The Fair Share Report

34 Fairview Dr E

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

≈ $1,783,549

Likely range $1,435,251 – $2,071,449, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $1,783,549 home should be assessed near $1,696,512.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,642,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $53,712 below what the ratio math suggests (3.2%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $1.637 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$26,900/yr
Public schools$17,450
Somerset County$4,908
Town of Bernards$4,542
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 92.1%

74%120%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
19 CREST DR2025-05$1,505,0004,17694.6%
36 SENTINEL DR2025-04$1,725,0004,04395.2%
32 INDEPENDENCE DR2026-06$1,850,0004,01191.2%
45 POND HILL RD2025-02$1,300,0003,37898.3%
64 MORGAN LN2025-02$1,535,0004,56995.8%
58 MORGAN LN2026-02$1,495,0004,67596.7%
105 ANNIN RD2026-03$2,400,0004,19373.1%
15 RIVERSIDE DR2025-06$1,851,0004,28194.5%
24 TALMADGE LN2025-06$1,921,0003,51584.2%
21 BRENTWOOD CT2026-01$1,650,0003,816100.8%
1 TARTAN DR2026-05$1,515,0003,34490.9%
23 GALLOPING HILL RD2026-05$2,550,0004,30968.2%

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