The Fair Share Report

38 Ford Ave

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

≈ $357,869

Likely range $329,611 – $475,052, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $357,869 home should be assessed near $189,492.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$228,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $38,508 above what the ratio math suggests (20.3%).

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

$5,905/yr
Public schools$2,766
Ocean County$1,327
Town of Berkeley$1,813
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 63.7%

30%75%

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%
18 ANCHORAGE BLVD2026-06$270,0001,42274.0%
117 MILL CREEK RD2025-09$420,0001,28247.9%
1015 EDGEBROOK DR EAST2025-01$350,0001,45140.7%
55 SOUTH AVE2025-08$525,0001,40444.4%
9 FREDERICK DR2025-12$335,0001,30066.3%
6 GROUSE DR2025-04$472,5001,46453.4%
20 SYLVAN LAKE BLVD2025-09$465,0001,44054.7%
151 HUNTLEY AVE2025-10$375,0001,59038.1%
61 BITTERN LN2025-12$370,0001,46456.0%
14 SCARBOROUGH PL2025-01$390,0001,44038.9%
5 OXFORD DR2025-06$385,0001,40460.9%

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