The Fair Share Report

36 Bridle Path

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $707,926

Likely range $642,119 – $759,370, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,424 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $707,926 home should be assessed near $374,847.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$359,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $15,547 below what the ratio math suggests (4.1%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,306/yr
Public schools$4,358
Ocean County$2,091
Town of Berkeley$2,856
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 50.8%

30%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
1095 BAYVIEW AVE2025-05$750,0002,47653.5%
4 GOLDENROD AVE2025-08$620,0002,42455.6%
4 BRIDLE PATH2025-08$719,9002,46547.8%
6 KEY LARGO CT2026-01$675,0002,42548.0%
10 JEFFERSON AVE2025-05$857,0002,36745.1%
18 FOURTH AVE2026-02$605,0002,55651.0%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
5 MELINDA CT.2025-12$712,0002,46958.4%
148 MANHATTAN AVE2025-07$758,0002,68050.3%
184 FIFTH AVE2025-08$705,0002,29547.4%
70 BRIDLE PATH2025-06$689,0002,20145.9%

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