The Fair Share Report

375 Summit Rd

Mountainside, NJ 07092

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

≈ $1,342,209

Likely range $1,171,935 – $1,526,910, from 12 comparable Mountainside sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 4,301 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.29%

The state's official measure of how far Mountainside assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,342,209 home should be assessed near $956,861.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,022,600

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $65,739 above what the ratio math suggests (6.9%).

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

$2.099 per $100 assessed

$1.023 Schools · 49% $0.482 County · 23% $0.594 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$21,475/yr
Public schools$10,466
Union County$4,931
Town of Mountainside$6,077
Mountainside average$13,303

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

Town median 68.2%
This home · 76.2%

48%93%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mountainside'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
1601 JUSTIN PLACE2025-06$999,0004,07089.9%
1153 RIDGE DRIVE2025-11$1,000,0003,67072.3%
1256 POPLAR AVENUE2026-01$965,0003,25472.5%
445 HILLSIDE AVENUE2025-10$1,102,0003,79477.2%
1605 JUSTIN PLACE2026-03$1,200,0004,46474.1%
390 FOREST HILL WAY2025-08$1,325,2504,06877.8%
130 MOUNTAINVIEW DRIVE2025-02$1,490,0004,13069.0%
232 BEECHWOOD COURT2025-12$950,0003,02975.5%
1216 WYOMING DRIVE2025-01$1,250,0003,52153.4%
361 GREENBRIER COURT2025-04$990,0002,90763.0%
242 JUNIPER WAY2025-11$1,116,2523,13170.1%
236 KINGS COURT2025-04$1,615,0005,79871.5%

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