The Fair Share Report

35 Fairview Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,602,353

Likely range $1,433,020 – $1,747,983, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,602,353 home should be assessed near $493,685.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$420,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $73,285 below what the ratio math suggests (14.8%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$18,796/yr
Public schools$9,819
Union County$4,592
Town of Summit$4,386
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 26.2%

16%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
24 RUSSELL PL2025-02$1,549,0002,63633.0%
10 GARDEN RD2025-03$1,561,0002,44222.6%
154 WOODLAND AVE2026-03$1,616,0002,44428.2%
12 BEEKMAN RD2025-07$2,405,0002,44523.3%
49 OAKLAND PL2025-12$1,852,0002,69130.1%
226 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-06$1,680,0002,61822.4%
110 DIVISION AVE2025-10$1,319,0002,50425.2%
6 LORRAINE RD2026-02$1,999,9992,59328.5%
164 KENT PLACE BLVD2025-01$1,699,0002,64621.8%
4 BEEKMAN RD2026-05$2,000,0002,24222.9%
15 CREST ACRE CT2026-04$1,499,0002,56751.5%
18-18A WALNUT ST2025-03$800,0002,52830.5%

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