The Fair Share Report

37 Brown Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08741

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

≈ $559,553

Likely range $435,069 – $682,165, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,148 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 $559,553 home should be assessed near $296,283.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$262,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $34,183 below what the ratio math suggests (11.5%).

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

$6,788/yr
Public schools$3,179
Ocean County$1,525
Town of Berkeley$2,084
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 46.8%

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
8 GLENWOOD DR2025-03$455,0002,24365.5%
254 BUTLER BLVD2025-08$625,0001,96858.4%
68 MALLARD RD2025-03$405,0002,05058.8%
40 MORRIS BLVD2025-12$585,0002,37452.0%
65 NORTH ISLAND RD2025-11$830,0002,28551.4%
129 GUADELOUPE DR2025-09$409,8212,14656.6%
52 CRANMER RD2025-07$525,0002,59255.3%
217 NO BAY DR2025-12$635,0001,91057.2%
101 CHELSEA AVE2025-11$549,9002,74854.6%
380 TRENTON AVE NORTH2026-06$615,0002,16046.9%
152 CLIFFORD B WRIGHT ST2025-09$460,0001,80553.5%
417 MAIN ST2025-07$490,0001,88143.9%

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