The Fair Share Report

38 Crest Dr

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

≈ $927,016

Likely range $863,052 – $1,029,709, 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 $927,016 home should be assessed near $881,778.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$903,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $22,022 above what the ratio math suggests (2.5%).

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 $1.566 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$14,152/yr
Public schools$9,180
Somerset County$2,582
Town of Bernards$2,389
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 97.5%

80%110%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
180 SOMERVILLE RD2025-03$449,00099.7%
247 LYONS RD2026-03$920,0001,97293.0%
47 FIELDSTONE DR2025-04$1,355,0002,43685.2%
4 VAN DORN RD2025-01$920,0002,18496.2%
128 SUNSET LN2025-06$875,0001,80490.6%
134 SPENCER RD2026-05$1,100,0002,58285.8%
77 WOODSTONE RD2026-04$850,0001,61888.4%
3 FAIRBANKS LN2025-02$695,0002,09690.3%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
14 BRADFORD LN2026-04$935,0002,10888.5%
9 DEERFIELD CT2025-05$870,0002,10895.2%
81 ATLAS RD2026-05$1,230,0002,45590.1%

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