The Fair Share Report

36 Ardale Rd

Paramus, NJ 07652

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

≈ $911,933

Likely range $842,748 – $1,000,465, from 12 comparable Paramus sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

93.30%

The state's official measure of how far Paramus assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $911,933 home should be assessed near $850,833.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$695,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $155,633 below what the ratio math suggests (18.3%).

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

$1.499 per $100 assessed

$0.709 Schools · 47% $0.241 County · 16% $0.549 Town · 37%

This home's own bill implies $1.419 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,866/yr
Public schools$4,667
Bergen County$1,586
Town of Paramus$3,614
Paramus average$13,058

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

Town median 89.0%
This home · 76.2%

64%114%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Paramus'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
W 38 RIDGEWOOD AVE2026-05$900,0002,01586.1%
394 BURLINGTON RD.2026-06$900,0001,91879.4%
603 FOREST AVENUE2025-03$940,0001,97696.6%
W 232 MIDLAND AVENUE2026-04$910,0002,21689.8%
206 HARWOOD PLACE2026-04$1,300,0001,93062.7%
718 LAFAYETTE ST.2025-01$960,0001,87694.5%
127 VILLAGE CIRCLE E2026-04$1,058,0001,94563.3%
174 PARAMUS ROAD2026-02$999,9992,365102.5%
81 ALDEN ROAD2025-04$901,0001,86580.6%
230 BOGERT PLACE2025-06$950,0001,80082.4%
196 MIDWOOD ROAD2025-05$915,0001,784112.1%
E 244 WASHINGTON PL2025-02$710,0001,753233.4%

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