The Fair Share Report

36 Locker St

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

≈ $411,687

Likely range $368,763 – $481,469, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,491 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 $411,687 home should be assessed near $217,988.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$250,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $32,912 above what the ratio math suggests (15.1%).

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

$6,498/yr
Public schools$3,043
Ocean County$1,460
Town of Berkeley$1,995
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 60.9%

30%73%

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
21 DOCKAGE RD2025-08$370,0001,49662.6%
151 HUNTLEY AVE2025-10$375,0001,59038.1%
6 GROUSE DR2025-04$472,5001,46453.4%
61 BITTERN LN2025-12$370,0001,46456.0%
54 KORMAN RD2025-04$415,0001,50351.9%
1015 EDGEBROOK DR EAST2025-01$350,0001,45140.7%
20 SYLVAN LAKE BLVD2025-09$465,0001,44054.7%
55 SOUTH AVE2025-08$525,0001,40444.4%
20 JEANETTE ST2026-05$457,2501,49849.5%
9 FREDERICK DR2025-12$335,0001,30066.3%
96 OCEAN AVE2025-02$1,700,0001,60043.0%
234 LAKEWOOD AVE2026-05$525,0001,59343.6%

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