The Fair Share Report

339 Methodist Rd

Downe, NJ 08345

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

≈ $208,000

Likely range $105,000 – $259,000, from 7 comparable Downe sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

78.40%

The state's official measure of how far Downe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $208,000 home should be assessed near $163,072.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$149,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $13,672 below what the ratio math suggests (8.4%).

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

$2.931 per $100 assessed

$1.454 Schools · 50% $1.070 County · 37% $0.407 Town · 14%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,751/yr
Public schools$2,357
Cumberland County$1,734
Town of Downe$660
Downe average$4,274

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

Town median 67.3%
This home · 71.8%

31%148%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Downe'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
211 MAPLE ST2025-11$259,00029.0%
18 VASSAR AVE2026-02$273,00050.8%
467-469 HICKMAN AVE2025-12$208,00068.5%
615 OLD BEAVER DAM RD2025-01$105,0001,110150.1%
12 BUDNEY AVE2025-01$75,000151.2%
506 CHURCH ST2025-03$195,00083.7%
919 UNION ST2026-04$125,000106.3%

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