079.3%
1249 DEERFIELD COURT2025-01$792,0002,16064.9%
373 UPLAND ROAD2026-04$945,6001,85757.2%
367 GREENBRIER COURT2026-01$920,0002,30362.1%
1381 OUTLOOK DRIVE2025-06$1,150,0002,39056.2%
330 TANAGER WAY2025-07$975,0002,61967.0%
383 SUMMIT ROAD2025-05$970,0002,23262.2%
1406 ORCHARD ROAD2025-03$1,125,0002,26953.4%

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