The Fair Share Report

36 Cedar St

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

≈ $1,160,670

Likely range $994,813 – $1,241,949, 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 $1,160,670 home should be assessed near $1,104,029.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,222,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $118,871 above what the ratio math suggests (10.8%).

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 $1.571 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$19,211/yr
Public schools$12,462
Somerset County$3,505
Town of Bernards$3,244
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 105.4%

80%128%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Bernards, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (100.00%).

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
18 VAN DORN RD2025-06$980,0002,888100.2%
56 TUXFORD TER2026-06$1,125,0002,80797.5%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
1273 MT AIRY RD2025-04$970,0002,75695.8%
20 MANCHESTER DR2025-06$1,036,0332,79094.3%
9 PALMERSTON PL2025-04$1,100,0002,590107.2%
10 LAFAYETTE LN2025-02$999,0003,39099.6%
115 BERKELEY CIR2026-05$1,275,0002,45488.6%
101 WEXFORD WAY2026-06$1,024,0002,51690.8%
312 GRIST MILL DR2025-03$1,025,0002,59695.3%
257 LYONS RD2025-02$925,0002,60097.8%
70 SPRING HOUSE LN2025-04$1,540,0003,22793.1%

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